Contrarian Thinking 02: Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day ?
Whether you’re a child, an adult living in a cave, or a newborn, I am sure you have encountered the phrase: ‘Breakfast is the most important meal of the day’. However, adopting contrarian thinking here leads us to ask a few questions: who came up with the idea of eating three meals a day? Who is truly behind this system? Does our body really need three meals a day to function optimally assuming you’re giving it the right nutrient instead of stuffing it with unhealthy food?
The three meals a day were invented by the cultural norms rather than the biological needs.
In early times, people’s eating times were largely influenced by the availability of food. In fact, with the new structure of the standard workday, it has become essential to have breakfast early to keep the working population fueled for the day. They’d naturally break for lunch and then come home to their families for dinner. As a result, our meal schedules are influenced and formed by the cultural aspects of professional life.
As time passed, with the industrial revolutions, the two wars, feminism, and more, women increasingly joined the workforce and were less available to cook a loving meal for their families. Hence, after the advertising world promoted for instance cereals and orange juice, as safer and easier options mothers felt relieved as they were offered the opportunity to let their children take care of themselves independently since they were not in contact with the dangerous parts of the kitchen.
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Furthermore, it is fundamentally vital to note that if you want to sell something and anything, the secret is to promote its lack as a source of insecurity or as a potential missing piece in achieving a desired lifestyle or status. By highlighting a gap or need that your product or service can fill, you tap into the consumer's desire for improvement, comfort, or fulfillment, effectively driving demand. It is proper human psychology.
The importance of intermitting fasting.
Fasting is not about deprivation but it’s a way to give your body the rest it needs. Therefore, intermittent fasting allows you to gain mind clarity in the morning and in the evening leaving you feeling lighter and more energized, despite seeming counterintuitive. Fuel provides energy, there’s no doubt about that. Nevertheless, just like the space you give a troubled person or an introverted individual to recharge or perhaps the art of letting go in the manifestation world to attract something instead of incessantly chasing it, the emptiness of the stomach similarly rejuvenates your body, mind, and spirit.
Disclaimer: Seek professional medical advice before starting a fast.
The art of listening to your body.
The human body is more than just an assemblage of organs. It speaks and when it does you should listen. It knows better than a clock when it needs food. In fact, forcing it to process food when it’s not needed is akin to disregarding its wisdom and silencing its innate divine abilities such as intuition. This latter plays a massive role in guiding you in your life journey. In other words, stop listening to the external voices and start paying attention to the internal ones.
