Decisions, whether we carry them or drag them. In the case of food, the decisions we make about what, how, and when to feed ourselves dwell under our skin. They shape our physical body, although they do not go unnoticed by the mental and spiritual body either. A heavy meal dulls the thoughts just as a good combination of foods brings agility, clarity, and lucidity. According to Eastern wisdom, food even shapes emotions and determines how we process what is outside and inside. In the end, everything ends up in that dead-end alley that announces that we are indeed what we eat.If you are like me and constantly think about food, at every moment you will be making a decision. It will not be naive. Much less arbitrary. Sometimes – most of the time – it will arise from an old programming: a brief Pavlovian game between stimulus and reaction. Other times, the decision will be dictated by need, autonomy, or rebellion against family ties. Author Melanie Mühl speaks of how we learned to eat from the maternal womb. The choice will be proportional to the size of the bonds we keep with mom and with our ancestors.This is why each diet is a biography with appendices, epilogues, iconography, and time. Diets – in the literal sense – treasure everyday ingredients, recipes, and preparations that become part of the heritage of our taste buds. That savory library we keep in our brain and heart is the voice that requests without hesitation “some red enchiladas” – not green ones, not meat in its juice, not a vegan burger – in a restaurant. It determines our favorite aisle in the supermarket, the craving that awakens us at night, what we put on the plate in front of our children. In light of such conditioning, it may seem impossible to change eating habits. However, the solution is as simple as anchoring ourselves in the present. That is the true decision. With it, we move from being slaves to food to being libertarians in consciousness. It only takes a dialogue, a grounding on the soles of our feet to know what our body really wants, needs, and longs for. “This is me. This is what my body wants to eat.” Eating consciously helps us make better decisions about what ends up on our plate and in our mouth. And as in any other love relationship, what is vital is communication: Do I really need this extra piece of cake? Am I already satisfied? Do I feel like that beer? The answer may be yes, and that’s okay.By inhabiting the body and listening to its authentic needs, the diet can be as loose and light as we want, especially if we are healthy. And although an illness may seem to diminish the journey, awareness of the body will reconcile us with that inner wisdom that asks for nothing more than support in good times and bad. Whatever your case may be, at Kiwilimón we take health seriously. Our decision is to commit to you. We want to give you the tools that lead you to make more conscious food decisions. We want to accompany you in moments of craving and in moments of connection with your body; to be part of your memorable dinners and your fasting mornings; to celebrate satiety as much as the diet; to toast to full plates and to emptiness. In the end, they are the same coin.The new face of the coin is called
Kiwi Te cuida. For this, our new section on kiwilimon.com, we created a bunch of new recipes and hired a group of experts in different branches of nutrition – specialists in family, sports, chronic diseases, and restrictive diets – who curated each diet, each portion, and each ingredient. We put in hours of work and heart into writing tips and advice, crafting weekly challenges, and programming recipes where it is now possible to see how many calories and nutritional value they provide. Our goal is for you to feel supported; to help you communicate with that perfect being that is your body and to care for it alongside you when you decide to do so. We want to help you take care of yourself, will you let us?