You are what you eat

Have you ever heard the quote; “you are what you eat”? I am pretty sure you have. Possibly like me you have never put much stock in it, thinking that to be an ice cream sundae would be far more fun than to be a plate of broccoli. I know if I think too deeply on what I have ingested in the past, I can get pretty grossed out. Nobody wants to think about being a giant Twinkie or a bacon chili cheeseburger with extra pickles. Unfortunately and fortunately, everything we put into our bodies helps to make us who we are. Whether we are energetic or sleepy, whether we are in a good mood or bad. If you down a coca cola first thing in the morning, you are not going to be as sweet come noon.
“In wine it is called terroir: the peculiarities of the soil, the water, the very angle of the sun, the land that makes a wine distinctly itself.”
We are all like terroir. We have the land that we come from, which helps to make us who we are, we have the food we ate as kids and the food we eat now; we have the amount of sun we ingest and the amount of exercise we take, we have the water we drink. We are the land. I have been saying this for ages, your body is where you live, and I mean it. You are the soil, so feed the soil well. That doesn’t mean that your wine wouldn’t benefit from some cupcakes or apple pie. Maybe your wine could use a little sugar. Maybe you are in need of a bit of salt or spice or savor.
You need to think about what would be the best wine for you. What does your body need to be the best it can be? To be the best is different for everyone. If you want to be the best long distance runner then you are going to have a different recipe than someone who just wants to be the best she can be at playing with her kids. What would create the healthiest, most robust, most delicate and sweet but also spicy glass of you? Because that’s what we’re doing folks. We ARE what we eat. We are growing ourselves. Every day, we have the choice to be healthy.
So this week think of yourself as the terroir. What kind of wine do you want to be? Put together a recipe of foods and activities that you want to be a part of you. Then add a little bit of sunshine, a dash of hard work and a sprinkling of love.

Be Good to your Body, it’s where you Live