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Lose Weight, Gain Health — Dahn Yoga’s 7-Point Diet

April 5th, 2008

“Stressful living, inadequate exercise and poor nutrition make it easy to gain weight and hard to take it off and keep it off,” declares Ilchi Lee, president of the University of Brain Education (South Korea). He adds, “A large part of the problem and solution is what is happening to our digestion, and therefore our health. Most people experience a build up of waste in their intestines, which negatively affects all our vital functions — including the brain — even leading to an unfavorable emotional impact.”

Lee recommends the following seven strategies for a diet that can deliver greater health, happiness and peace:

1. Eat mostly natural and organic food, especially raw and whole foods grown locally, such as seasonal fruit and vegetables.

2. Drink five to eight glasses of water a day, but not for 2 hours before or after a meal.

3. Eat smaller amounts of food at each meal — less than 10.6-14 ounces (300-400 grams).

4. Take small bites and chew each one at least 30 times.

5. Eat only when your body tells you it needs food.

6. Cook your own food.

7. Make eating into meditation — with a peaceful and grateful mind — in order to derive greater energy from your food.

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