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• Things I want: a tv in my room, the bigger bedroom, a new car, all of my favorite foods, sleep, to stress less, be Able to eat all of the junk food in the world without feeling sick to my stomach, 

• The jury is still out: chemistry at the moment, how I’ve written more in the past week than in an entire school year, horror movies aren’t good anymore cause they aren’t scary.

• My media and my obsessions: Tacos, Sushi, Sza, Rihanna, my bed, napping, procrastinating, online shopping, hockey and lacrosse, chipotle, the movies, cats.

• Things that bother me: scraping of forks against glass plates, people chewing loudly with their mouth open, people coughing without covering their mouth, people trying to funny when they are just being stupid and embarrassing themselves, talking when the teacher is talking, when you order food at a drive through or online and they get the order completely wrong or when they don’t give you any sauce. 

Junk food or healthy food?

       Throughout my whole life, I’ve struggled with eating healthy. When I was younger I was diagnosed with fructose intolerance along with borderline Lactose intolerance. After living with the pain in my stomach for 12 years my mom decided  it was time for me to go on a diet. No more eating fructose, which by the way is in almost every food possible. From yogurts, baked goods, packaged foods, basically every candy and most beverages too have fructose in them. So my options were very limited and I went on a very strict diet, to hopefully make me feel better. This was the best option in my moms opinion because she couldn’t bear to see me struggle with this pain any longer, even if it meant going on a diet. 

       The diet started and I was kind of excited to try all these new foods. Most of the food I could eat was organic and very healthy. It consisted of beans, eggs, nuts and lots of protein and meats, definitely a change up from my usual Mac and cheese. The first few weeks I didn’t notice much of a difference. I was still getting used to not being able to eat my favorite foods. After a while my mom and even I could tell that the diet was working and my stomach was feeling better. But then after some months my mom noticed a change in my attitude and just a different side of me. I was moodier than usual, I was sleeping a lot more, not focusing and just not being myself. After going to many doctors and still coming up without an answer for these episodes, my mom realized something. The moment I started my diet I hadn’t been able to go out and enjoy myself without having to worry about what I eat. I couldn’t go out to different restaurants with my friends or family because all the food had fructose. I couldn’t celebrate by eating  the birthday cake at the parties I went to, or enjoy the family dinners because I had to make my own healthy meal. This is where the question of is healthy food really better comes into play. For a 12 year old girl, is having less stomach aches worth missing out on all those special moments with friends and family? The food may be scientifically proven healthy but is it really considered healthy if it’s causing a 12 year old girl to have issues with mental health? From an interview I read speaking about problems with eating healthy from the University of Utah the women talked about all the issues that could arise from these diets. “Interviewer: What about fatigue and low energy is that a carbohydrate issue again?

Staci McIntosh: Yeah your basic, your primary source of fuel for every cell in the body is glucose”(healthcare.utah.edu). This is just one example but there were many others which showed many issues. But also at the same time after reading a source from Medical express, evidence shows that children do grow up to be healthy if they have a good diet at a young age. “At the age of eight, children who had a healthy diet growing up scored higher on personality traits such as conscientiousness, openness, extraversion and benevolence”(medical express). This just proves that there are also many benefits to eating healthy as a child. Is there really a correct answer?

Work cited 

X, Science. “How Diet Affects a Child’s Mental Health.” Medical Xpress - Medical Research Advances and Health News, Medical Xpress, 15 Feb. 2023, medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-diet-affects-child-mental-health.html. 

“Negative Reactions to Eating Healthier.” University of Utah Health | University of Utah Health, 15 Aug. 2023, healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/health-library/all/2014/02/negative-reactions-eating-healthier.