When to Eat

To have the faith to be perfectly healthy, I must eat, drink, breath and sleep correctly. To eat correctly, I must master the when, how and what of eating. One hundred years ago, when Wattles wrote his book, there were many theories regarding when to eat. It's funny how some things haven't changed in a hundred years. if you read the diet books and blogs of today, there is still a lot of talk and disagreement about when to eat.

Wattles writes that the answer to the question "when should I eat" is very simple. The body knows when it needs energy and raw materials for building and repair. And, the body has a mechanism for alerting the mind when this need arises. It's called hunger. When the body needs food, it becomes hungry. That is how I know when to eat.

Many diets are designed to make sure you are never hungry. There are plenty of pills and plans to make sure that you don't feel hunger. We are told to graze all day, or to eat six times a day to make sure that we are never hungry. Wattles thinks this is a mistake. Hunger is natural and necessary. We need to feel hunger so we know when to eat. Also, Wattles instructs the reader to never eat unless he is hungry. However, he writes that you don't have to eat as soon as you are hungry. It's ok to be hungry for a while, it helps you feel alive.