Food: what you want to eat!

According to Dupuis and Pollan, a group of people are asking "what to eat" in order to reach the MAX health. At the same time, another group of people are giving health claims. However, the fact is that seldom people are following those health claims but they never stop keeping asking “what to eat”. Dupuis used to summarize that “The United States has long been home to nervous eaters and avid readers, whose concerns about diet mirror larger anxieties about the vast economic and social changes taking place.”  

I believe not only American citizens, but also many people from other countries have blind faith on food fashion and health claims. But they are keeping eating what they ate before when people are asking “what to eat?”. I believe food is definitely what you want to eat. Moreover, food is simply a form of energy that help body’ circulation. People never asked “What to eat” when the food type is limited and unitary. As a result, those people are still healthy and some of them have a long life. If I put Chinese “Ying Yang” theory in to food selection, we should eat every thing to keep balance and healthy, because everything has its special function and we should not choose on food. Take my personal experience, I used to be a vegetarian for a while. Vegetables, fruits and tofu are what I ate frequently. However, I didn’t keep being a vegetarian because I realized that eating everything is the best way to be healthy.