The New Enlightened Eating

Caroline Dupont has the ability to convey the intimate connection between our food choices, our bodies, and our environment. In this revised edition of the breakthrough Enlightened Eating, she brings to our attention inspirational and practical information that will help us deepen our understanding of our relationship to food and the world we live in. Using recipes that are both universally appealing as well as easy-to-prepare, readers are shown how to create meals that are nutritionally sound, emotionally balanced, and completely satisfying. Focus is placed on life-enhancing, whole foods with emphasis on organic, local, in-season produce whenever possible. Also emphasized is learning how to create a healthful environment. Being able to maintain a beautiful, sacred space around mealtime and eating mindfully in a relaxed state allows you to slow down and listen to your inner guidance. Changes in this edition include simplifying both the recipes and ingredients for more efficiency, placing more focus on local foods, and overall using less salt and more healthful ingredients. This book shines a light on how to connect to our authentic nature through holistic nutrition and healthful eating. It's a joyful discovery.

This new edition of Enlightened Eating explores Caroline Dupont's journey into the compelling and powerful world of nutrition. Readers will be introduced to the principles and philosophies of a variety of whole-food approaches-vegetarianism, veganism, macrobiotics, ayurveda, natural hygiene, and raw and living foods. Advocates and seekers of health will discover a wealth of wisdom-both time-honored and contemporary-that Caroline has carefully decoded. The revised edition includes updated information on the importance of eating locally grown fruits and vegetables, with corresponding seasonalrecipes. Many of Caroline's recipes call for common, readily available ingredients, making food shopping and preparation easier than ever.

Until recently, most Americans thought of themselves as either omnivores or outright carnivores. There are, however, also many people who, for reasons ranging from improved health to compassion for all creatures, choose not to eat "anything with a face." Dr. Ohlsen explores the important health benefits -- preventative and curative -- of becoming a vegan, as well as the food-enjoyment issues and psychological considerations of a plant-based diet. At the core of her healthful dietary insight is Buddhism, specifically The Four Noble Truths, The Eightfold Path, and mindfulness, i.e., conscious awareness regarding the food we eat. There's nothing esoteric or religious about how she links nutrition and spirituality -- mindful thinking about what we eat just makes good sense. Dr. Ohlsen takes us on her own journey from overweight meat eater suffering many health problems to slim, healthy individual whose diet is entirely based on plants and whole foods. She even offers us a variety of flavorful vegan recipes to boost our health and delight our taste buds.--Publisher.

Eating the Enlightenment offers a new perspective on the history of food, looking at writings about cuisine, diet, and food chemistry as a key to larger debates over the state of the nation in Old Regime France. Embracing a wide range of authors and scientific or medical practitioners—from physicians and poets to philosophes and playwrights—E. C. Spary demonstrates how public discussions of eating and drinking were used to articulate concerns about the state of civilization versus that of nature, about the effects of consumption upon the identities of individuals and nations, and about the proper form and practice of scholarship. En route, Spary devotes extensive attention to the manufacture, trade, and eating of foods, focusing upon coffee and liqueurs in particular, and also considers controversies over specific issues such as the chemistry of digestion and the nature of alcohol. Familiar figures such as Fontenelle, Diderot, and Rousseau appear alongside little-known individuals from the margins of the world of letters: the draughts-playing café owner Charles Manoury, the “Turkish envoy” Soliman Aga, and the natural philosopher Jacques Gautier d’Agoty. Equally entertaining and enlightening, Eating the Enlightenment will be an original contribution to discussions of the dissemination of knowledge and the nature of scientific authority.

Reinvent yourself... Combine the time tested wisdom of sister sciences Yoga and Ayurveda to reinvigorate your metabolism, optimize your weight, awaken your energy and enliven your spirit.Uncover your ideal blueprint. By changing your eating alone, you can change your life. Modern culture has lost touch with the way we were designed to eat. The result is weight gain, sluggish energy, and compromised health. The mind is clouded and the spirit is dull. When it comes to eating and food, the ancient knowledge and common sense behind Yoga and Ayurveda is needed now more than ever. Rediscovering this wisdom alone can transform the body, mind and spirit in just 40 days.There will be no counting calories, fat, carbs, or points. This enlightened way of eating did not originate in Beverly Hills or South Beach, but from long ago and far away. These forty days aren't only about losing weight but about gaining health, energy, and vitality. Many eating plans cause weight loss at the expense of energy and health. This plan is different. This plan is developed to lighten not only your body but the mind and spirit too. Optimal weight, health, energy, and vitality are the natural by-product of eating in the way we were designed to eat. Each day is a chapter in the book. Each chapter is one step forward on the journey to transformation. The next forty days will detoxify the system and reset your cravings, appetite, metabolism, and eating patterns. Forty days is the spiritually prescribed time period needed to reconstruct habits and forge lasting change. Watch your metabolism ignite, your moods lift, your energy surge, and your spirits soar. Your optimal self is there waiting for you at the end of the forty days!

Winner: Diet, Health and Fitness category of USA Best Book Awards 2014 Reinvent yourselfCombine the time tested wisdom of sister sciences Yoga and Ayurveda to reinvigorate your metabolism, optimize your weight, awaken your energy and enliven your spirit. Uncover your ideal blueprint. By changing your eating alone, you can change your life. Modern culture has lost touch with the way we were designed to eat. The result is weight gain, sluggish energy, and compromised health. The mind is clouded and the spirit is dull. When it comes to eating and food, the ancient knowledge and common sense behind Yoga and Ayurveda is needed now more than ever. Rediscovering this wisdom alone can transform the body, mind and spirit in just 40 days. There will be no counting calories, fat, carbs, or points. This enlightened way of eating did not originate in Beverly Hills or South Beach, but from long ago and far away. These forty days arent only about losing weight but about gaining health, energy, and vitality. Many eating plans cause weight loss at the expense of energy and health. This plan is different. This plan is developed to lighten not only your body but the mind and spirit too. Optimal weight, health, energy, and vitality are the natural by-product of eating in the way we were designed to eat. Each day is a chapter in the book. Each chapter is one step forward on the journey to transformation. The next forty days will detoxify the system and reset your cravings, appetite, metabolism, and eating patterns. Forty days is the spiritually prescribed time period needed to reconstruct habits and forge lasting change. Watch your metabolism ignite, your moods lift, your energy surge, and your spirits soar. Your optimal self is there waiting for you at the end of the forty days!

Caroline Marie DuPont, an instructor for the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, presents a collection of recipes and quotations devoted to healthy eating. DuPont shows how we can take care of our souls through food and other health practices.