I used to be clueless about health. I guess I knew exercise was a good activity, and eating fruits and vegetables was something I should do. I certainly didn’t make it a priority, though, unless it was really fun (and that usually only applied to the exercise part).

I actually believed that living on pasta-roni, a steamed vegetable once in a while, and loaf upon loaf of soft, white, shepherd’s bread was a fine diet for a young, strapping woman like myself.

Of course, I suffered an unusually high amount of allergy symptoms, such as the inability to stop sneezing for various stretches of time, and a nose resembling a continually dripping faucet. Read more…