thoughts about diet

Our author Ute Oda Frantzen noticed that healthy eating can make you lonely. But whoever has found the path to enlightenment will cope with it. Maybe.

Have you ever thought about food for a month? Not with “What am I going to cook tomorrow?” or “How can I lose three kilos?”. I haven’t wasted a second on these two questions in the past four weeks. Which is out of character for me, especially regarding question two. And, honestly, regarding question one: Since I’ve been working on this dossier and interviewing all these people who think smart about nutrition , I’ve mostly eaten cheese rolls and fried eggs. And a bar of whole nut milk plus six to eight cups of coffee a day. Because while my new computer program imploded every hour and the apartment above us was being renovated loudly, I could hardly think straight and needed accordingly longer.

It’s good that my two children eat lunch in kindergarten. I hid the chocolate from them. I don’t want to have their teeth on my conscience, that’s a struggle enough: when you talk to people who even warn against too much green tea, you’re glad you only have them on the phone – and not with them sitting opposite the mug full of black coffee.

The meal was a partial success

Actually, I should have sympathy for the two couples who visited us last weekend. There was only this column left on my list, and I dared to take part in social life again. Now that I had time again, I finally wanted to eat healthy food for myself and my loved ones: beetroot soup with horseradish and parsnip foam on kohlrabi. In short: the meal was a partial success. The women were happy for their figure, both had fasted for the evening. In the rating of the types, however, I slipped into the minus area. Because even more than for my nice neuroses, they love me for my Wiener Schnitzel with potato and cucumber salad and my apple pie.

The slightly longer version goes like this: While they listlessly push the new hip vegetable dishes back and forth on their plates, they are probably thinking about the specialties that made their mouths water with them in the last cooking shows. They consider Tim Mälzer’s recipes to be absolutely amazing, for me pure meat and cream orgies. Finally, the women agree and rave about Cornelia Poletto: “She manages to combine healthy and delicious.” Silence at the table. Unusually quickly, everyone says goodbye before 11 p.m., and when I open the balcony door to let the air out, I hear Carolin calling downstairs: “See you soon at McDoof, folks!” Those traitors!

My husband is no better either, he beheads a leftover Santa Claus. I don’t eat a piece of it. Because I remain consistent after writing this dossier. I’ll make porridge for myself and the kids in the morning. Alas, they don’t eat it! For lunch and dinner I will eat at least four kinds of vegetables . I’ve had healthy phases like this from time to time. Actually every time after writing a nutrition topic. So far, sooner or later I’ve strayed from the path of enlightenment and ended up at the crêpes stand. But that’s not so bad: If I look at my average diet over the last few years, the bottom line is still a varied mixed diet. And that’s recommended.

Crystal Waston MD

Crystal Waston has a degree in Cross Media Production and Publishing. At vital.de she gives everyday tips and deals with topics related to women's health, sport, and nutrition.

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