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 I was scrolling through the internet as one usually does, and I found a pretty funny food meme that I wanted to talk a bit about. Although food memes are meant to be funny, I also think that it is important to discuss the serious side of the message being portrayed in this image:  Image Source Obviously, having a bunch of unhealthy calorie-dense foods then putting one singular piece of lettuce on top and calling it a salad is pretty funny. However, the truth is this resonates deeply within modern American society. These days, Americans strive to get food that's fast to prepare and eat, in most cases many Americans would simply eat a burger or other fast foods that they can get their hands on. We are so addicted to convenience that in a lot of cases, Americans won't just sit down to prepare a healthy Lunch or Dinner. As a result Many Americans actually struggle to get the number of greens they need in a day to maintain a healthy diet. This meme also perfectly encapsulates a mo...

 Recently as I have gotten older my face and back have been getting riddled with more and more acne every day. Although I went to the dermatologist when I was 16 and I have been using the topical creams they prescribed to me religiously every day, my acne seems to simply not want to go away. Since my face started looking like this:                                                                             Image Source  I decided to go to the dermatologist yet again earlier this week and my doctor prescribed Accutane. For some context, Accutane is like a last resort for treating acne that has gotten really bad and won't go away. Naturally after being prescribed Accutane, I was very scared sin...

 I recently watched a short 1-hour film called Fresh  , which was directed by Ana Sofia Joanes in 2009. The film's main purpose was to highlight the farmers and activists pushing agriculture to new heights while also informing everyone who eats food, about how and where these foods actually come from. This film was extremely interesting to me, and although some parts may have been hard to watch, the film did a great job of informing me about where my foods are coming from, as well as what farmers were doing to push agriculture forward in a better direction.                                                                             Image Source The film Fresh had an interesting tone about it, the...

 As I have gotten older I have begun to realize just how unhealthy most people are. For instance according to this CDC article, only about "1 in 10 adults" are eating enough vegetables or fruits. Although I hate to admit it, I am most certainly among those 9 out of 10 adults who do not eat enough fruits or vegetables. While I was in high school, I remember the only times I would ever eat a vegetable or fruit was when I was forced to by my parents, it was getting so bad that I probably ate around 4 fruits in my sophomore year of high school. Obviously, at the time I did not think much of it, however, reflecting on it now that's a terrible way to live, fruits and vegetables have a lot of the necessary nutrients (vitamins and minerals) that we need to live healthy lives. Although it may be difficult for most people to get their necessary amount of greens and vitamins in, there is a solution that I have been utilizing for the past year. The solution is dietary supplements:  ...

I wanted to talk a little bit about an ad that I thought was extremely funny. This is one of Allstate's mayhem advertisements (of which there are a bunch) that deals with homeowners who own a cat. They have a perfect blend of humor and seriousness while trying to emphasize their purpose in this ad.  To start, we see a man acting as a cat throughout the ad, and as a cat would act he starts doing mischievous things. For instance, he smacks a sink and turns it on, he was sitting on a Roomba as it was making its rounds around the room, and he even was seen smacking a lit candle off a countertop. Basically, he is doing classical cat things.                                                                                        ...

 Recently, I have been craving sweets a lot more than usual, for instance, after eating lunch today I was really craving a chocolate cake. Sadly I don't have chocolate cake at home, in fact, I barely have anything sweet at home since my family and I have been trying to cut down on our intake of sweets. Nonetheless, the cravings for something sweet got more and more severe, each passing minute felt direr than the last and I even felt myself filling up with anger at the fact there were no sweets at home. Then, a solution presented itself to me on a silver platter, I was scrolling through videos on YouTube and found a video about a mug cake.  It was a chocolate mug cake, and although the name is not too appealing, the actual presentation was very promising:                                                ...