For millennia, humankind turned to food to nourish physical, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being. Today, modern nutritional science is verifying food is, indeed, a 4-part gift with the power to heal multidimensionally.
Meet the 4 Facets of FoodI discovered the Four Facets of Food when I researched ancient food wisdom from world religions and Eastern healing systems—sources humankind turned to for thousands of years prior to the discovery of nutritional science in the 20th century. What emerged is this insight: Food is a four-part gift that nourishes physically (Biological Nutrition), while also acknowledging its harder-to-measure healing dimensions, such as its link to emotions (Psychological Nutrition), the meaning in meals (Spiritual Nutrition), and community (Social Nutrition).
When I taught the ‘4 Facets of Food’ to 5,256 people in a 6-week, 18-lesson online e-course—which I now call my “Whole Person Integrative Eating model and program—those who completed the “What’s Your Overeating Style? Self-Assessment Quiz,” ate less and lost weight. Without dieting. This latest episode of The Healing Secrets of Food Revealed podcast takes a closer look at the Four Facets of Food—and some scientific studies that are verifying that each facet influences weight, health, and healing—often in unexpected ways.