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Why Mindful Eating is Key to Emotional Wellness

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Did you know that your eating habits impact your mental health along with your physical health? If your answer is a question, how? Then you might not know much about mindful eating. And its high time to learn about this amazing technique in order to keep yourself well physically and mentally. Mindful eating is putting all your senses on your food while you eat. Simply put, being aware of what you are eating, when you are eating, why you are eating and how you are eating? Confused? Then let’s discuss in-depth about what is mindful eating and why is it important. What is Mindful Eating? The Mindful Eating concept was first started in 1979 by Kabat-Zinn who developed a Mindfulness-based stress reduction program. Mindful eating was developed from the concept of Mindfulness, a practice of meditation derived from Buddhist traditions. Briefly, Mindfulness simply means paying attention closely to the present moment with no complaints. Hope now you can relate what mindful eating means.