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Explain the food link between our physical bodies and our emotional/spiritual lives.
The very experience of our emotional and spiritual make-up causes biochemical changes in our bodies that can alter our desire for food. It's also the case that eating in balance with the body's needs can give one greater emotional and spiritual clarity. People can choose, then, to work on their food issues as a gateway to their emotional issues, or vice versa. The important point is to recognize and understand that the two - cellular/biochemical and emotional/spiritual - are indeed linked.

Why do so many people lose their battle with food and weight over and over again?
Two reasons. (1) People focus on the weight when weight is usually only a reflection of something being out of balance in their life - physically, emotionally and/or spiritually, and (2) people don't listen to and choose to override their body's signals that tell them what foods, in what combinations and in what amounts are right for them. Ignoring these intuitive signals results in struggles with weight and/or food.

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