They say you are what you eat, so if that statements true than I am the furthest thing from anything healthy. Not that I never eat healthy, but frequently find myself attached to more meat than anything. I know that not all meat if bad, but I feel it was to evenly consume the amount of vegetables and meat I could be healthier. It is evident that my consumption of meats are way higher than veggies, so I think I could be better off eating more healthy since I am getting older.
Being the picky eater I am makes it hard to eat certain things. For example there are some foods I never eat that are good for you like tomatoes, carrots and a few other things out there I am skeptical about. Even when they are combined with other foods making it hard to even taste them, I still won’t eat it. But the funny thing about that is that if I don’t know they are in a particular food, than I will probably eat it if I don’t notice it, but if I do know even if not visible I wont eat. And I happen to eat a dish of potatoes just today not knowing mushrooms were in there and ate it not even tasting them. So I definitely think when it comes to food I am very selective.
Knowing that I am a picky eater, I feel it kind of defines who I am. Like for example the foods I eat on a regular are mostly just basic nothing too exotic. I do feel that I am pretty different from most people, so me being a picky eater I don’t eat a lot of food most people do. I just feel I am me, and not like too many other people or in other words cut from a different cloth. Now if I was the more flashy type of life style, I am sure I will be into would be more into the exotic and fancy foods. So I definitely believe that there is truth to the saying you are what you eat, because what and how a person eat can explain a lot. For me I tend to eat a lot of fast foods and at the same time I am very impatient person who hate waiting on things. I just always want to be on the go, and I even have a need for speed behind the wheel, so I do like things to do things fast. So for me I do believe that the food I eat, the way I eat and what I eat is definitely defines who I am, somewhat.
Barer-Stein, Thelma. You Eat What You Are: People, Culture and Food Traditions. Ontario, Canada: Firefly Books, 1999.
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Hi Paul, I love it that you say there are a "few other things out there I'm skeptical about"! I am curious what it is about a tomatoe or a carrot that makes you not want to eat them? I know people alergic to tomatoes so maybe you have an algergy and your body knows it! Maybe I'm projecting my stuff, however, as a child I didn't like bread and was forced to eat it (because those children in another country were starving). Later I found out I was algeric to wheat. The body knows all!
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