You are what you eat

Tell me what you eat and Ill tell who you are. Ever since this quote has appeared, everybody has become obsessed by the way they look, by their body and especially by the food they are eatin . !irst of all, your eatin style reflects and affects who and what you are. If you e"amine various societies and cultures, you see that each has its traditional foods and food ceremonies. #I am Italian. I often eat spa hetti, lasa na, or pi$$a,# or #I am a real %merican. I eat hambur ers, hot do s, steak, coke, and !rench fries.# The !rench eat crepes, the &el ians eat waffles, the 'hinese eat rice and the (wiss eat chocolate. In short, the #way you eat# reveals how you identify yourself. It reflects and often determines your world)view, your values, and your entire approach to life. !urthermore, foods are much more than *ust a collection of nutrients+ they are a wealth of influences and connotations. ,are foods and spices are treasured as special culinary deli hts. (ome foods are worshiped in various cultures as havin an unusual holiness or are avoided alto ether. The type of food you choose can affect your moods. -ot, spicy, or stimulatin foods may influence you toward hot) temperedness or nervousness. 'oolin foods can rela" you and ive you peace of mind. !oods can help you celebrate and can comfort you when you are sad. They are a si n of love and are a means of unitin people on many occasions. .sually, because women are obsessed by their body, they are on a diet .!or this reason they dont eat breakfast which is the most important meal in a day. The body needs food to produce the lucose that is necessary to keep you oin . (tudies show that breakfast contributes si nificant nutrients and calories to the diet, and nutrients missed by skippin breakfast are not compensated for in subsequent meals. /ithout breakfast, some people become less able to do physical work in the late mornin hours and some students do not perform well in the classroom. Individuals who consume ready)to)eat cereal re ularly for breakfast tend to have lower blood cholesterol levels than individuals who skip or have other foods for breakfast. (econdly, women need more iron than men because of re ular blood)loss throu h menstruation. /omen must eat food with concentrated sources of iron because they enerally east less than men. In contrast, the *unk food isnt ood for your body to be eaten day by day. &ut the human body needs chemical additives besides vitamins, minerals, fats, proteins so that you should eat it once in a while. To conclude with, my opinion is that we all should be more careful at what we are eatin and when we are eatin because we really are what we eat. Bianca Marisescu