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Claire Gunn

A growing body of research suggests that a shift in your mealtime rituals could have a positive effect on your health. Mindful eating, which aims to reconnect us more deeply with our food, is based on the idea that there are no right or wrong ways to eat (i.e. stop worrying about following The Diet), but rather different levels of awareness about what you’re putting into your body – and why. And when the benefits include learning to listen to your own hunger and satiety cues, is this something you can afford not to do for your health? Here are five easy ways to help you get started.

1. Cook from scratch

In his book The Omnivore’s Dilemma, food activist Michael Pollan explains why: “You’re forced to remember that you’re working with plants and animals. When you handle a cut of meat, you realise this is the muscle of an animal. And it has a purpose apart from feeding me, and you realise I don’t want to waste this.”

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