| Some turn to their spiritual side when undertaking | | | | others have their own traditions. Some religions focus |
| weight loss. There are many of these diets including | | | | on the mind and body through things like yoga and |
| the Buddhist Diet, the Hallelujah Diet, and the Bible Diet, | | | | meditation. These are used as powerful tools to gain |
| just to name a few. Though these are all different in | | | | will-power and strength, but have an even more |
| that they deal with different religious beliefs, they are all | | | | important use. These work to keep the mind and spirit |
| the same in some key ways. These spiritual diets use | | | | in an upward spiral. Depression can cause a diet to fail. |
| the mind and the spirit to stay on track and transform | | | | With prayer and meditation, depression can be avoided |
| all parts of existence, not just the way the body looks | | | | and a positive state of mind can be constant. |
| and feels. | | | | By accepting guidance from someone or something |
| Some spiritual diets guide a dieter to focus on the | | | | else - or even yourself - you make room for success |
| benefits of the foods they should be eating rather than | | | | in a weight loss plan. Emotional eating is a huge |
| the ones they should not. In some religious diets, each | | | | problem and can be traced back as the root of a |
| food has a specific benefit to the mental health and | | | | weight problem in many who are overweight or obese. |
| well-being of a person along with the benefits of the | | | | If you can overcome emotional eating with a spiritual |
| food to the body. This allows a person to see what | | | | diet plan, success is closer in reach. If you allow |
| good they are doing, and it can make the 'bad' foods | | | | something you feel is more powerful than yourself to |
| much easier to resist. An example would be yogurt. | | | | be your guide, you give yourself the power to |
| This is good for regulating the digestive system and to | | | | succeed. |
| avoid ulcers, but is also allows the mind (and body) to | | | | Another powerful aspect of spiritual dieting is that you |
| be more flexible. | | | | are more than who you think you are. You are more |
| Other spiritual diets have eating restrictions based on | | | | than just an executive, or a mother, or a wife. Some |
| the beliefs of that faith. For example, The Body by | | | | people get stuck in one identity and forget the other |
| God Diet, which was developed by Dr. Ben Lerner, is | | | | parts of their lives. When they feel overwhelmed, they |
| touted as an "un-diet" rather than an actual weight loss | | | | focus on the one thing they feel they are not doing |
| program. This faith-based eating regime focuses on | | | | right instead of all of the things they are accomplishing |
| the importance of eating only all natural foods that God | | | | in life. Spiritual weight loss pushes a person to find their |
| has provided and strictly prohibits the eating of all | | | | whole self, and focus on what they do well and what |
| manufactured goods, such as pasteurized, packaged | | | | they can do better. This is done in a positive manner |
| and refined foods. | | | | so that emotional and binge eating once used to deal |
| With many religions, there is a type of prayer involved. | | | | with these feelings can be a thing of the past, and |
| Christians fall to their knees to speak with God, and | | | | healthy habits can take root. |