18, Diet

Hello, Internet. Rican here, and today I want to talk about diet. Just in case somebody doesn’t know what a diet is, I personally believe the term "diet" means our everyday meals or the nutrition we absorb every time we eat. I love chatting about food, but diet is a different topic. Compared to food, diet involves our health more—it's another way to think about what we eat.

As an Asian, I’m freaking good at food. I know Uncle Roger, and every opinion he has about food is 90% correct with 10% pure insulting. Haiyaaaa. Just like that loser Rican, I told him to go to college and become a doctor or lawyer, yaiyyyaaa, and he ends up being a podcaster or YouTuber. Anyway, we have a great talent for food; most of us live in the kitchen, playing with woks and spatulas as our toys. We can use magical food combinations to create medically delicious cuisine. Let me give some examples: when a woman has just had a baby, there’s always someone who steps up and cooks a set of confinement meals for her. The chef might make a classic black chicken soup, a nutritious soup made with black chicken, ginseng, and other medicinal herbs. It’s believed to help strengthen the body and boost vitality. And the chef might just be the woman’s mother-in-law or Uncle Wang. I mean, the chef could really be any cousin in the family, capable of designing a whole professional confinement meal plan for a month for the new mother.

We understand the most beneficial combinations of food. My father once had a serious car accident—his face was almost ruined, his body terribly injured, and he couldn’t even walk. You know what? He didn’t even go to the hospital; he just bandaged the wound and ate my grandpa’s special medicinal pork soup. One month later, bang, he could walk again, and was as handsome as Ryan Reynolds—even though he’s Asian. True story. Maybe the last part sounds a bit exaggerated, but it’s a true story.

We even have a myth about a guy who walked on his bare legs through the whole world to taste every single ingredient, writing a book that records every plant’s information. No matter what the plant was, when he saw something new, the first action was to eat it and see what happened. Sometimes it was normal delicious crops, sometimes colorful mushrooms.

I bet he definitely tried some good stuff. Damn, I wish I was there. After thousands of miles of walking and wild survival, this guy had the strongest body, considered almost invincible, and deserved the name “Legendary.” According to his behaviors, some believe his last words could have been, “This is poisonous.” True story. That book is real—it records a lot of wild crop information and gives serious analysis of every plant.

In conclusion, I believe we can heal our bodies with simple meals. Before I lived in Australia, I had a Japanese roommate who got sick. I cooked several medicinal dishes for her, and she said they were tasty and she felt much better. Diet is a very important factor in our daily life. If we eat food correctly, we can live longer and enjoy more joyful times, I guess. That’s today’s talk. I’m glad to chat with you guys. I’m Rican, and I’ll see you next time, Internet.