Overeating

When I first started my raw diet, about 6 years ago, overeating was a daily thing. I just felt hungry all the time.

Looking back, the challenge back then was two fold:

1. Physcologically I just was use to my stomach feeling "filled" they way it felt after eating highly processed cooked meals
   
2. Nutritionally my body was building its reserves and detoxing, so it wasn't absorbing as many as vitamins and minerals as it could

Nowadays overeating happens maybe once every 3-5 weeks. Usually when I make a big meal for a party or eat out at a raw restaurant.

One things for sure, the Holiday season also tends to inspire overeating. Luckily, Paul Nison has some good insight on that.

Paul Nison on Overeating

This month my article is about overeating. I chose to write abut this topic because, even though most people overeat all year, they especially overeat around the time of the holidays.

I have found that people do not eat and drink for nourishment only. Most people go way beyond their nourishment needs. Their need for nourishment becomes a pleasure to fulfill their addictions. How many people have heard that too much pleasure can be a bad thing? That is very true, and indulging in the pleasure of eating and drinking too often has left our world full of sick people, crying for help but not willing to give up their pleasers that are causing the problem. Many people do not even know that overeating is the cause. (Drink is not limited to alcohol, today many people consume many different beverages simply for pleasure, coffee, soda, energy drinks, etc.)

People are treating their own body as waste dumps, stuffing as much food and drink in as possible. Overeating might seem harmless, and a person can seem to get away with it for many years, but it is slowly leading to disease inside the body. Nothing takes more energy from the body than dealing with too much food. It drains our energy, creates disease and intoxifies our blood stream, leading to many deadly problems.