Mindful Eating - A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food

Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn
THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN for all those who would like to improve their relationship to food. Whether you have a moderate tendency to overeat, as so many of us do, or whether you are struggling with obesity, bulimia, anorexia, or other such problems, this book is for you.
I am a doctor (my specialty is pediatrics), and I am also a longtime Zen teacher. At the heart of Zen, and of the Buddhist tradition in general, is the practice of mindfulness. Over my many years practicing medicine, and many years of practicing mindfulness and teaching it to others, I have come to trust mindfulness as one of the very best medicines.
Most books and techniques for changing our eating try to impose change from the outside. Sometimes this fits with the unique being that we are and it works. Sometimes it doesn’t. Mindfulness brings about change from the inside. A natural and organic process, it occurs in the manner and at the rate that fits us. It is the ultimate in natural healing.
Key Words: 1. Food habits—Psychological aspects. 2. Compulsive eating. 3. Thoughtfulness.
4. Consciousness—Religious aspects—Buddhism. I. Title.