You Are What You Eat

Its true, you are what you eat. When you eat fatty foods, your body can not process them fast enough and they stay in your body, producing fat. Not only are there long term consequences of eating fatty foods (weight gain, heart disease, diabetes, etc.) but there are also many short term consequences too. Stomachaches, headaches, feeling drowsy (and lazy), greasy skin (or happens to be the case with me after eating greasy food), and I'm sure you can think of many others. I don't however agree with the poem Hunting Season. I do not believe that the food we consume, be it meat, produce, dairy or grains inhabit our bodies. This is silly. However I do agree with the poets point, that after a while what you consume will come back to get you physically, if its not weight gain, it could be diseases. Take for example liver disease due to alcoholism, or diabetes and heart disease because of fast food. Even though I believe in this I still find it hard to keep in mind when dining. My diet is not the best, I drink more diet pepsi then water (or so it seems), and eat food that is of convenience or nutritional value. I think it would be easy to blame that on my parents or for being raised in America, but in the end I have to take responsibility for my own actions when it comes to eating.

Somer, Elizabeth. Food & Mood: the Complete Guide to Eating Well and Feeling Your Best. (New York: Henry Holt, 1999.)