HW 2 - Food - Initial Thoughts

Although it is a very big part of our lives, it is pretty much certain that not many people really think about what food is to us. Yes, we obviously need food and water to keep living, but what about food do we tend to go after? There is ALOT of types of food in the world, too many to even round a number on. The main question that was discussed in class was what about food do we make our choices to consume on a daily basis?

I personally choose to eat healthy food, in which also tastes good at times. There are times in which my peers think i'm weird for eating things that they don't eat. For example, I'm looked at as the only person in the world to have eaten tuna fish directly from the pouch. Does it taste DELICIOUS? Not really. But i eat it because it's healthy and full of the protein I need for my body. However, not everything I eat is as weird as plain tuna fish. I'm not really a picky eater, I just choose to eat more on the healthy side. Things such as cold cuts, peanut butter, chicken, steak, wheat bread, fruit ad vegetables, the list goes on. Now I'm not an extreme dieter. I'll have a slice of pizza or a cheeseburger from time to time, but not in a daily routine. I also enjoy eating protein bars and drinking as much water as I can.

In my mind, people choose what they eat using mostly their senses. Their sense of smell and taste plays a role of satisfaction while eating their choice of foods. Their use of sight would initially attract them to certain foods that look good. And similar to my thinking, people use their mind and choose foods because they know its good for them. Now beforehand without really thinking about it, one would think you just eat food for no reason, period. But when you think about it, there are actually a few factors that help you decide what you would like to consume day by day.

Because food is a big part of our lives, we use senses in order to decide what we eat, In fact, there's a saying which pretty much holds true. The saying "You are what you eat" expresses how what you put into your body could make you the person you are daily. There's the semi strict dieter eats healthy foods, then there's the "who cares" type person who makes pizza night every night. Thinking about this, eating could be the first set in multiple life paths of a person. A person who eats healthy may be more likely to exercise daily vs the person who likes to eat less healthy. There's plenty of more examples but the point is food is alot more important to us than we usually give it credit for.