"I don't eat anything with a face!"

A lot of hype is focused on eating healthier. Raw, vegan, vegetarian, organic, gluten free...you name it. And I'm NOT buying into it. It IS messed up some of the ingredients they put into our food. That's true. But we can eat the food around us without going to the extreme.

My biggest problem with all the hype is there is NO way in the world I would ever give up meat. Cheeseburgers, BACON, chicken, salmon (according to some is meat. but psh it's healthy guys)...I would never go without those. And dairy. I'm from Wisconsin. I love cheese, milk, butter. We have survived forever on meat. Did our very ancient ancestors live on plants? I think not! When people (ahem, mom) try telling me to stop eating meat, I just want to punch them. How could you give up such a beautiful thing? (People also like to rub their supposed superiority in your face/try to change your eating and it's just annoying)

It's good to limit your amount of unhealthy things. We don't have to eat it constantly Everything in life should be done in moderation. When you can, buy things you know where they're coming from. My dad has chickens and I much prefer their eggs to store bought eggs. You can taste the difference. He buys his beef from a farmer who strictly corn feeds his cattle. There is for sure a difference. In general, they add unnecessary hormones and antibiotics to things you buy in the store. I generally won't eat meat or eggs from the supermarket. That should be regulated, no doubt. Eat homemade whenever you can. You can control what you put in your food then.

I don't have anything against eating healthy, but some foods are just disgusting. (And I'm a grown up and can eat ice cream for breakfast sometimes if I want) My mom likes to add or substitute ingredients and try to trick us into liking them. It NEVER works. Ground turkey makes me want to barf. Chia seeds in my muffins are not acceptable. Almond butter makes me gag. Cauliflower mashed potatoes? Ew. Just give me some yukon golds please. Canned pumpkin is not a valid substitution for oil/eggs in brownies. I don't dislike certain foods because they're "healthy". I just have taste buds and flavor as well as texture matter to me. I can't eat something bad tasting just because it's healthy.

I drink more water daily than the average person, I'm quite sure. And I'm usually pretty good at making sure I don't eat too much when I'm eating something that's not good for me. I very, very rarely get fast food. I drink pop just as rarely. Seriously, all this crap about how we shouldn't be eating half the things we have always eaten drives me nuts.  We're ALL gonna die so just enjoy your life and don't gorge yourself. Unless it's Thanksgiving. Gluttony doesn't count then.

And if you don't eat meat or eat a restricted diet, DON'T act like you're better than everybody else. It makes you come across as a giant douche. #justsaying