You Are What You Eat | The Odyssey Online
Start writing a post
Lifestyle

You Are What You Eat

What you eat affects your health.

6
You Are What You Eat
Tumblr

Eating healthy is a good way to lose weight but it's also very good for your health. I firmly believe you are what you eat. I have seen what eating healthy can do and have even experienced it myself. You may even think the things you eat are healthy because it's vegetables or fruit but sometimes those things aren't always good for you.

I have horrible eating habits, always have, but I've trained myself to have better eating habits and not only did I lose weight but it changed my health. It changed me as a person. I became more energetic and more positive. I didn't feel bloated or sluggish. I am allergic to gluten and when I found out and stopped eating gluten I could tell a huge difference. My stomach would hurt and I would break out in a rash and when I began paleo eating I began to feel 100% better. For those of you who do not know what paleo is, it's organic, gluten and dairy free, natural food. So no processed!

Just because something says sugar free, does NOT mean healthy! It's actually worse because of the substitutes they put into it. Another thing I cannot stress enough is processed food. Veggie chips may seem like a healthy snack, and do not get me wrong in some ways they are but they are still processed. Most people do not realize that their health problems could be avoided or even less of a problem if they changed their eat. Some foods cause your body to do different things. Corn for example, causes your body to become inflamed. When I eat corn my knee swells and I can hardly walk.

Corn is one of many examples, but there are many more. Some people are more prone to it than others. You may think, "I don't have time to eat healthy," but that's not true. Set aside an hour one day a week to meal prep or even the night before, go ahead and prep your lunch. Another thing is to research food, I began doing that and realized that even though some food is unhealthy there are also many that are good for you that do different things for your body.

Eating healthy is not the same as a diet. A diet is a fad that will fade. Eating healthy is a lifestyle. It not only makes lose weight but it also makes you feel better and become healthier.

Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
Entertainment

Disney magic for New Year!

The "Happiest Place on Earth" has a lot of characters with some pretty great advice.

4657
Disney magic kingdom castle on new years
StableDiffusion

Disney movies are well known and very popular in today's world. Although many people appreciate the plot and the storyline, not many people appreciate the wisdom these characters possess. Every Disney movie has unique advice that can be applied to everyday life. Here are 11 Disney quotes to help start your New Year off right:

Keep Reading...Show less
Lifestyle

40 Gift Ideas for the Indecisive

It's a time of love, family, memory-making, and gift-giving. But also a time of stressing over the perfect gift.

119035
Christmas gifts around a tree
StableDiffusion

It's officially December. There is less than a month of 2024, and I still feel like yesterday was summer. Now comes the merriest time of the year, the Christmas season.

Everyone has been waiting for this time of year since mid-October (which is way too early, in my opinion) or before. It's a time of love, family, memory-making, and gift-giving. A lot of times when I ask friends and family what they want, I get a lot of "I don't know" or "I don't care."

Keep Reading...Show less
Lifestyle

Bucket List To Live In The Now

Find excitement in your life and start exploring wherever you are right here, right now.

1026
mu bucket list

I was sitting at my cubicle, now that I am an adult, looking at the rain pouring down on the windowsill, bumming on life, wishing for the rain to just stop for a full day.

There are moments where we count down the hours until work is over and how many more days till the weekend, and this many weeks until something exciting. Or something like that? Well, I was bumming because my next day off from work is not until Memorial Day weekend, which is not until the end of May. And since this is my first year out of college being a “real person,” I am totally missing the winter, spring and summer breaks. I am sure all of us have felt this way even if just for a hot minute…

Keep Reading...Show less
Entertainment

11 Ways To Survive Finals As Told By Leslie Knope

Because you know you're going to be stressed out, and Leslie knows exactly how to survive.

742
Everything hurts and I'm dying

So finals are on their way. That's right everybody, finals are about to start.

But hey, don't panic. Start getting your affairs in order and prepare for a week of hell. Here's a few things Leslie Knope wants you to do to make your finals week just a little bit less stressful:

Keep Reading...Show less
Student Life

10 Signs You Go To Kent State

You know you're a true Kent Stater when...

827
Kent State University
Great Value Colleges

If you go to or went to Kent State, then more than likely you have done or will do some of these things.

1. You’ve slipped and fallen on the ice at least once.

The winters at Kent are brutal, and while the heated sidewalks and some great snow boots are always a help, there’s no chance you won’t bust it on the ice at least once in your four plus years at school.

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments