Most of us have went through different diets and different eating phases. It's sort of known, if you wanna lose weight you eat less and if you wanna gain weight you eat more. That's completely wrong, it's not really a black or white kind of choice. There are kind of a food 50 shades of grey. Dr Ed Bauman, a holistic nutritionist and founder of Bauman College for Nutrition and Culinary Arts has got them down to 4 shades or 4 levels. If you want to know which level are you in, you need to read this post.
This level is hands down the level a lot of day to day people are in. It's an immature food approach. Basically eating food because it tastes good, never thinking of ingredients or nutrition. Food for pleasure of the tasting buds becomes a source of satisfaction for eaters at level one. Too much refined sugars, alcohol and caffeine are common choices. The eater consume as much food as he can, regardless of when he gets full. The problem with this level, that eaters tend to be have Impulsive eating. Whenever the eater is depressed, stressed or in pain, their first choice for reconciliation is food. Probably you know whenever someone breaks up, you see them with lots of ice cream, cupcakes and chocolate and that's called emotional eating.
I think that Egyptians and Arabs fall in this category, actually we have been raised on it. You choose to eat based on your hunger, the feeling you get when you need food. That feeling is also known as blood sugar level, eater in this level seek regulation of their blood sugar level. These eater don't really binge as much as they eat till their brain sends messages to their body that they are "full". The food quality is not a concern as much as how it tastes and how felling it is. Eating A lot of Processed foods with artificial flavors, food coloring and hormones is very common. Basically eaters make the easy choice, instead of getting your own home made food you just order with the people at work. Choices include a lot burgers, pizzas, fried chicken and sauces like mayonnaise. Because fast food is easy and filling, also it does taste good. If you would rather eat soup out of a can and not actually cook your own soup, you are a level 2 eater. This eater has very low nutrition, is either over weight or skinny fat. A weak body is must because basically this eater has been fighting his body, regular problems include the hormonal imbalance, obesity and usual fatigue.
Since we all know that we sometimes go into level one and two without realizing what are we doing to our body, it's only natural to feel guilty. The first thought that comes to anyone's mind would be, let's go on a diet. You either visit a "diet doctor" or you follow a known diet like Atkins and Weight Watchers. These diets label foods to good and evil foods, you limit the quantity and you are expected to control all of your cravings. Mostly you just see carbs as evil, you have very limited if not zero fats and sugars and your protein and veggies intake is higher. Sounds healthy, right? well it does, however these diets are mostly short lived. You lose weight at first as you are lowering all your processed foods and then you reach the point when your cheat day is a mix of level one and two. Then your cravings start to take over you, you are sick and tired on just having a salad when everybody is eating yummy pizza and pasta around you. The results are not coming fast enough, and the eater is left hungry after all meals. This level is totally better than the above two levels, however it's only a short amount of time till the eater fills off the wagon and go back to binge eating. Many people fall in a cycle of dieting then craving then binging then guilt then dieting again, that's called yo yo dieting.
This is the healthy life style eating that Dr. Bauman purposed be optimal for a life long eating regime. Supposedly it's all about learning about the nutrition of all the food going into your body. It can be similar to level three, however you don't restrict because you have personal choice. The no restriction idea leads to moderate eating and balanced diet, the final result is claimed to be better than level 3 due to the concept with changes in the food itself as well. The concept is using food as fuel, you only get the best fuel into your car then why shouldn't you treat your body with the same concept. Concentration in preparing one's food and focusing on presentation, if your food looks good and smells good you will be more satisfied. This level is supposedly a wise approach towards one's body and food choices that leads to a healthy body. Ed Bauman introduced a model of how ideal eating for health eater should eat. This is not supposed to be just a diet to get rid of your extra body fat then go back to eating whatever you want, this is a life long guide to nourish your body. I like the fact that it has everything in moderation, it's not your regular food. He actually included oils and starches in the model which is amazing, the mineral broth is just his way of saying home made healthy soup. It's a great way to ditox one's body, however I myself think level four eater are sort of too good to be true, you can have this model and add a couple of cheat meals a week just for some pleasures. Notice that I have said cheat meal and not day, cause there is a difference between having a nice launch with friends then sharing some dessert and just plain eating greasy food off the sink. The model Bauman created is not the only model as well for Level four, because this level is a conceptual more than it's a selling a certain diet. It also goes without saying that any eating healthy regime you follow won't get you where you want without working out, however it does makeup 70% of the journey.
Level 1 = Eating for Pleasure
This level is hands down the level a lot of day to day people are in. It's an immature food approach. Basically eating food because it tastes good, never thinking of ingredients or nutrition. Food for pleasure of the tasting buds becomes a source of satisfaction for eaters at level one. Too much refined sugars, alcohol and caffeine are common choices. The eater consume as much food as he can, regardless of when he gets full. The problem with this level, that eaters tend to be have Impulsive eating. Whenever the eater is depressed, stressed or in pain, their first choice for reconciliation is food. Probably you know whenever someone breaks up, you see them with lots of ice cream, cupcakes and chocolate and that's called emotional eating.
Level 2 = Eating for Energy
I think that Egyptians and Arabs fall in this category, actually we have been raised on it. You choose to eat based on your hunger, the feeling you get when you need food. That feeling is also known as blood sugar level, eater in this level seek regulation of their blood sugar level. These eater don't really binge as much as they eat till their brain sends messages to their body that they are "full". The food quality is not a concern as much as how it tastes and how felling it is. Eating A lot of Processed foods with artificial flavors, food coloring and hormones is very common. Basically eaters make the easy choice, instead of getting your own home made food you just order with the people at work. Choices include a lot burgers, pizzas, fried chicken and sauces like mayonnaise. Because fast food is easy and filling, also it does taste good. If you would rather eat soup out of a can and not actually cook your own soup, you are a level 2 eater. This eater has very low nutrition, is either over weight or skinny fat. A weak body is must because basically this eater has been fighting his body, regular problems include the hormonal imbalance, obesity and usual fatigue. 
Level 3 = Eating for Recovery
Since we all know that we sometimes go into level one and two without realizing what are we doing to our body, it's only natural to feel guilty. The first thought that comes to anyone's mind would be, let's go on a diet. You either visit a "diet doctor" or you follow a known diet like Atkins and Weight Watchers. These diets label foods to good and evil foods, you limit the quantity and you are expected to control all of your cravings. Mostly you just see carbs as evil, you have very limited if not zero fats and sugars and your protein and veggies intake is higher. Sounds healthy, right? well it does, however these diets are mostly short lived. You lose weight at first as you are lowering all your processed foods and then you reach the point when your cheat day is a mix of level one and two. Then your cravings start to take over you, you are sick and tired on just having a salad when everybody is eating yummy pizza and pasta around you. The results are not coming fast enough, and the eater is left hungry after all meals. This level is totally better than the above two levels, however it's only a short amount of time till the eater fills off the wagon and go back to binge eating. Many people fall in a cycle of dieting then craving then binging then guilt then dieting again, that's called yo yo dieting.
Level 4 = Eating for Health
This is the healthy life style eating that Dr. Bauman purposed be optimal for a life long eating regime. Supposedly it's all about learning about the nutrition of all the food going into your body. It can be similar to level three, however you don't restrict because you have personal choice. The no restriction idea leads to moderate eating and balanced diet, the final result is claimed to be better than level 3 due to the concept with changes in the food itself as well. The concept is using food as fuel, you only get the best fuel into your car then why shouldn't you treat your body with the same concept. Concentration in preparing one's food and focusing on presentation, if your food looks good and smells good you will be more satisfied. This level is supposedly a wise approach towards one's body and food choices that leads to a healthy body. Ed Bauman introduced a model of how ideal eating for health eater should eat. This is not supposed to be just a diet to get rid of your extra body fat then go back to eating whatever you want, this is a life long guide to nourish your body. I like the fact that it has everything in moderation, it's not your regular food. He actually included oils and starches in the model which is amazing, the mineral broth is just his way of saying home made healthy soup. It's a great way to ditox one's body, however I myself think level four eater are sort of too good to be true, you can have this model and add a couple of cheat meals a week just for some pleasures. Notice that I have said cheat meal and not day, cause there is a difference between having a nice launch with friends then sharing some dessert and just plain eating greasy food off the sink. The model Bauman created is not the only model as well for Level four, because this level is a conceptual more than it's a selling a certain diet. It also goes without saying that any eating healthy regime you follow won't get you where you want without working out, however it does makeup 70% of the journey. 
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