Right Thinking, Right Eating

The rules for healthy eating are easy.

Here's proof: Take a blank piece of paper, and draw a line down the center, dividing the page into a right side, and a left side.

Now, put the heading of BAD on the left side, and GOOD on the right.

Next, think of any food item. Be specific, like "chocolate chip cookie", or "carrot".

Your job is to place these foods into one of the columns - either right or left, either good or bad.

Before you get started, let me define GOOD and BAD. I'm not talking about how tasty the food is. I'm not talking about wheter you like it or not. GOOD foods are those that you know are good for you. BAD foods are bad for you. This is not rocket science.

I've done this experiment with hundreds of people during lectures. The results are consistent.

You already know where the foods go. You already know what is "good" for you, and what is "bad".

The challenging part is simply limiting your intake of foods to those that are good. At lease 90% of the time. So, you can "cheat" every now and then. I'm not preaching asceticism. It's a do-able thing.

So, here's a challenge for you. Write down everything you currently have in your refrigerator and cabinets and closet. Every food you have hidden in a drawer. And put them into their appropriate GOOD or BAD column.

If your list is heavily weighted towards BAD, I suggest you donate much of that food to either charity, or to someone that you don't care very much about. But get rid of them.

And the next time you go shopping, buy more GOOD foods. And actually eat them.

Good nutrition is just about making wise choices. You already know what you should and should not be eating.

So, now just do it!