Salt, sugar, fat…much food today is engineered using these three levers for a “bliss point” or “the right amount of ingredients to generate the greatest appeal among consumers”1.
One such food is the Lunchable chips, salsa and cheese. SO GOOD!
Combining these three in one mouth makes tastebuds sing!
Where’s the balance? Is there a time and place for foods like these?
Ecclesiastes 3:1 in the Bible (also made famous by the Beatles) reads, “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven”.
For me, I’ve found success in eating by making a place for every delicious food in my life—I’ve just adjusted the quantities and frequencies of consumption.
As my wise sister Nicole once observed, “Abstinence breeds indulgence.” So…if you love ice cream, eat it because if you totally cut it out of your life eventually you crack and overdo it. Further, ice cream is part of the joy and pleasure of living. Just adjust how much and how often.
Tips
1. Prepare and eat a meal with all the food groups before eating dessert or snack foods. Keep the main thing (meal) the main thing.
2. Add other filling, delicious, (in some cases nutritious too, added bonus) food items to your treat. For example, include banana slices, strawberries, 1% milk, and/or sprinkled nuts or peanut butter to your favorite cup of ice cream. Whoa!!
3. Drink water with meals. Some studies conclude our bodies feel full based on weight rather than calories. (Why a bowl of soup can be so filling or a “heavy” rice and beans meal is more filling than 2 Big Macs. More on this later.)
You got this. Go eat intentionally today.
1. Moss, Michael. Salt, Sugar, Fat. 28.
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