When you start improving your diet and can see the great results - you want everyone to get in on the action, right?
Especially if you can see family members who are overweight or have health issues. It seems like eating better can be the answer to a lot of health challenges, but will they listen to you?
I've been guilty of trying to preach to family and friends many times. I blame it on my Virgo nature, I just want to share the information but I can sometimes come across judgemental or critical. I remember when I was a teenager, I had a baby-sitting job and I would lecture the parents about smoking, telling them how bad passive smoking was for their kids and how they'll probably die an early death from cancer. I didn't have much tact. In fact my nickname was "tell it like it is Denise"
It's pretty difficult to change someone else's mind, and they don't want to be judged for their own health choices. Here are a few quick tips:
- Rather than bombard them with information about healthy eating, offer to lend a raw food book or point them to a few websites. Let them be proactive if they are interested
- Talk about the results you've had for yourself, rather than saying "raw food will help with YOUR weight problems too"
- Be a great example - make it easy and fun to choose health options when you eat out with them or if they come over to your house
- Let them try it out. Let them taste your raw snack, or your delicious salad. They'll get hooked and if they don't - more for you!
- Please don't preach - it will only make them resist more. Avoid saying "you should...."
Lastly, you can only influence your own health, so try not to worry and let your friends and family be responsible for theirs too.
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© Denise Duffield-Thomas
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