My Fitness Pal - 4 Reasons Mindful & Intuitive Eating are Trending
If you feel like you’re hearing and seeing information about intuitive and mindful eating everywhere, you’re not imagining it. A recent survey conducted by the International Food Information Council Foundation found nearly 3 in 5 people are interested in learning more about both topics.
For the record, intuitive and mindful eating aren’t the same thing.
Mindful eating is focused on how you eat in the moment — minimizing distractions and using your senses, for instance.
Intuitive eating is a distinct set of principles that encourages people to eat according to hunger and fullness cues, stop dieting once and for all and let go of ideas about “good” and “bad” foods.
Experts in these spaces aren’t surprised about the increased interest. “We are all born as mindful and intuitive eaters, but society’s influence teaches us we can’t trust our bodies and we lose the ability to listen to them,” explains Colleen Christensen, RDN.
“I’ve noticed a big increase in people wanting to learn more about intuitive eating,” adds Emma Nacewicz, a certified intuitive eating coach with a degree in nutrition and dietetics. “I’ve seen it spoken about on social media, and I’ve personally been involved in a lot of great conversations around this topic on podcasts, in the comments of posts and in my DMs.”