Author Archives: KEVIN XU

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“Maintenace Phase,”The Trouble with Sugar” is an episode hosted by Michael Hoobes and Aubrey Gordon The podcast takes about disproving misconceptions together with false impressions concerning health and wellness, health, coupled with health and fitness. In this certain episode,” The Trouble with Sugar,” they discussed many ways how sugar consumption have impact on health, and common misunderstandings surrounding sugars and its role in our diets. They also cover topic like how sugar is the main cause of chronic diesease such as obesity, diabetes and heart dieases. They also discussed how sugar effects a person’s metabolism performance and negative conquesneces with consumes too much sugar. Overall the podcast talks with eye opening information about sugar and its toll on our well being. I would recommend this to anyone that is curious on how sugar effect your body and what is the correct amount to eat per day. It a very infromative and eye opening podcast to listen to.

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Oh man, I do wish I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in my hand right now. The salty creamy and smooth peanut butter, combined with the sweet and sticky taste of grape jelly. Smash that all in between two slices of toasted bread. The typical American food that anyone can make. The first recipe I learned is PB&J sandwich. It saved me from starvation so many times when I was a youngster, because I was never allowed near a stove and my parents rarely have time to cook. So my dad came up with a life changing idea of showing me how to make a PB&J sandwich. 

I was amazed how effortlessly and quickly my dad can make a tasty treat. The first ever bite of that sandwich made my tongue jump. First came the dry, smooth slavery peanut butter, then came the wet, sweet jelly. It was a flavour bomb. Sweet and savoury flavours hit my mouth like a grenade exploding. My dad just made me into a PB&J addict. Kids would be craving for candy or chips, but all I want for all my meals and snacks is that sandwich.  Everytime my parents would go grocery shopping I would always yell, “DON’T FORGET TO BRING ME THE INGREDIENTS FOR PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH ”. 

At one point, I was eating so much that my doctor told me my blood sugar level was through the roof when it was my turn for a yearly checkup. I was hoping the doctor wouldn’t mention my sugar level to my parents, but it was too late to stop my doctor. Now I am stuck eating the yucky fish with noodles. Who even eats fish with noodles. 

My hero is definitely Julia Davis Chandler. Why do you ask? Because she invented the PB & J sandwich back in the 1900s. After the discovery, they started serving the sandwich in all public schools. It is the main foundation of a child’s lunch in the public school. You will always see PB&J sandwiches in every single cafeteria. 

Now that I am in my teens, I would still make myself a quick PB&J sandwich whenever I oversleep into the afternoon or If Iam just feeling very tired. Overall, it is a quick and easy meal. I would come home around 10 at night due to volleyball practices and I would have zero energy to cook myself a warm meal, so I would go for my closest and pull out a jar or peanut butter and a jar of jelly plus a loaf of bread. 

Every Saturday night after volleyball or even just for a quick meal/hangout we would stop by at Taco Bell at 9 P.M. Whomever is free would decides to engage in the meal. We would talk about things we did through out the week and anything new that we discovered. We also make fun of each other and tell funny moments till it 11P.M. It like if we are a big family and we came back from a long trip. Is that nostalgic of living in the moment that make us so lively and happy. Occasionally we would all order bunch of food and have a mini feast on the big round table. It our go to spot every time. We knew that this isn’t going to last forever so we devoured the last bite that it offered. One year later, I am still reminiscing about the moment and it still haunts me that I am eating at the hangout spot alone with a beef taco in my hand.