Key to a Sparkling Lifestyle:
Healthy Eating
Trang Kim Bui
A favorit e meal provides short - lived sat isfact ion. A healt hy meal promot es t he foundat ion for a healt hy lifest yle, a
great improvement in shape and mood, and a long- t erm sense of well- being. I nst agrammer Evelyn Nguyen
(@evelynnguyenxd), a Nut rit ional Biochemist ry and English major at M ount Holyoke College (USA), is here
t oday t o t alk about her healt hy eat ing habit .
Q: Wh at sp arked your in t erest s?
Q: Wh at is your usual d iet p lan ?
A: M y source of inspirat ion came t hree years
ago. I remember spending weekends reading and
wat ching YouTube videos about what was in my
food and looking up all of t he chemical addit ives
on my food labels, and I was so amazed at all of
t he t hings I did not know. I was just surprised
t hat I want ed t o be a Pre- med (st udent ) and
work in t he healt h indust ry, but I was so blind t o
t he most import ant and basic t hing relat ed t o
healt h. Only by clean eat ing, which is now a
lifest yle, t hat I am able t o eat wit hout fear of
healt h damage and also t o feel good aft erwards.
So, in short , it was about t hree years ago t hat I
st opped eat ing red meat .
A: I don't follow cert ain diet s. I eat t he best out
of what I 'm given in different sit uat ions.
Basically, my diet
can
be called a
Pesce- Pollot arian diet , where I t echnically eat
poult ry and seafood (no red meat at all), but
normally I don't drink milk, and I eat minimal
amount s of cheese. I don't eat chicken t hat oft en.
I do eat yogurt t hough, especially Greek and
lact ose- free (yogurt ). I like seafood, and I eat
plain fish, sushi, and salmon once or t wice every
week. I eat t ons of veggies, fruit s, and nut s.
Smoot hies and salads are also my favorit e. I like
t hem for t hey're colorful.
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