Eat, Pray, Love By Elizabeth Gilbert - 1140 Words

Books and Documentaries Diet and nutrition is prominent in playing a vital role in supporting health. Throughout the year, my research has lead me to gain insight as to how our diet can impact our bodies, whether it’s in a positive or negative way and how to maintain proper nutrition. Michael Pollan’s book In Defense of Food: A Eater’s Manifesto, informed me that we should focus on the foods we are putting in our bodies such as vitamins, fibers, saturated fats, etc. The food, as the author claims, is no greater than the sum of its nutrient parts. Pollan pokes fun at the â€Å"typical† health claims and explains how the PDA has thrown the regulatory door wide open to all types of fake foods. He suggests that we must escape from the Western diet and be informed about these health claims, as well maintain a balanced diet in order to support our bodies’ functions. In the book Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, the author pursues a healthy lifestyle focusing on self-fulfill ment. The main character Liz learns throughout her journey that she must raise awareness for herself and put time and effort to be the best she can be indulging in the pleasures of food in moderation, in order to live a healthy lifestyle and function at optimal capacity. Written in the form of a personal diary, Bridget Jones’s Diary, by Helen Fielding chronicles a year in the main character, Bridget Jones life, where she struggles to find love while obsessively counting calories, and constantly switching fromShow MoreRelatedEat, Pray, Love By Elizabeth Gilbert1358 Words   |  6 PagesTitle America is a wonderful country with endless opportunities for it’s citizen. This comes at the price of living in a brain washed society. The novel â€Å"Eat, Pray, Love† by Elizabeth Gilbert shows how the thoughts and actions of Americans are those of the past generations. The traditional stories about love and romance are misleading to the realities of the world. 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Detail 3: Depression ratesRead MoreEat, Pray, Love Essay1168 Words   |  5 PagesEat, Pray, Love Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert is a memoir about her journey to discover who she truly is and what she wants in her life. She leaves her old life in America behind, kissing her divorce and love affairs goodbye. Elizabeth takes her journey step by step focusing on improving three main components in her life: pleasure, praying, and love. She improves them one at a time each in different locations: pleasure in Italy, praying in India, and love in Indonesia. By spending fourRead MoreEat Pray Love1592 Words   |  7 Pages2012 Eat, pray, love—let’s cross over and start a journey of self-inquiry, self-discovery and self-fulfillment Eat, Pray, Love By Elizabeth Gilbert Penguin Books 2006 334 pp What does it take for a downhearted woman to walk out of the haze and start a brand new life? Elizabeth Gilbert provides us with quite an enthralling solution—that is through the true pleasure of nourishment by eating, the power of prayers in ashrams, and the inner peace and balance from true love. Eat, pray, loveRead MoreTranscendentalism In Eat Pray Love1418 Words   |  6 PagesThe protagonist from Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, a self-explorative woman, spent her entire year traveling to find her inner self and purpose through the emotions and experiences learned along her journey. She left her hometown in the United States to be intellectually alone and to explore the meaning of herself. Along the way she tried to maintain spiritual discipline and balance between her, God, and the world. The places she visited and the people she communicated with helped her learn toRead MoreElizabeth Gilberts Journey Described in Her Novel Eat, Pray, Love692 Words   |  3 PagesElizabeth Gilbert is an educated, ambitious journalist who had everything an average American woman would want - a husband, a lovely home in New York and a successful career. Aside from all the pleasures she already had, Elizabeth felt consumed by panic, grief and a great deal of confusion. After going through a divorce, a debilitating depression and a another failed love, Elizabeth decided to quit her job, leave everything behind and embark on a journey to find the art of pleasure, devotion andRead MoreCause and Impact Analysis on the Main Character’s Suffering in Elizabeth Gilbert’s Novel Eat, Pray, Love7348 Words   |  30 Pagesfrom love, sacrifice, humanity and sorrow. We were able to appreciate human life and do out our problem concern with psychological, social, and others. The contribution of appreciation novel was the readers have to analyze for gaining the messages. Analyzed of main character would give us insight of human life about pressure conflict that impact of psychological of main character â€Å"Eat Pray Love†. It was very different from other novels I met before. In this novel â€Å"Eat Pray Love†, anRead MoreAnalysis of Elizabeth Gilberts Eat Pray Love540 Words   |  2 PagesElizabeth Gilberts Eat Pray Love A Literary Analysis Introduction There are times when a person reads a book and feels completely enlightened, as if everything makes sense and as though there is hope to be had and much joy to be extracted from this much too short existence. This is how a person would feel after reading Elizabeth Gilberts Eat Pray Love. The novel chronicles Gilberts struggle with marriage, with divorce, with a new relationship and with essentially finding balance in her life