Knowledge Is The Root, Happiness Is The Fruit

     I'm sorry I haven't posted in a few days now, I've been getting ready to go back to school, and working on my own Nutrition research. In honor of Academia and of the universities we all go to, I'm going to post about how incredible attaining knowledge is. The saying goes, 'Knowledge is Power'; and that couldn't be any closer to the truth. Think about it, how we're able to do anything that we can is because we know how to. If you want to get out of bed, walk around, or exercise, is all because you know how to do it. So many people nowadays take knowledge for granted! I mean, how ignorant can people be? You literally do anything you want if you know how to. But that's why our world is a mystery, now isn't it? Because we don't know everything, and it's human nature to find out everything we don't know, which results in a lifetime of mystery and exhaustion for attaining that knowledge.
     It's all the same with Nutrition. Nutrition has been important to people for thousands of years; because our body is only as good as what we put into it. Lately, however, laziness and self-loathing and greed has got in the way of all that. Which has resulted in epidemics and unhappiness. Everything we need is already on the planet on which we live, there's no need to 'make' anything new to help us have proper nutrition. We have 'superfoods', whole grains, water, fresh vegetables & fruits, lentils, nuts, & of course oxygen. We have everything already to live a happy, and healthy life. Best of all, it's one where we don't worry about health problems.
     The world is full of all the knowledge you need to ever do anything you want; especially, with the internet. We can read information on virtually anything we want, from anywhere in the world, in any language. That is so incredible. Everybody takes this all for granted, and doesn't put it to use! It makes me so freaking angry! This literally has virtually unlimited potential. Billions and billions, of pages, of information at our disposal - and most of it's even free. No matter what diet you wanted to look up, you could do it in seconds, and have full-scale review on it from a thousand different people. Or if you made up your own, and wanted to share it with others, you could make your own blog, of any sort, and share it with millions instantly - like I'm doing now.
     My favorite metaphor I came up with, is to think of knowledge being the root, and happiness ending up being your fruit. knowledge is the seed you plant, happiness is the fruit you pick.

I will be done ranting there, and in conclusion, I will share with you some of my recipes for smoothies and food.

4-Berry Smoothie

~ half the seeds of 1 Pomegranate

~ 2/3 of light vanilla yogurt (32oz)

~ Guessable sugar (3-5 Tbsp)

~ Cup of Milk (Guessable)

~ .83 lbs of Berry Explosion bag

Pumpkin Shake

~ 2 scoops vanilla icecream

~ 3 scoops Pumpkin Icecream

~ teaspoon of cinnamon

~ 1/2 tsp of nutmeg

~ cup of milk

~ 5 icecubes

Topped with:

~ 2 big & 1 small mint leaves

~ sprinkled cinnamon

Mediterranean Stir-Fry

~ Green bell peppers

~ Yellow bell peppers

~ Orange bell peppers

~ 1 sq Italian seasoning butter

~ Garlic Salt

~ Flax seed powder sprinkled

~ Tbsp Honey

~ Chicken Cubes

~ Green Onion scallions

~ 1 carrot

~ Potatoes

~ Extra Virgin Olive Oil

~ Tomatoes diced, add at end

Chicken & Baked Potato

~ 1 Chicken breast

Sauteed:

~ Green onion scallion

~ Snap peas

~ Green bell pepper

~ Extra virgin olive oil

~ Garlic salt

Potato wrapped in tin foil

Halved-open

~ Butter

~ Garlic Salt

~ Basil leaves or Parsley

Sprinkled with one lemon slice

All of these pictures correspond to each recipe. As you can see my two friends I made the stirfry for, really enjoyed it!

Remember, Knowledge is the seed you plant, happiness is the fruit you pick. Go out,and reap what you sow. Knowledge is absolutely everywhere, and not a bit of it will hurt you. Be educated in what you love and about the people around you, and you will be forever grateful for it.

Sincerely,

A Dreaming Dietitian