Rebuilding Our Relationship with Food

Rebuilding Our Relationship with Food

This course is part of Food Sustainability, Mindful Eating, and Healthy Cooking Specialization

Instructor: Maya Adam, MD

What you'll learn

How to practice mindful eating or food mindfulness.
How to practice self-compassion and rebuild your relationship with food.

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There are 4 modules in this course

Have you ever made a conscious effort to change the way you eat (for health or other reasons) and then felt frustrated when your plans were derailed? You’re not alone. The best laid plans are often sabotaged by a food environment that makes it increasingly hard to make healthier food choices. This can leave many people feeling mistrustful of food or feeling that our relationship with food is somehow broken. In this course, we’ll explore the history of our changing food environment, the science behind cravings for unhealthy foods AND most importantly, you’ll learn some concrete strategies for rebuilding your relationship with food. You’ll learn to practice mindful eating and self-compassion (proven strategies for supporting healthier food choices) as well as designing a customized plan to protect your relationship with food and improve the health of your greatest asset - you! I can’t wait to start on this adventure together.

In this module, we’ll examine how the commercial food industry separates us from our food and how this impacts our long-term health. We’ll explore how attitudes towards food can differ across different global regions and different cultures and how our attitudes toward food can affect our health. Finally, we’ll examine the ways in which food can support our optimal performance at work or at play.

What's included

6 videos2 readings7 assignments1 plugin

6 videosTotal 18 minutes

Introduction to Rebuilding Our Relationship with Food2 minutesPreview module
How Commercial Food Production Separates Us from Our Food4 minutes
Why Practice Food Mindfulness?2 minutes
Global Health and the Western Diet4 minutes
The Two Questions2 minutes
Food and Optimal Performance (at work and at play)2 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Specialization Mission10 minutes
Optional Reading Assignment10 minutes

7 assignmentsTotal 115 minutes

Reflecting on Processed Food Consumption15 minutes
Reflecting on Food Mindfulness15 minutes
Global Health and the Western Diet Quiz5 minutes
Reflecting on Global Health and the Western Diet20 minutes
Reflection on a Cooking Memory15 minutes
Optional Practice Questions15 minutes
Module 1 Graded Quiz30 minutes

1 pluginTotal 15 minutes

Getting to know you15 minutes

In this module, we’ll learn about why traditional, restrictive “diets” often fail us, how to begin reframing our thinking about food from “Am I allowed to eat this?” to “Is this food worthy of me?” and how our food choices can shape our food preferences.

What's included

5 videos1 reading5 assignments1 discussion prompt

5 videosTotal 14 minutes

Why Diets Fail: The Case for Food Mindfulness3 minutesPreview module
Is This Food Worthy of Me?1 minute
How Food Choices Shape Our Food Preferences3 minutes
Listen to Your Food1 minute
Global Perspectives on Food3 minutes

1 readingTotal 30 minutes

How the Food Industry Manipulates Taste Buds with "Salt Sugar Fat"30 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 85 minutes

Advice for a family member15 minutes
Why Diets Fail Quiz20 minutes
How Food Choices Shape Our Food Preferences Quiz5 minutes
Reflecting on Food Attitudes in Your Global Region15 minutes
Module 2 Graded Quiz30 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

What's it like in your food environment?10 minutes

In this module you’ll learn about the components of self-compassion, a practice that can be used to support healthier food choices and eating behaviors. You’ll also learn about how our taste receptors respond to quantity vs quality and how we can use this knowledge to maximize our eating experience while protecting our health!

What's included

4 videos2 readings3 assignments

4 videosTotal 9 minutes

Practicing Self-Compassion and Investing in Your Most Valuable Asset2 minutesPreview module
Be Kind to Yourself1 minute
Moderate Amounts, Optimal Taste Experience3 minutes
You Are Not Alone1 minute

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Self-Compassion: The Often Missing Ingredient in Healthy Eating10 minutes
Let Them Eat Cake (Just Not Too Much)10 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 45 minutes

Reflecting on Self-Compassion and Your Food Choices15 minutes
Reflecting on Moderate Amounts, Optimal Taste Experience15 minutes
Module 3 Graded Quiz15 minutes

In this module, we’ll explore some of the ways in which we can rebuild a longstanding relationship with our food, by observing our own behaviors and developing customized strategies for letting go of habits that don’t serve us well. We’ll also learn more about the practice of mindful eating and how we can incorporate that practice into our daily lives.

What's included

4 videos3 readings3 assignments1 plugin

4 videosTotal 12 minutes

Daily Practices for Strengthening Your Relationship with Food3 minutesPreview module
Lonely Mouth2 minutes
Practicing Food Mindfulness4 minutes
Food Mindfulness2 minutes

3 readingsTotal 30 minutes

Microsteps: the Big Idea That's Too Small to Fail10 minutes
Six Ways to Practice Mindful Eating10 minutes
8 Steps to Mindful Eating10 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Reflecting on Daily Practices for Strengthening Your Relationship with Food15 minutes
Reflecting on Practicing Mindful Eating15 minutes
Final Course Quiz30 minutes

1 pluginTotal 15 minutes

It's not over yet15 minutes

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Maya Adam, MD

Stanford University

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Reviewed on Nov 28, 2021

A persuasive way of describing and detailing. You can not but learn some of the good habits.

Reviewed on Dec 25, 2024

developing a new skill that too from Stanford university made me feel happy and thank you the instructor Dr. Maya mam. mam you made me to understand this course in a much better way.

Reviewed on Aug 8, 2024

This course teach me to be mindful about food, eating, and sometime about how we think about our feeling.

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