Binge eating

Vietnamese Cuisine Eating plays an important role in Vietnamese society, there are certain requirements of dining etiquette, although this can vary from region to region. For example, in northern and central Vietnam, it is a custom for the oldest family member to sit nearest the door and everyone else to be arranged in descending age. The eldest will also be the first to help himself to food and a host will often serve the guest. In the south where the tradition of etiquette are more relaxed,…

I had the pleasure to interview Ajamil Sapthotharan who is currently living and working in England. Now he is working as an assistant manager in a local restaurant near London. According to his experience he found it very interesting to communicate with international people as UK is a country with high level of living than in his own country. The most thing he was concerned about before coming to England was a language. He was worried about that he might not understand the accent. The other…

(Jan 19) The buzz word of today is moderation. They say you can do everything in moderation and maintain a healthy diet. But . . . for some people moderation does not work. Eating just one serving (about 12) potato chips or having a small serving of ice cream for dessert is nearly impossible. If everyone were capable of eating all things in moderation, there would not be an obesity epidemic. If you know that you fall into the group of people who cannot eat all foods in moderation (be honest…

Should kids and adults be eating junk food everyday? Kids and adults should not be eating junk food everyday because it can affect their health and kids and adults can get sick by eating to much junk food. By eating the same thing over and over, you might be in a coma for eating to fast with the food, but every child and adult should eat junk food either lunch or dinner. “Weight gain is one of the side effects that come from eating to much junk food. This occurs because fast food tends to…

Arabic food seems to be one of the dominant markers of Elmaz Abinader‘s identity during childhood as the theme of food is omnipresent in the first part of the story. The role of the Arabic food is a comforting one because the food makes Abinader forget the problems that her differences cause at school. "The smell was hypnotic and mitigated the melancholy I carried home with my lessons to do that night" (3). She tells that on Wednesday her mother cooks several delicious Arabic specialities such…

WHY ASIAN NATIONS USE CHOPSTICKS? There are various kinds of differences among cultures. One of them is the utensils used to eat. For example in Turkey spoons and forks are used for meal, and almost all nations use them to eat. However, this isn’t the same in every culture. As it is known Chinese people use chopsticks to eat, and China isn’t alone in terms of this situation because here are also another countries such as Japan, Korea where people use chopsticks to eat. Whereas nearly all over…

soda it is very hard to resist. • Background: If we go over our parent’s house for dinner, or if we go out to eat I tend to eat unhealthy and feel ok about it. • Negative outcomes: Same as above, I tend to feel crappy and it’s hard to go back to eating healthy once you just had a big class of sugar and a big plate of cheese fries. • Changes I could make to turn the above negative outcomes into a positive outcome: I’ve already started doing this – when I go over our parent’s house for dinner,…

Mumbai is a very populated productive city in India which has a lot of workers; but they can’t all go home for lunch each day so they come with their meal every day either it’s home cooked or carter, Mumbai’s Dabbwala collective does this service usually for a monthly fee; The meals are cooked in the morning (by family or caterer), placed in dabbas boxes and delivered to each individual worker’s office at lunch time. After lunch the boxes are collected and returned so that they can be re-sent…

Do you think that there may be senses which do not necessarily receive information only from the environment, but rather from within us as well? (For example, how do you sense that you are hungry? If you hold your breath, which sense ‘senses’ that you need air? How do you sense the need for belonging?) In my point of view, vision is one of another senses that does not necessarily receive information only from the environment, because sometimes, when our brain is thinking, our eyes can see…

you to chronic diseases. People are not aware of all the health problems they are proponed to because of processed foods. As can be seen the government is not helping by informing us because of economy factors. We should be more aware of what we’re eating and how much we’re consuming. Processed foods are not cheaper than whole foods; they are made to produce a large amount of income with health issues if not eaten correctly. In a long run if society is not caring for our health who will do…