Is obesity a disease, and weight loss is the solution? That is the common belief. Yet, studies have since refuted this assumption, and from my experience I have learned that it is far from reality, but even so, this is still the given opinion among the masses. The pursuit of thinness, the diet that accompanies it, and the failure therein has created a language (for lack of a better term). A language of eating - the Diet Language. This is a language administrated by control, intimidation, abstention and threat and by an external imposition dictating what to eat, when, how much, how to feel and what to think before, during and after eating. Many are convinced that food must be feared, that you have to exercise a lot to lose weight, that you have to count calories, and routinely weigh yourself. Many people are mistaken, confusing how they think about reality and its true nature. This confusion creates suffering. We should take another moment to consider a fundamental question: what is obesity? The traditional definition of obesity fits in with the mechanistic philosophy, which regards good health as the absence of risk factors. According to this outlook, obesity is a disease and health is the lack of disease. The weight centered approach assumes that losing weight is essential to improving health. This book presents a different eating language, "Mindful Eating". This approach will snap the chains of the old diet culture which bind you to its rules and language. My call to you is not "Let us be fat," however, but "Let's accept what we cannot change about our bodies in order to change what we can." What Mindful Eating offers us is simply a return to sane eating which normalizes the way we eat and how we feel about our bodies regardless of our body weight. Within the human race, there exists a natural and legitimate diversity in body shape and weight. Recognizing this diversity and acknowledging the eating patterns specific to each one of us could help make our lives freer, and surprisingly more healthy and valuable too. Scroll up and grab your copy now!
About the Author: Ayelet Kalter (M.Sc.RD) is the founder and managing director of the "Eating Dialog Center, for treating obesity and eating behaviors". The Center is a pioneer of HEAS principles in Israel. Kalter is also the CEO of the Israeli nonprofit organization for preventing size discrimination. She is a clinical dietitian with a degree in biochemistry and nutrition from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with the School of Social Work at Tel-Aviv University. Kalter studied psychotherapy in the Program of Psycho-dynamic Approaches to Adult Development Comprehension at Tel-Aviv University. She also studied family therapy, group directing and studies at the Israeli Center of Body and Soul Health. Kalter attends and lectures at conferences both in Israel and abroad. She writes newspaper articles, takes part in radio and television shows and serves as a consultant in her field for firms and institutions. Furthermore, Kalter lectures to M.Sc. nutritionist students at the Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovoth. In the past, she was the chairwoman and spokeswoman of "Atid" - the Association of Clinical Dietitians in Israel. Ayelet Kalter published 2 books: How Much Does Happiness weigh - on food, body and spirit", Published by Yediot Acharonot Publishing (2005). "All of us are real people - Diet: the most successful failure in the modern era", Published by Rimonim publishing and distributed by Keter (2011).