Transcript Eating Well for Optimal Health

Eating Well for Optimal Health
Shawn Eric Fralin
Shawn Eric Fralin
Overview
Key Principles:
We have to eat to live
Eating is a source of pleasure
Eating is an important focus of social interaction
Eating reflects and defines our cultural identity
How we eat is one determinate of health
Eating to manage disease and restore health
The Pleasure Principle
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Red Velvet Cake
Chocolate Molten Lava
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Raspberry Cheesecake
The Pleasure Principle
Food that is healthy and food that gives pleasure are not
mutually exclusive
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People eat certain foods to reminisce with family, friends and loved
ones.
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Holiday and celebratory meals perpetuate dysfunctional eating
behavior and passes along unhealthy recipes from generation to
generation.
Portion control - What’s that?!
Food and Cultural Identity
How we eat reflects and defines our personal and cultural identity
Most individuals eat food based
on their education, income and
ethnicity.
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Managing Disease and Restoring
Health
Changing how we eat is one strategy for managing disease and
restoring health
“5 A Day” / “7 A-Day”
Organic food to promote healing and prevention of
diseases
DNA and toxin levels in our systems require
individual diets
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Thank You for
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