Food can be medicine if you let it.

Earlier this week, I had a moment of frustration. I usually do not let it get to me but then I noticed it and it makes me wonder. I wonder how different our quality of life would be if we were all taught the importance of eating the right foods.

I hope all of us know, each one of our bodies have different nutritional needs. Some of us cannot produce insulin. Some of us have only one kidney. My point is,it is hard to understand what our bodies’ need are. The convenient food around us makes it even hard to figure it out. In the short term, these foods may make us feel sluggish and give us a stomach ache! In the long term, these foods may give us a disease that may kill us!

I can understand why people make decisions they do to eat food that may kill them and give them a bad quality of life. They may not have access to better options. Yet, I DO NOT understand. When you know something or someone is harming you, why would you continue to let it?!  WE are human and capable of changing that reality on our own. I know this because I did.

I grew up eating Burger King, Subway, In N Out, cup of noodles, hot cheetos, etc. I can’t say how many times I had to go to the doctors or and I would throw up. Not to say, then my brother was diagnosed with cancer. I began to research and figure what I can do to feel better. Then I read on how food is medicinal. Food does not only affect our physical state but also our mental state. So I found clean simple recipes and began meal prepping my own food. I would meal prep my veggies, rice, and protein starting from 7th grade. I was a little kid. I had trained myself to learn how to make better choices. I started  reading what’s on labels on the food I was going to eat. I did my best with what I had available.

We all don’t know better, until we do. It’s our choices that give our quality of life. To my friends and family, I hope you make the better choices in life because I love you and want only the best for you. I want us to be the happier healthier version of ourselves. Food is so powerful if you let it.