Food

Yup... here is one of the very sensitive subjects that people talk most about and also try to avoid.

You might wonder why I start talking about food. You might even start thinking that I'm going to preach about food. It might be true but it's only because it's important to know.

As classes start, I realize wow.... there are many organizations and they try to let you know about them by saying... we serve pizzas during our meeting. As a health professional student, I can't help but wonder... if you're going to be working in the health profession... and if you're going to tell your patients... don't eat that chocolate bar, your insulin is not going to like it.. or if you're going to say... don't eat that slice of pizza... your heart is not going to love you... imagine yourself at this moment enjoying the piece of pizza! It's very to tell people what to do but it's a lot harder to do it ourselves. And I speak that from my own experiences.

I can't help but keep on stressing the importance of diets. I'm not a nutritionist by any chance. Neither am I trained in nutrition in anyway. So I am like you... I read news, magazines, articles, books and learn about things. I know too much sugar, salt, fats are not good for our body. We can't consume too much of a certain type of food for example sugar or even rice in particular. I took me a long time to realize that I was overweight. And it took me a whole summer to get back in shape and maintain it.

It all started with reading the labels and hitting the gyms. I have to say.... we are incredible crazy with our food. Yes, we are. No doubt about it.

We love sweet treats. We love fatty products. And yes, we love salts. But actually, there is a better way to say it. I think we are conditioned to love sweet treats, fatty products and salts. When we were younger, we tended to eat candies, then pizzas, and started adding salts in our diets. Increasingly, our doses increase. *it's just so additive to eat fat especially*. And eventually, when we reach a certain age, it has become a common diet for us : rich in sugar, fat, and salts. You might think gosh, I can't change because I have eaten this my whole life. But think about it... our body and mind change all the time. Our body can adapt to different situation and environment. So will our diet. We all can change it. All it take is just a little bit of patience and determination.

So go read the labels of the products that you are about to buy. Does it have too much sugar? How about fat? (please, even with the good fat, too much is not good) How about salt? These are important factors in determining our health.

I hope I haven't cut it too short. I was reading some news articles and this thought just came up to me. Really!!! just try it!! change your diets! one thing at a time.... because I do hope my future colleagues change their habits too. Instead of buying pizzas (convenient, slightly inexpensive, but create a bad habit for students), I hope they opt for something that are more health conscious otherwise I will go hungry for long time!