Whether you want to heal a health condition, boost your energy level or experience fulfillment and ease around food, read on to find out the one ingredient in your meal that just might be a key to your success.

Ima’s Story

In the year 2004 Ima was diagnosed with Stage IV Colon and Liver Cancer. Ima was a vibrant 52 year old woman with a golden main of a lioness and a contagious laughter that was much larger than her petite 5’2″ frame . A skillful and caring nurse by profession, Ima had delivered thousands of babies across the former Soviet Union, Israel and the United States. Devastated and helpless in the face of a “seemingly” sudden terminal illness Ima laid in bed empty of the bigger-than-life laughter. And I, her daughter-in-law, was her care-giver for the last 3 months of her life.

“I don’t understand,” Ima would say to me “I eat a lot of fresh salads and fruits, I exercise, I pray. How did this happen to me?!” And then Ima would answer her own question “I know where I made the mistake. Cancer did not just suddenly happen to me. For the last year, since my youngest boy had been deported back to Israel, every time I ate I would be crying, tears falling into my plate. I cried and I cried and I was all alone. I should have been blessing my food with joy and gratitude, instead of putting more sadness and despair into my body. After a whole year of eating tears, my body simply could not take it any more.”

In this article I pass on to you a small piece of Ima’s legacy.
Her message about food and eating is simple:
Our own state of mind as we prepare and eat each meal is just as important of an ingredient as the food itself. Choose consciously WHAT you put in your body and HOW you do it.

Do you have a story of wisdom about food and eating? Would you be willing to share your story by writing it down in the “Comments” form below?