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“Appreciation: When it blossoms in you, "Appreciation" is a deep gratitude that becomes a food, a fuel. It means that you start each day not hankering but full. It will be the earth supports you, the light that warms you and emanates from you and the wisdom and kindness that flows through you into all you do.”

Quote by Rasheed Ogunlaru

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Rasheed Ogunlaru
Rasheed Ogunlaru

Rasheed Ogunlaru is a British author born on June 15, 1970. His work spans various domains including personal development, leadership, and corporate strategy. Ogunlaru is known for his unique perspective and profound insights, inspiring countless readers and audiences with his books and speeches. more

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“The journey of food, from forest or field to plate to being, is full of wonder and magic. It grows, nourishes, and sustains us in ways that are both miraculous and often taken for granted. Becoming attentive and, as an inevitable result, grateful deepens our awareness of and appreciation for life and the responsibility that we each have to care for the world around us.”

“The time the first Europeans arrived in the New World, farmers there were harvesting more than a hundred kinds of edible plants–potatoes, tomatoes, sunflowers, marrows, aubergines, avocados, a whole slew of beans and squashes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, cashews, pineapples, papaya, guava, yams, manioc (or cassava), pumpkins, vanilla, four types of chilli pepper and chocolate, among rather a lot else–not a bad haul. It has been estimated that 60 per cent of all the crops grown in the world today originated in the Americas. These foods weren’t just incorporated into foreign cuisines. They effectively became the foreign cuisines. Imagine Italian food without tomatoes, Greek food without aubergines, Thai and Indonesian foods without peanut sauce, curries without chillies, hamburgers without French fries or ketchup, African food without cassava. There was scarcely a dinner table in the world in any land to east or west that wasn’t drastically improved by the foods of the Americas.”

“So Where’s the Chocolate Group? As we have said, we’re not going to pull a fast one. There are no forbidden foods, because deprivation doesn’t work. All of the above guidelines are intended as a balance over time—which means even if you eat a candy bar, it will eventually average out. When you have let go of the diet mentality and have made peace with food, you will discover that you sometimes have a desire for food that has no nutritionally redemptive powers. We call this food play food. We prefer this term to one of the most commonly used terms to describe what’s considered unhealthy foods—junk food. The term junk food implies that there is no intrinsic value in this food—in fact, that it probably should be thrown in the garbage can. But we feel that this thinking is unwarranted. There are times when a piece of red velvet cake or a stick of licorice is just the food that will satisfy your taste buds. And eating these types of foods doesn’t mean you are an unhealthy eater.”

“Above all, do not bribe, reward, or attempt to comfort with food. Food is for hunger, satisfaction, and nourishment. Help your children learn how to endure feelings. Let them know that their feelings are real and valued and that there are ways to be comforted without using food.”