I've been meaning to come up with something original in my blog and here it is. Food for thought! More like a small part of my blog which I write about what I feel about things like food, health or anything interconnected. This is much more personal as I'll be writing about my thoughts more and probably pick out something from a book, magazine or a website for you guys to read on similar topics.For the first article on Food for Thought, I'd love to discuss about the theory of 'You are what you eat'. What do you think? Well, I definitely agree on this. When people say 'you are what you eat', sometimes they mean it as a sarcasm or a warning to someone who is binging or eating too much of something unhealthy like fried food and candies. In other terms, it is pretty much self explanatory, you will look like what you consume for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
If you eat uncontrollably, you'll gain weight. If you eat too little, you'll be skinny. So with a well-balanced diet accompanied with regular exercise, you'll look healthy and feel healthy. Ever notice your friends or family members or some stranger at the food court eating a mountain of greasy fries when they are already heavy? I mean, people should realize the importance of staying healthy especially living in this much industrialised world where stress levels are high and the environment is deteriorating. It is sad to see that people get obese just because they don't care about their health and even much worse if their love ones do not tell them that they should start opting a better diet.
However the circumstance, I love good food. It makes me happy on a sad day. Even happier on a normal day. It's funny how good food usually pertains a giant cup of coke or a large bowl of deep fried chicken. I mean the fattier and higher in calories the food is, the better it tastes! Say, prawns. They are sweet and juicy no matter how you cook them but prawns are said to be one of the most high calorie type of seafood other than squid. Like desserts, usually creamy and sweet, is very much of a devil for the sweet tooths. A normal serving of a slice of cake usually contains 340 calories, 14 g of fat and 55mg of cholesterol. Imagine having 2 slices and in order to burn all the calories you have taken you would need to do running for around 40 minutes (burns 10-12 calories/minute). Now, isn't that just hard work?
And then there are certain people who are blessed with high metabolism rate which in other words mean that what they eat is pretty much broken down into their body faster than some others (like me). They will still be slim even if they eat double of a 'normal' person who has a 'normal' metabolism rate. This I guess is another theory because even if they don't have much fats stored around their body, it might not be the same for the calories that their body hold. So I think a regular check up would be advisable. Even better, go and get your butt shaking because exercising increases one's metabolism rate!
Conclusively, we are what we eat. Choosing the right food is good for your health but do indulge and pamper yourself with the lowest type of food in the Food Pyramid once in a while.
Go to this website where you can find which type of exercise burns the most calories:
http://stason.org/TULARC/health/diet/54-How-many-calories-do-different-types-of-exercise-burn.html
This website tells you the best type exercise for you to lose the weight you want:
http://www.weightlossforall.com/best_exercise_lose_weight.htm
Or even for a more life experience, watch 'Super Size Me' (2004). It is a movie made by a guy who thinks that Americans get fat because they eat too much fast food. So, he tested the theory out by eating ONLY fast food for 30 straight days! A very interesting movie to watch as the results of his theory were really crazy especially when he goes to the doctor! Check out the trailer on youtube for a quick preview.
