{"id":965,"date":"2009-07-12T22:58:28","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T02:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifewithhappiness.com\/?p=965"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:53","slug":"happiness-is-eating-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2009\/07\/happiness-is-eating-healthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Happiness is Eating Healthy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I completed a three-week detox just over a year ago, I&#8217;m much more mindful of the food that I eat.\u00a0 I learned then, and have reinforced many times since, that I am what I eat &#8212; when I eat junk, I feel like crap; when I eat good food, everything&#8217;s easier in my life, including getting up with a positive attitude.<br \/>\nMy wife &#8211; while still cherishing the occasional pork chop or hamburger &#8211; has essentially adopted my eating habits, and we&#8217;ve recently gone as long as four weeks without going to a grocery store.\u00a0 How do we accomplish that feat?\u00a0 Well, we find everything we need at a local produce market.<br \/>\nI read some articles recently that used several new terms to describe the way I&#8217;ve been eating for the past fifteen months:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One-ingredient foods<\/li>\n<li>The Label-free diet<\/li>\n<li>The outer circle diet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These all describe the same concept:\u00a0 Choose only foods at the grocery store that have 1 ingredient (this means that eggs, fruits, vegetables, meats\/fish (from healthy animals raised correctly), nuts, seeds, and other 1-ingredient foods should comprise almost your entire diet (except for occasional cheat meals &#8212; and dark chocolate).<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s also called the Label-Free diet because you only eat foods that do not require an FDA nutritional label (see above &#8212; what&#8217;s in eggs? Eggs!\u00a0 What&#8217;s in a peach? Peach!\u00a0 no label required).<br \/>\nAnd it&#8217;s also called the Outer Circle diet because you can do all your shopping at a typical grocery store by starting in the produce section (almost always in front corner of store) then steer a circle around the outer wall of the store &#8212; meats, dairy, etc.\u00a0 In the middle of the store are all the processed foods with extensive labeling that you must read to even know what you are eating.<br \/>\nObviously there are exceptions to the above, and there are foods you can buy with more than 1 ingredient still qualify, e.g. guacamole and hummus being two examples of foods made from several 1-ingredient foods and no additives\/fats\/sugars.\u00a0 And oatmeal (ingredients: oats) is still in the cereal aisle.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve written before about how my diet &#8212; which dramatically reduced my intake of caffeine, sugars, and glutens &#8212; has totally eliminated my afternoon sleepiness, the mood swings I used to experience from the sugar buzz\/crash cycle, and the frequent heartburn that made me very crabby and unable to concentrate.<br \/>\nThis shift has also dramatically heightened my awareness of how my body and emotions respond when I stray too far from what&#8217;s good for my body &#8212; I get shaky, dopey, irritable, tense, uncomfortable, distracted, and sometimes even downright mean when I eat poorly!<br \/>\nThis may be difficult for many people whose bodies are addicted to processed foods&#8230; but give it a try for a week.\u00a0 when you next shop for groceries, try to make sure that you only put in to your cart 1-ingredient\/no-label foods.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m willing to bet you&#8217;ll feel better for that next week!\u00a0 And a BODY that feels better has more opportunity to experience happiness.<br \/>\nHappiness is Eating Healthy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I completed a three-week detox just over a year ago, I&#8217;m much more mindful of the food that I eat.\u00a0 I learned then, and have reinforced many times since, that I am what I eat &#8212; when I eat junk, I feel like crap; when I eat good food, everything&#8217;s easier in my life, &#8230; <a title=\"Happiness is Eating Healthy!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2009\/07\/happiness-is-eating-healthy\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Happiness is Eating Healthy!\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,34,40],"tags":[260,261,38,230],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Happiness is Eating Healthy! - The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2009\/07\/happiness-is-eating-healthy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happiness is Eating Healthy! - The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since I completed a three-week detox just over a year ago, I&#8217;m much more mindful of the food that I eat.\u00a0 I learned then, and have reinforced many times since, that I am what I eat &#8212; when I eat junk, I feel like crap; when I eat good food, everything&#8217;s easier in my life, ... 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