A big difference between men and women is the food intake. The kinds of food, the quality of the food, what's in the food, and how good the food is for you are all major factors in detecting a difference between men and women's diets. Also the amount of food consumed by men and women is different. In general, it is believed that men eat everything in sight and women choose their portions carefully so as not to overeat. Men don't care about eating crap all day everyday, but women like to eat balanced diets with a little bit of unhealthy food for dessert typically.
Vegetarians and vegans are much more likely to be women than men. I feel that men would be ridiculed much more if they were vegans or vegetarians because their friends would not be accepting of someone not eating the meat lovers pizza at D hall. Obviously Skidmore is a much more accepting campus and I know guys who are vegetarians or eat very healthy for different reasons. But I also know guys who refuse to eat vegetables because they never liked the taste of them, so it really depends who you are talking about. The weight issue is also a problem with many women and not men. There are about 8 million people in the U.S. suffering from an eating disorder and only 10 % of them are men. A eating disorder means the person suffering sees themselves as much heavier than they actually are and therefore do not eat as much as they should. Women also tend to care much more if they are overweight then men do. So, even though more men are overweight then women, the men who are overweight don't do anything about it and women do.
I do agree with you that men and women have different desires to eat different foods. Obviously if you are an athlete and are burning so many calories so often, eating some unhealthy foods won't kill you as long as it is in moderation. I would love to be a vegetarian but I do a great deal of physical activity that it would seem impossible not to eat meat. I do have a great deal of respect for vegetarians because it does limit the amount of good foods you can eat.
ReplyDeleteGreat post!! I have one friend that doesn't eat any fruits or vegetables and I don't know how much longer he can go on living that way. Ironically his roommate is a vegan. It is funny how two people that live together can have such opposite eating habits!
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