In the wake of the high prevalence of overweight and obesity and eating disorders, health and nutrition practitioners and experts are tasked with a high demand to help their clients achieve a healthy lifestyle. Aside the numerous diet-related changes that are made, behavioural attitude towards eating has been found to influence nutritional status of people. Food is culture and eating is a lifestyle. The mindful eating technique creates a perfect blend of enjoying food and achieving desirable health outcomes without affecting the cultural element of food. This technique teaches us to appreciate food just like how we would appreciate all things of cultural significance to us. Mindful eating is an approach that focuses on sensual awareness of food and the experiences that comes with it. The purpose of this approach is to help people appreciate foods they are eating and call for their attention, their eating experiences. Mindfulness is largely applied to the treatment of a wide range of health issues including stress, anxiety, depression and now nutrition. Mindful eating forms part of the Complementary Alternative Medicine approach used in the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, obesity and eating disorders. Mindful eating has been found to have several positive benefits including; Mindful eating does not focus on rules but rather people’s personal experiences with the foods they are eating. Nonetheless, these recommendations help to achieve those experiences; Take a moment to savour each bite of food and appreciate the nourishment that comes from Mindful Eating! REFERENCES Beshara, M., Hutchinson, A. D., & Wilson, C. (2013). Does mindfulness matter? Everyday mindfulness, mindful eating and self-reported serving size of energy dense foods among a sample of South Australian adults. Appetite, 67, 25–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2013.03.012 Carrière, K., Khoury, B., Günak, M. M., & Knäuper, B. (2018). Mindfulness-based interventions for weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity reviews: an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 19(2), 164–177. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12623 Nelson J. B. (2017). Mindful Eating: The Art of Presence While You Eat. Diabetes spectrum: a publication of the American Diabetes Association, 30(3), 171–174. https://doi.org/10.2337/ds17-0015 Retrieved from https://reference.jrank.org/fitness/Mindful_Eating.html#:~:text=Mindful%20eating%20grew%20out%20of,chronic%20pain%2C%20and%20heart%20disease Written By: Gillette Valentina Sylvia