Dear Giulia:

Eating healthily, that is, not just eating healthful foods, but eating in a way that works for me and not against me, has been my challenge for a long, long time. I found out that my overall healing is making my eating healthier. For as long as I tried the diet approach, I did succeed in losing weight but at a cost of obsessing on food and ending up very anxious about food and eating every single day. As I am healing my core issues, my eating and my own IBS are improving.

Be patient and gentle with yourself. Make slow but steady improvement every day, little by little, it is a long term project.

anita

Hi Giulia,

Usually when we have digestive issues, it absolutely has to do with the food we’re eating, rather than emotional issues.

I would get an anti-inflammatory cookbook. Make one delicious meal a week. For the rest of the week, eat what you normally do, and/or make meals from the leftovers from the recipe! Eat three meals a day. Then don’t think about food! No stress.

Best,

Inky