Beyond The Physical – Why Food Choices Matter

We all know that food choices affect our physical health. The foods we eat become the building blocks of our body and become part of our skin, our cells, our blood, our brain, making the saying “you are what you eat” literally true. When we eat foods that are high in nutrients we build a healthy and strong body and when we eat foods that are refined and depleted we set up the stage for health problems.

While nutritionally, foods can be broken down into what nutrients they contain, they do so much more than that. Our food choices affect us on energetic, emotional, mental and spiritual levels as well.

Foods have an energetic quality that manifests in our lives. When we eat foods that are whole and complete, the way they grow in nature, we feel more whole and complete. We get a sense that we have everything we need and that things are alright. When we eat food that is highly processed and fragmented; parts of it have been removed (usually the nutritious parts) and it no longer resembles the original version, we can assimilate that fragmentation and get a sense that something is missing or wrong.

Some foods have calming affects, they include intact whole grains, legumes and sweet vegetables like carrots and winter squashes. They help our blood sugar level become more stable and that translates to calmness of emotions. Refined grains and sugar do the opposite, they spike our blood sugar level and take us on an emotional roller coaster that can make us feel out of control, overwhelmed and drained. Sugar is also closely connected to willpower, when your blood sugar level is unstable you have very little will power, when it’s stable you have stronger will power.

So next time you are making food choices ask yourself some powerful questions that go beyond “Is this food healthy for me?”
Ask:
“Will my body and cells love this food?”
“Will this food give me the energy I need to do all the things i want to do today?”
“Does this food support my emotional well-being?”
“Will this food help me achieve my goals and dreams?”
“Does this food support the life I want to create?”

Remember that when you are in good physical health, when your mood is elevated and you feel excited about life, when you can think clearly and sharply, when you feel connected to the world and to yourself you are pretty much unstoppable, you can heal from any condition and you achieve anything.