Food and the sinful world

Recently I heard someone said "I used to think that food is something that gives me joy. Now I think it's joy and fuel"

Well, thanks to diabetes I found that food can also be poison. 

After changing my diet for 6 months during pregnancy, i was able to finally make a true personal comparison on the impact of food in my body. When I ate delicious and nutritious food such as plant based diet, I feel refreshed, energized and sharp in my mind. This is true in the opposite, when I decided to eat junk, I feel tired, moody and bleh. 

For example, I decided to eat Messina ice cream and chicken katsu sushi for dinner and the result is headache and severe stomach ache the rest of the night. 

In the past, I would just connect that to a long busy and tiring day, but now that I have made a significant change to my diet, I realised that it's more than just circumstancial. 

Sure, there are medicines I could take to reduce the symptoms and prevent my body to go into hyperthermia but if I can stop from eating the poison in the first place, why not? Why take the cure if you don't have to ingest the poison.

Furthermore, what I have recently found is that vegan diet is actually amazingly delicious! I used to think that it was all salad and different combinations of leafy vegs, but in fact it's much much more. It's legumes, starchy veggies, leafy veggies, sea veggies, complex grains, seeds, nuts, fruits, and herbs and probably more I cant remember. The choices are so endless and the combination of those things are so yummy, complex, vibrant, fresh and nourishing. 

It's much more than eating burgers, steak, chips, pasta everyday. It's quinoa salad, raw desserts, legumes soup, lentil daal, etc. Believe me when I say you're not missing out, the flavours of vegetarian diet is amazing. 

I didn't think it was possible but when I switched from meat to legumes, I don't really miss meat as much. I prefer eating pure vegetarian meals and it kept me fuller for longer too. 

So, what is my point between food and the sinful world?

Just as sin permeated everything that we do, it also permeated the world and everything in it, including what we eat. 

To me, getting my diabetes was like a conversion experience again. It opened up my eyes to how my sinful eating habits had destroyed my body and how I function. I had to relearn how to eat to God's glory. 

I am a foodie, I will chase food trends and spend more money on food than I can actually afford. Those habits were not sustainable. Diabetes showed me that and put a stop to it. I thank God everyday for His grace in this.