When it comes to food, I most definitely believe that the people who raise you or the ones surrounding you as you grow have a huge impact on you, which includes your eating habits. From the moment you are born, you have no choice but to rely on your parents (or other adult figures) to help you out food wise for the first big chunk of your life. In some cases, whatever choices these adults make for you in childhood could become a permanent factor in your daily living for the rest of your life.
I personally grew up within a family that eats good overall. I wasn't really exposed to too much junk food growing up. In fact, my mom tells me how she used to feed me spinach and scrambled eggs as a baby. Where I'm at in my life now, I feel nothing but thankful for the way I was brought up with my eating habits because I feel that I pay very good attention to my food choices and choose them according to health and overall goodness.
It should be a parents top priority to push their kids to a more healthy, eating styled life. We usually think back to our parents "blabbing" about how eating fruits and vegetables and drinking all our milk will make us grow up big and strong. Well they're RIGHT! Whatever you eat could make a big difference in how you go about your life. For example, I have eaten Mcdonalds before, who hasn't? I consider myself an active person, i enjoy exercising and playing sports. Now if I were to eat Mcdonalds surrounding this, I could eventually feel to sluggish and tired to want to do anything physical. Now if I were to eat more healthy, not necessarily strict, but just good, I would feel very good and energized and have no problem getting up and going to the gym or for a run.
Food is the fuel for our bodies. Its what our bodies depend on to operate on a daily basis. Because of this, it's our choice to choose the foods not only to eat, but also the foods in which will have an impact on how we act and live day by day.
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