The expression “You are what you eat” is an expression that seems to have been around as long as time. What does it truly mean? For most it ranges from meanings such as you are eating the actual spirit of that particular food item, to just a washed up expression, meaningless expression.
For myself I believe what you eat effects your body and mind. Not in the sense of eating the spirit of the food, but I definitely notice a difference when I eat certain food items. For example, when I eat breakfast in the morning I am able to focus more in class and have a more productive day; especially when I get a cup of coffee in me! On the other end of the spectrum when I eat a fast-food cheeseburger after a night of drinking I become infused with any couch my body hits and accomplish nothing that day.
Another way to look at eating certain food is from a moral standpoint. In society, controversy and debate have arisen over the ethics of eating animals. I always felt choosing to not eat meat, for many, was a choice based on psychological reasoning. Doing a little research I found a number of reasons for this lifestyle choice. These include promoting a healthier life, maintaining a healthy weight, helping the environment, being humane, as well as being ethical. So this is decision ties into health, political, and cultural reasoning along with psychological.
I feel whatever your reasoning for eating certain foods should be a choice people make for themselves and not for anyone else, it is your life to live. Just remember that you are what you eat.
Recommended Book
*McKeith, Gillian. You Are What You Eat: The Plan That Will Change Your Life. New York, New York: Penguin Group, 2005. Print.
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