What We Eat, Who We Are

Each and every last thing you put into your body becomes a part of you, if only for an hour, if only for a moment. Even those things you didn’t really mean to put in your body, the ones that give you diarrhea and cause vomit—even they become a small part of you. From apples to zucchinis, aspirin to Zoloft, we’re all getting high all the time, and most of us don’t even know it.

Most of us eat what tastes right, smoke and drink and swallow anything we’re told to, and breath the only air we know of. Most of us don’t pay mind to saturated fats, hydrogenated oils, or any of the many known carcinogens. In short, we’re abusing our own bodies.

For example, I recently noticed that I had become dependent on Caffeine. I couldn’t get out of bed without a cup of coffee. Then, one cup turned into two, and I switched from coffee to carbonated energy drinks. Before I knew it, I wasn’t sleeping at night, and I couldn’t function during the day without my fix.

Yesterday, I cut myself off cold turkey, but it hasn’t been easy. My withdrawal symptoms so far include headache, nausea, fatigue and a constant cold sweat. My body had become so accustom to caffeine that it stopped producing it’s own brew, and now, I’m paying the price for my careless consumption.

I hope that I’m preaching to the choir, but if by chance I’m not, take a moment to think about your own habits. Are you feeding yourself? Or are you fighting yourself?  It's worth thinking about...