Here in Casa Cuadrau, food is key for the lifestyle we live and we love to practice mindful eating.
All of our meals are made with fresh, local, ecological and seasonal produce. However, we have chosen to make use of certain ingredients that come from far away too because we value their nutritional content. Some examples of these are: avocado, bananas, miso, sesame and other herbs for herbal teas.
We live in a modern world of abundance. With constant ongoing external stimuli, it becomes hard to eat what we actually need.
During our retreats we invite you to connect with the wisdom that lies within you. Making each meal a mindful eating practice is a great opportunity for each one of us to develop deep listening of our bodies and needs.
Meal time is a moment in which we nourish ourselves in all ways that Nature has to offer. We cultivate gratitude towards the food, the people who grew it, the ones who cooked it and the people we are sharing it with.
We invite each one of you to take the necessary time to eat, paying attention, chewing and savouring each bite. We invite you to be aware of the subtle reactions and sensations of and in your body, and to make this everyday act a meditation practice.
We obtain vital energy largely from the foods we ingest. Fruits and vegetables are living foods and therefore provide us with the most nutrients. It is essential to ensure that our body assimilates all the nutrients from fresh and natural foods, preferably organic, and for that reason we must pay special attention to the way we combine them when we sit at the table.
An inappropriate combination of foods can generate fermentation and putrefaction that produce toxins that accumulate in our intestines, worsening the ability to absorb nutrients.
“Hygienism” explains to us which foods best adapt to our physiology and how we should combine them to maximize the assimilation of nutrients at the intestinal level, enhance digestive comfort, and promote detoxification of the body.
The benefits of maintaining good food hygiene are many:
Vitamins and minerals: fruit, raw foods, and juices provide the energy of the 4 elements, vitamins and minerals essential for the correct assimilation of nutrients and bodily functions. According to hygienism, fruit should be eaten in the morning, as this is when the body does its cleansing. As it contains a lot of water, digestion is easy. Sweet or acidic fruit is alternated. (00h – 12h) They also prepare the digestive system by activating the enzymes that will attack the food so it can be assimilated, favoring the intestinal microbiota.
Carbohydrates: provide energy for cells (12h – 18h). They are only properly digested in an alkaline medium, beginning digestion in the mouth when mixed with saliva.
Proteins and fats:provide cell regeneration, recovery (18h – 00h) They break down into simpler amino acid chains in the stomach when attacked by digestive juices, in an acidic medium to be assimilated in the intestine. Ferments: Essential for feeding a healthy microbiota responsible for assimilating the nutrients from ingested foods, providing live prebiotics and probiotics.
Breakfast: 3 options
Cereal porridge with dried fruit or nuts / or Yogurt with sweet fruit or acidic fruit (optional: fruit only) / or Bread with 2 ingredients (tomato and avocado, tahini, vegetable pâté)
Always: Chai or herbal tea
Lunch
