Imagine if you could outsource weight-loss while focusing on eating seriously delicious food at every meal! Imagine if you could activate those cells in your body that can reverse chronic diseases and switch off your genetic disposition to obesity! Imagine if you do not have to struggle to give up your bad habits (like compulsive coffee drinking) and your bad habits instead give up on you?! Dr. Achyuthan Eswar's Advise I started changing my approach to cooking and eating in 2015 and have experienced some version of all of the above since then. Name of the outsourcing agency? Its called Nature and one of its many units my body, which I discovered can be a great healer, if only I let it be.I remember followingDr. Achyuthans initial advice to close my eyes and enjoy every mouthful of everything I ate and drank; to include a fruit before every meal; then to increase my fruit intake before every meal. And suddenly one day, my tongue demanded to know what this thing called coffee actually was and if I really wanted it?! My body had rejected coffee all on its own with no resolve from my side. I was just a witness. Rewiring my Relationship with Food This rewiring of my relationship with food started the year I turned 40. That is around when, they say, diabetes strikes, hormones become moodier and fat settles over the body. The opposite happened to me. While I ate food, my body ate fat and churned out toxins accumulated over the years. My skin became clearer and brighter. My step became lighter. A heavy fog of anxiety started dissolving. I discovered I had collar bones. My chin was rescued from obliteration. Then, much later, ah the joy of being forced to change your wardrobe!In the last five years, my platefuls of fruit, colourful salads and creatively conjured raithas, sabjis, chats, chutneys, curries, upmas, khichdis, roties, pulavs, dals and desserts have inspired countless colleagues, complete strangers, family members and friends. My own body has expressed much gratitude by becoming more flexible and alert; by showing me how my emotions play my food choices and by enriching my creativity.Yet, I have had to wrestle quite a few heavyweights: my conditioning towards consuming dairy and my desire to be normal and adaptable. Ive had to relook at what a snack means to my body, what textures of food my tongue and gut lining find truly rewarding, and tasty. Ive had to redefine traditional dishes for festivals and celebrations. Ive had to juggle conflicts between my food and the familys food, alongside hectic schedules. Ive had to confront the monster called Convenience and delve deeper to find the essence of an all encompassing Compassion. Ive had to expand my role as Caregiver to include me on priority. Luckily, the reward points of choosing healing foods like fruits, nuts, greens, vegetables, brown rice and millets, every single day, are piling up. My food is fresh and better looking than ever before. The glow of better health and faster healing is spreading across my life. I feel it in my deeper breathing, increased energy to sing and dance, more stamina and motivation to exercise and practice martial arts. As a woman whose body is going through crucial transitions, I am so grateful to be supported by a Whole Food Plant Based diet. Relooking at my food is helping me wear my body with more grace, gratitude and acceptance. I hope that as I take care of my body, my body takes care of me." - Charumathi Supraja
