I Am What I Eat

Though I try to balance my diet and consume a wide variety of food, my attitude generally aligns with the idea of eating for taste and for ease. And as a college student (okay, there is another one), I find myself often pressed for time and money, which leads to quick eating and less than healthy food. And I do believe I inherit some of the negative effects of the food. But I have a good metabolism and I'm probably young enough that I'm not experiencing some of the worse traits I would if I were older. Regardless, I am what I eat, and I accept that.

But I also eat for taste, which means almost nothing. Plenty of good tasting food isn't all that healthy, but there are some that are. Though when we are talking about taste, who cares about health? Maybe it's just me, but if I'm putting it in my body, it might as well taste good, no matter the health aspects. I've got one life, I want to experience as much food as possible.

True, there is other things that can be put into the body, and I am a fan of beer, which I treat similarly. There is good beer and bad beer, expensive and cheap. I consume it responsibly, so there aren't really any negative effects, at least in any long term sense. So the food I eat is much the same, and I don't consume one thing more than the other, so I'll be just fine. I am what I eat, and that is fine with me.

Mudry, Jessica. Measured Meals: Nutrition in America. Albany NY: SUNY Press, 2009. Print.