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Have you ever asked yourself why do we make
poor food choices even when we are aware of the results improper eating
habits will bring?
For a long time I have wondered why this
paradox takes place. Being a healthcare practitioner specializing in
nutrition and natural therapies, I am often surprised to observe these
illogical patterns in my own behaviour towards food as well as those of my
clients. Sometimes, I notice my thoughts trying to skew the facts I know
to be true and convince me to eat things I later regret eating.
Generally speaking, I seem to do fine until 6
pm. Then, my mind makes multiple attempts at persuading me that, "fresh
healthy food is not really food," or, "a freshly juiced Smoothie is not
good at anytime". When I give in to my mind's persuasions, and
quickly begin regretting that I ate something I would have preferred not
to, I always ask myself why this happens.
While working with hundreds of clients in my
clinic over the years, it became clear to me that while most people are
able to recognize which foods are healthy and which are not, they do not
apply this invaluable knowledge to their own lives. Many of them come to
me seeking not information but rather motivation to do what they already
know will help.
Each time I see a new client, I witness how
excited they become by the idea of improving their health through better
eating. After each consultation, my clients visibly express their
commitment to dietary changes by enthusiastically involving themselves to
their wellbeing, telling me how anxious they are to start changing the way
they eat. I can see that these people have a genuine desire to improve
their diets.
However, I also know that the mass majority
will return to their habitual eating patterns within a matter of months.
So I decided to further investigate some possible reasons of this
behavior, which I am sure is quite familiar to most of us. And here is
what I found.
Lifelong food preferences start to
develop while a baby is still in the mother's womb. The strongest
pattern for future food preferences is formed during the age of 9
to 18 months. At this time, everything connected with food intake
leaves a strong imprint on the child's brain. Also, the baby is
tasting everything with his or her mouth: toys, shoes, body parts,
everything.
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