“What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?”

My weight was always my struggle. My family is eating sugar, fat, fast food, TV dinner and processed food. I was born to a young parent without money. Since I have a lot of welfare in my childhood, we ate what the poor eat: garbage. This sugar and salt food tray is trapped on me. When my family increased their wealth to this equation, the amount of food changed, but the quality did not change. Three years ago, I went to Iceland and Norway. It is the first time outside North America. I looked around and realized that I was the biggest person everywhere. My first thought is as follows. These rich butt Europeans ate well and they did not work so much, so they had time to exercise. Until I experience this ratio, this will be one-third of what you found in the USA. 1/3! This is with me. My weight and custom have changed. How is my lifestyle different from these beautiful Vikings? As a result of several investigations, I found several differences:

When I was a child, I have nothing to do with food. Diet is mainly a means for survival. Many of my meals are just satisfying and sometimes tasty. I only eat delicious or authentic food, ie soul food, fast food, or junk food. Nutrition and healthy meals are rarely involved in the decision making process of my food. In the past 20 years, I learned that you should pay attention to your health and nutrition sooner or later. I also learned that I am responsible for finding ways to improve my health by listening to my body and spirit, not advertisements, WebMD, my favorite artists, mentors, partners, mothers.

Food is not a spiritual experience to me all the time. When I was a child, I ate - I ate a noisy person among the food-oriented Indian-American families. I sprinkle leftovers around the plate to make it look more sparse, collect foods in the corner of the plate, put it under my unseen hands, Skillfully arrange all kinds of tricks, such as when you do not see it. I will transfer the food to my father's dish. Indian culture has a wide range of cooking theology due to the importance of ritual and mysterious food. Food is Brahman, the emergence of the highest energy that stimulates the universe. "My food is God," my mother told me, because I pressed curry emotionally against my plate when I was young. At that time, I could not say that the fast food was an opportunity to go out.