Here is a list of the best Mindful Eating books, some I have read myself, some that I did research on, and all have great reviews!
1. Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food (Revised Edition) (2017)
Food. It should be one of life’s great pleasures, yet many of us have such a conflicted relationship with it that we miss out on that most basic of satisfactions. But it is possible—and not really all that difficult–to reclaim the joy of eating, according to Dr. Jan Bays, and mindfulness is the key. Her approach involves bringing one’s full attention to the process of eating—to all the tastes, smells, thoughts, and feelings that arise during a meal. She shows how to:…
2. Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works (2012)
We’ve all been there―angry with ourselves for overeating, for our lack of willpower, for failing at yet another diet. But the problem is not us; it’s that dieting, with its emphasis on rules and regulations, has stopped us from listening to our bodies. Written by two prominent nutritionists, Intuitive Eating will teach you: • How to reject diet mentality forever • How our three Eating Personalities define our eating difficulties • How to find satisfaction in your eating • How to feel your feelings without using food • How to honor hunger and feel fullness • How to…
3. The Mindful Eating Workbook: Simple Mindfulness Practices to Nurture a Healthy Relationship with Food (2018)
Establish a practice of mindful eating with actionable strategies and exercises from The Mindful Eating Workbook.Eating mindlessly is easy―eating mindfully takes practice. The Mindful Eating Workbook offers actionable, mindfulness-based strategies and exercises to adopt a mindful eating practice and nurture a healthy relationship with food.Vincci Tsui, a “non-diet” dietitian and certified Intuitive Eating counselor, offers step-by-step guidance to core concepts and philosophies of mindful eating. Applying theory to practice, this mindful eating…
4. The Mindfulness-Based Eating Solution: Proven Strategies to End Overeating, Satisfy Your Hunger, and Savor Your Life (2016)
In The Mindfulness-Based Eating Solution, Rossy provides an innovative and proven-effective program to help you slow down, savor each bite, and actually eat less. This unique, whole-body approach will encourage you to adopt healthy eating habits by showing you how to listen to your body’s intuition, uncover the psychological cause of your overeating, and be more mindful during mealtime.If you find yourself eating without thinking, because you feel bored or sad, or simply because you’ve had a hard day, indulging here and there is understandable. But emotional eating can often spiral…
5. Mindful Eating: A Healthy, Balanced and Compassionate Way To Stop Overeating, How To Lose Weight and Get a Real Taste of Life by Eating Mindfully (2014)
You may have been drawn to the idea of mindful eating as an antidote to the empty promises of the diet industry, or you may have felt that it’s time to pursue a more purposeful, more compassionate way of eating. Whatever your reasons and whatever your current relationship to food and your body is, this book can help you reconsider your eating habits and whether they are truly serving your highest good. Through an exploration of the real reasons we overeat, our thoughts and feelings around food, and coming into closer contact with our own true appetites, this book aims to help you craft an open and…
6. Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life (2011)
End Your Struggle with Weight. Your Path Begins Here.With the scientific expertise of Dr. Lilian Cheung in nutrition and Thich Nhat Hanh’s experience in teaching mindfulness the world over, Savor not only helps us achieve the healthy weight and well-being we seek, but also brings to the surface the rich abundance of life available to us in every moment….
7. The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) (2017)
Have you tried fad diet after fad diet, only to gain weight back? Maybe you’ve tried the protein diet only to move on to vegetables only? Raw almonds and coconut water every forty-five minutes instead of big meals? Or perhaps you’ve tried counting calories, but the numbers on the scale still don’t add up. If you are ready to throw in your hat and give up on dieting for good, take heart. You can enjoy food again—you just need to pay attention to your body’s natural hunger cues. Based on the authors’ best-selling book, Intuitive…
8. The Mindful Diet: How to Transform Your Relationship with Food for Lasting Weight Loss and Vibrant Health (2016)
“An essential, must-read guide” (Dr. Susan Albers, New York Times bestselling author of Eating Mindfully) from the renowned Duke Integrative Medicine center: the first book to combine health psychology with cutting-edge nutrition research to deliver an up-to-the-minute method for eating mindfully and breaking the yo-yo diet cycle.It’s easy on occasion to eat too much, eat too quickly, eat for comfort, or choose junk food. But every year millions of Americans vow to lose weight and get healthy and aren’t able to overcome the…
9. Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food (Includes CD) (2009)
The art of mindfulness can transform our struggles with food—and renew our sense of pleasure, appreciation, and satisfaction with eating. Drawing on recent research and integrating her experiences as a physician and meditation teacher, Dr. Jan Bays offers a wonderfully clear presentation of what mindfulness is and how it can help with food issues. Mindful eating is an approach that involves bringing one’s full attention to the process of eating—to all the tastes, smells, thoughts, and feelings that arise during a meal. Whether you are overweight, suffer from an eating disorder, or just want to get…
10. Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food (2012)
What would it be like to really savor your food? Instead of grabbing a quick snack on your way out the door or eating just to calm down at the end of a stressful day, isn’t it about time you let yourself truly appreciate a satisfying, nourishing meal? In our modern society, weight concerns, obesity rates, and obsession with appearance have changed the way we look at food—and not necessarily for the better. If you have ever snacked when you weren’t hungry, have used guilt as a guide for your eating habits, or have cut calories even when you felt hungry, you have experienced “mindless” eating firsthand. This…
11. How to Raise a Mindful Eater: 8 Powerful Principles for Transforming Your Child’s Relationship with Food (2016)
Whether your child is obsessed with sweets, a big (or small) eater, or you simply want to avoid future eating problems, you are in the right place. In How to Raise a Mindful Eater, family nutrition expert Maryann Jacobsen shows you step-by-step how to nurture your child’s emerging relationship with food. The book pinpoints 8 Powerful Principles that give you the best shot at raising a mindful eater, someone who listens to their body, eats for nourishment and enjoyment, and naturally eats in moderation. The book will teach you how to: • Encourage an Internal…
12. Eat, Drink, and Be Mindful: How to End Your Struggle with Mindless Eating and Start Savoring Food with Intention and Joy (2009)
Eat, Drink, and Be Mindful is a new tool for dealing with the age-old problem of mindless overeating. The author currently uses this workbook with clients in her Mindful Eating Support Groups. The book is a collection of more than seventy worksheets she has created. The workbook is organized around the seven skills of mindful-eater-awareness: observing, being in-the-moment, acceptance, letting go, non-judgment, and mindfulness of the environment. Each worksheet is one to two pages. This concise, easy-to-use guide is great for introducing people to mindful eating. More advanced…
13. How to Eat (Mindfulness Essentials) (2014)
How to Eat is part of the Mindfulness Essentials Series by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, illuminating the basics of mindfulness practice. These short meditations cover everything from eating with others and enjoying our food to connecting with the Earth. Nhat Hanh inspires a joyful and sustainable relationship with all aspects of eating, including gardening, food shopping, preparing, serving, and even cleaning up after a meal. How to Eat is a welcome reminder that the benefits of mindful eating are both personal and global. With sumi ink drawings by Jason DeAntonis….
14. Binge Eating: A Beginner Comprehensive guide to permanently ending overeating, maintain mindful eating and weight loss therapy (2019)
Binge eating disorder represents the most common eating disorder on our planet today. Since its formal listing in the DSM V, research has continued to show just how destructive and potentially harmful it is to general health and well-being. Sufferers lose control over their emotions and turn towards food to fill a growing mental and emotional gap.This book, “BINGE-EATING; A Beginner Comprehensive Guide to Permanently Ending Overeating, Maintain Mindful Eating and Weight Loss Therapy” profiles and completely demystifies the disorder. Getting rid of…
15. The Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens: A Non-Diet, Body Positive Approach to Building a Healthy Relationship with Food (2019)
Do you struggle with stress eating, overeating, emotional eating, or binge eating? You aren’t alone. Sometimes, when we’re not feeling so good, food can seem like a great comfort. The problem is that over time, overeating can lead to several physical health problems, as well as depression and lowered self-esteem. So, how can you put a stop to unhealthy eating behaviors before they become ingrained, lifelong habits?With this breakthrough workbook, you’ll learn to notice and respect your body’s natural hunger and fullness signals, find real eating…
Best Mindful Eating Books Reviewed & Ranked
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When Food Is Comfort: Nurture Yourself Mindfully, Rewire Your Brain, and End Emotional Eating
Author(s): Julie M. Simon
Publisher: New World Library, Year: 2018, Size: 2 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2207232
For the love of food and yoga : a celebration of mindful eating and being
Author(s): Price-Kellogg, Liz; Taylor, Kristen
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Year: 2015, Size: 50 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2086166
Mindful Eating: How to Eat Mindfully to Take Control, Feel Satisfied, and Lose Weight
Author(s): Brinker, Julie
Publisher: , Year: 2014, Size: 102 Kb, Download: epub
ID: 2071111
Mindful Eating
Author(s): Miraval
Publisher: Hay House, Year: 2012, Size: 24 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 879974
Eating mindfully : how to end mindless eating & enjoy a balanced relationship with food
Author(s): Susan Albers, Psy.D
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications , Year: 2012, Size: 271 Kb, Download: epub
ID: 877155
Reinventing the Meal: How Mindfulness Can Help You Slow Down, Savor the Moment, and Reconnect with the Ritual of Eating
Author(s): Pavel Somov, Donald Altman (Foreword)
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, Year: 2012, Size: 9 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 877827
Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food
Author(s): Susan Albers PsyD, Lilian Cheung DSc RD
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, Year: 2012, Size: 433 Kb, Download: mobi
ID: 1118285
Please note that this booklist is not absolute. Some books are truly hot items according to The Wall Street Journal, others are drafted by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant links you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.