Back to the Apple.

Food. There really is nothing better, right? I mean food is needed to survive on this planet after all. Therefore, if it is going to be eaten then it might as well taste good. Or, at least I’d like to assume so? The trouble is most of the time when an individual decides to “diet” the food they are choosing either a) does not taste very good or b) restricts the very nutrients needed to survive and be “healthy.” Wow, look at all these links between food, diet, and health. It’s kind of crazy actually.

The cabbage soup diet is a prime example of the torturous feeding ritual that an individual might put themselves through to shed a few extra pounds. It seems logical that eliminating all of the other food groups necessary to live would be the perfect way to have a sustained weight loss. I hope you’re catching the sarcasm here. It is highly doubtful that anyone could survive on cabbage, carrots, and water for the rest of their life. This brings me to a valid point about food. The food that you choose to make up your diet, should be food that you intend to eat, enjoy, and live off of for as long as you possibly can so that you can fulfilled but inside and out.

Back to the Apple. Food will have a different meaning depending on who you ask. Food can elicit feelings of enjoyment, love, fulfillment, or the other extreme of shame, negativity, and regret. This is the reason that people choose the foods they choose. Some people eat certain foods like the apple because they make them feel “healthier,” whatever that means to them, and some people can eat an apple because they think it is the best tasting piece of fruit that ever grew on this earth. Others enjoy the nutrition provided in the form of fiber amongst other nutritious elements that an apple can provide. And if a worm is accidentally eaten, there is a little extra protein in there too!

So, if a diet can be redefined, health is personal, and food means something different to everyone, then why wouldn’t you design your own diet that you could live with for the rest of your life?

Food. It’s your choice.