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You know how there is always a member of the fashion police around? Well food police are becoming increasingly popular. Everyone knows of one.
You know the in-law/friend/colleague/acquaintance-you-barely-know-from-a-bar-of-soap who has been to a dietician or a nutritionist or even read a food related article. Now they are the ultimate expert on what goes in your mouth and feel it their duty to point out the calorie content of EVERYTHING.
They start off slow.
Sugar vs honey. Cous cous vs rice. Low fat vs fat free. They don’t want to scare you off but before you can utter “low GI” you have their detailed eating plan sitting on your desk as they rave about their new dietician and all they are learning.
Which is great for them.
You give encouraging words and hope they’ll be on their way. They don’t move along. You are now a source of interest for the newly appointed food police and they are happy to monitor and dispense unwanted advice.
Every single day.
Endless updates regarding their healthy choices are made to you.
The thing is, over the years you too have learnt about healthy food options so you might not necessarily need this constant barrage of food information sent your way.
E-mails on cleansing. Dangers of eating xyz. Advantages of starting the day drinking this not that. Endless advice on ”eat this, NOT that”.
And my personal favourite (please note I am being sarcastic) the fascinating feedback relating to last night's dinner. This is where you are given a detailed account of everything the food police ate at their favourite restaurant the previous evening and how GOOD they felt.
For the record I’ve learnt to not even bother not agreeing with the food police (no matter how wrong their viewpoint on a certain dish may be). You will not earn yourself some silent treatment (a treat that could rival full cream ice-cream at this point).
No, your punishment will be more detailed lectures as they try to teach you right from wrong.
So to the food police everywhere I will say this - going to a dietician or a nutritionist or reading a health magazine does not make you an expert on food. You do not have to walk around the office dispensing the advice while you sip your lemon water and think you are the new food guru.
It is like me saying I go to the toilet so I’m a qualified plumber.
But tell me, what do you do with the food-police in your life?
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You know the in-law/friend/colleague/acquaintance-you-barely-know-from-a-bar-of-soap who has been to a dietician or a nutritionist or even read a food related article. Now they are the ultimate expert on what goes in your mouth and feel it their duty to point out the calorie content of EVERYTHING.
They start off slow.
Sugar vs honey. Cous cous vs rice. Low fat vs fat free. They don’t want to scare you off but before you can utter “low GI” you have their detailed eating plan sitting on your desk as they rave about their new dietician and all they are learning.
Which is great for them.
You give encouraging words and hope they’ll be on their way. They don’t move along. You are now a source of interest for the newly appointed food police and they are happy to monitor and dispense unwanted advice.
Every single day.
Endless updates regarding their healthy choices are made to you.
The thing is, over the years you too have learnt about healthy food options so you might not necessarily need this constant barrage of food information sent your way.
E-mails on cleansing. Dangers of eating xyz. Advantages of starting the day drinking this not that. Endless advice on ”eat this, NOT that”.
And my personal favourite (please note I am being sarcastic) the fascinating feedback relating to last night's dinner. This is where you are given a detailed account of everything the food police ate at their favourite restaurant the previous evening and how GOOD they felt.
For the record I’ve learnt to not even bother not agreeing with the food police (no matter how wrong their viewpoint on a certain dish may be). You will not earn yourself some silent treatment (a treat that could rival full cream ice-cream at this point).
No, your punishment will be more detailed lectures as they try to teach you right from wrong.
So to the food police everywhere I will say this - going to a dietician or a nutritionist or reading a health magazine does not make you an expert on food. You do not have to walk around the office dispensing the advice while you sip your lemon water and think you are the new food guru.
It is like me saying I go to the toilet so I’m a qualified plumber.
But tell me, what do you do with the food-police in your life?
Follow Women24 on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
