Mindful Eating by Jan Chozen Bays

Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food — written by Dr. Jan Chozen Bays, is a transformative book that teaches readers how to develop a conscious, balanced, and joyful relationship with food.

Drawing from her experience as a physician and Zen teacher, Dr. Bays explains how most people eat on “autopilot,” driven by habit, emotions, or distraction. Through mindfulness practices, she helps readers reconnect with the true experience of eating — savoring flavors, listening to the body’s hunger and fullness signals, and understanding the emotional reasons behind eating.

👉 Main Ideas:

• Learn to eat with awareness and gratitude, not guilt or impulse.

• Discover the seven kinds of hunger (eye, nose, mouth, stomach, mind, heart, and cellular hunger).

• Overcome emotional and mindless eating habits.

• Cultivate a peaceful, healthy relationship with food and your body.

👉 Author: Dr. Jan Chozen Bays
👉 Published: 2009
👉 Genre: Health / Mindfulness / Self-Help

💬 “When we eat mindfully, we are fully present to the taste, smell, and nourishment that food offers — and to the wisdom of our own bodies.”

✨ Mindful Eating is a gentle and insightful guide that helps readers move from unconscious eating to mindful nourishment, bringing peace, joy, and awareness to one of life’s most essential acts.