The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)

Why  To  Eat –  Let’s  take  a  moment  to  discuss why  you  eat  the

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foods  that  you  do.  When  you’re  shopping  at  the  grocery  store,  or
selecting food from a menu at a restaurant, what criteria do you use to
determine which foods you are going to put into your body? Are your
choices based purely on taste? Texture? Convenience? Are they based
on health? Energy? Dietary restrictions?
Most people eat the foods they do based mainly on the taste, and
at a deeper level, based on our emotional attachment to the foods we
like the taste of. If you were to ask someone, “Why  did  you  eat  that
ice cream? Why did you drink that soda?”    Or, “Why did you bring
that  fried  chicken  home  from  the  grocery  store?”   You  would  most
likely  hear  responses  like, “Mmm,  because  I  love  ice  cream!    I  like
drinking  soda.  I  was  in  the  mood  for  fried  chicken.”    All  answers
based  on  the  emotional  enjoyment  derived  primarily  from  the  way
these foods taste. In this case, this person is not likely to explain their
food  choices  with  how  much  value  these  foods  will  add  to  their
health, or how much sustained energy they’ll get.
My point is this: If we want to have more energy (which we all
do) and if we want our lives to be healthy and disease-free (which we
all do) then it’s crucial that we reexamine why we eat the foods that
we do, and—this is important—start  valuing  the  health  benefits  and
energy consequences of the foods we eat as much as or more than the
taste. In no way am I saying that we should eat foods that don’t taste
good in exchange for the health and energy benefits. I’m saying that
we can have both. I’m saying that if we want to live every day with an
abundance  of  energy  so  we  can  perform  at  our  best  and  live  a  long,
healthy life, we must choose to eat more foods that are good for our
health and give us sustained energy, as well as tasting great.