Food is one of the joys of life, in my opinion. It’s also necessary! Choosing foods that are both good for us and fun to eat helps us live a happy life.
So how do we do that?
In general, we want to choose foods that are close to how they occur in nature. Eating an apple is going to be better for us than eating an apple pie. And sour apple candy isn’t even food and may not have any actual relationship with apples. This principle means that whole grains are better for us than processed grains, that fresh veggies are on the whole better than canned, that fresh fruit is better than jam, etc.
However, we also want to consider that food is more than just fuel for our bodies. Food is part of our culture and our social interactions. When we’re considering apple pie, we may need to remember that our grandpa baked it with love and we get to hear him tell stories while we eat it. That feeds us, too. If we get so hung up on eating the “right” things, we may skip going out with friends and that’s not good for us either.
Most of the time, we want to choose real food, minimally processed, and cooked in ways that are good for us. Sometimes, not so much.
Or, as my personal guru, Cookie Monster, says: “Healthy food makes me a healthy dude” and “Cookies are a sometimes food.”
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