How to Eat Mindfully and Starve to Death the Way Nature Intended

Derek Bremer
The Haven
Published in
3 min readMar 9, 2023

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With today’s skyrocketing rates of obesity, heart disease, and strokes it’s more important than ever to be mindful about our food. What does that mean? It’s simple. Being mindful about what you eat is merely the act of being aware of the ramifications that every piece of food you place in your mouth could have upon you and our planet. Where does it come from? Did it have a mommy? Why does your tofu taste so sad?

These are just some of the questions a thoughtful eater considers but mindful eating is so much more than just a list of questions. It’s a mindset. It’s a diet. It’s a lifestyle that benefits your health and the planet as well!

To begin eating mindfully the first thing you need to do is to record everything you eat. This list will serve as a way to become more aware of your gluttonous habits and their detrimental effects upon your health. Does that yogurt come from non GMO cultures? Are those chicken breasts free from antibiotics and hormones? Slowly but surely after a few weeks you’ll begin to reconsider everything you eat and the pounds will start melting away.

Once you’ve developed a chronic sense of self-loathing it’s time to explore your relationship with food. Are you REALLY hungry for that chocolate chip cookie or just upset because your mother didn’t ever let you eat…

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Derek Bremer
The Haven

When not tending to my family I enjoy travel, long walks on the beach, and animal husbandry.