Food is fuel for our bodies. But it doesn’t just give us energy, it can also impact our moods. Knowing this, how can we make better food choices?

Paying attention to how much we are eating is another very important aspect of healthy nutrition — that naturally concerns us all. What we eat and how much we eat is critical, but how we process it is perhaps even more important. Through thousands of little sensors, the gut has the immense task of managing all the information contained in the food we intake. Food alone will not promise a thriving gut.

Therefore we are what we eat.

Food reflects on friendships
Even when eating alone, food choice is influenced by social factors because attitudes and habits develop through the interaction with others. Research has shown that we eat more with our friends and family than when we eat alone and the quantity of food increases as the number of fellow diners grows.Food not only connects us all, but it brings truly brings out the best in us. Through cooking, community ties, friendships, and discipline are strengthened, and individualism is diminished. Food crosses all borders, allowing people from all around the globe to interact, grow, and of course, eat together.

Culture is influenced by food through various ways such as tradition, religion and family. These aspects are what makes us different from others and created a whole new society, as food can influence the way people eat and their religious practices.

It embraces all the aspects of human life and their way of communicating and interacting with other human beings. In this case, food is one of the main important roles in people’s lives and influences the impacts on their culture. Many cultures have different varieties of food and ingredients and this is a “fusion of foods and culture” (Gean Vecchio, 2009). “You are what you eat,” (taboo, 2002) it doesn’t matter how they eat it or how they cook it as long as it represents them and their culture. There is a strong link between culture and food, this includes their religion, tradition (festival) and in an effective manner.In festivals, food is extensively used to celebrate upcoming events. In different cultures, there are numerous ways of celebrating their special occasions,Take strengthening ties over 'makan' where food diplomacy , the concept of using food to strengthen relationships between two countries such as Malaysia and Singapore.When malaysian prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob sat down lunch with prime  minister Lee Hsien Loong who hosted the meal, which includes favourites enjoyed by both countries such as  chilli crab, rojak and ondeh ondeh.The menu ''reflects how similar peoples,cultures and foods in our two countries, closely we are intertwined together,''

Food becomes who we are,and influences our physical, mental and even emotional well-being.For example,Emotional eating is eating as a way to suppress or soothe negative emotions, such as stress, anger, fear, boredom, sadness and loneliness.

Eating well,which means having a balanced diet full of vegetables and nutrients – can improve your sense of well-being and your mood.Eating well helps to reduce the risk of physical health problems like heart disease and diabetes. It also helps with sleeping patterns, energy levels, and your general health.