{"id":984,"date":"2012-10-09T10:54:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T10:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/?p=984"},"modified":"2017-06-09T10:54:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T10:54:40","slug":"you-are-what-you-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/you-are-what-you-eat\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My whole life I\u2019ve been told, \u201cYou are what you eat!\u201d When I was a kid, I thought it meant that I\u2019d grow up to be a cheeseburger or a chocolate cupcake. I wasn\u2019t sure how I felt about that, but it didn\u2019t stop me from eating cheeseburgers and chocolate cupcakes, so I guess I didn\u2019t worry too much about it.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, now I know what it means: that the food you put in your body plays a key role in determining how you look and feel, which is why it\u2019s important to include plenty of healthy options in your diet (like watermelon!).<\/p>\n<p>If you literally became what you ate, the diet of the guy in the photo on the right would be pretty obvious. The photo is called \u201cstraaange days\u2026\u201d and was created by a Flickr user named <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/urline\/3104515253\/\">urline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I guess if you had to choose a food to look like, a watermelon isn\u2019t a bad choice. The gentleman in this picture seems to have made his peace with his new appearance. Maybe he met a lady who also likes watermelon, and they hang out and eat watermelon together. 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