COSMO Health
Kate Moss
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othing tastes as good as skinny feels” - the most famous quote from the
controversial beauty is just as controversial in itself. We can all name several things we believe tastes better than we imagine skinny to feel. Pizza for example, Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, steak… the list is endless. Calorie counting is tiresome and it’s pretty depressing watching your friends blessed with fast metabolisms devouring that bowl of spaghetti and even having cake for afters and still being a size 8! So what about us women who go through endless diet after diet to just feel this ‘skinny’? What will all this feel like in the end? When speaking to people about their opinions on the saying I got some interesting views back: “Food is important, skinny isn’t”; “ That’s easy for someone skinny to say,” and my favourite, “ Nothing tastes better than a cheesecake, I would imagine skinny to taste like lettuce.” These are all negative views towards the phrase but what if you genuinely aspire to be skinny? When asking people’s opinions one girl said that “As someone who isn’t skinny but also loves food, skinny is something I long to be.” I’m sure a lot of us can agree that that is our exact problem. However, as an extremely influential phrase, this promotes an unhealthy attitude towards food if people take it too seriously, Natasha Martin, 18, said that “The way Kate Moss says it, you believe that once you get to being ‘skinny’ you will feel completelydifferent, but what if you don’t end up with that feeling? You’ll just go down a dark hole of extreme measures to only feel slightly satisfied.” Exactly, what if you do practically starve yourself to still not feel satisfied with the way you look? This could lead to illnesses such as anorexia and bulimia. Some people agreed with Moss though. “Something may taste incredible but you get more long lasting satisfaction from feeling and looking good.” For this person the quote was just worded completely wrong, turning a healthy and balanced diet into ‘skinny’. The new age of ‘skinny’ models that came with the rise in fame of Kate Moss don’t help with the promotion of a healthy body, but now we have the opposite with plus size models as if we think that this is going to create body positivity?!
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Personally, (I don’t know if you’ll agree with me) I find diets like Atkins and Gluten-free completely ridiculous, unless you genuinely suffer from coeliac disease, there is no reason for us to completely cut out a major food group. Pasta is actually good for you believe it or not and so is bread, just not in excess and with veg and protein as well. Diet pills are even out now like ketones, green tea capsules and other metabolism boosting tablets and drinks. Yes they may be good at flushing toxins out but does that mean you can have that extra glass of wine? They may even work at boosting your metabolism but does that mean you can have a lay-in rather than go for that run? The promotion of unhealthy lifestyles is something that the media and celebrities need (and some are) to take responsibility for.
“ Nothing tastes better than a cheesecake, I would imagine skinny to taste like lettuce.”
Don’t you think that influential people such as Kate Moss have a responsibility? Wouldn’t it have been a lot better for her to promote a healthy balanced diet and an exercise regime instead of just ‘skinny’? Why not just say to make healthier choices like instead of chips with your steak you have salad? Choose Sorbet or Frozen Yoghurt instead of ice-cream? Thin crust instead of Thick? All things that taste equally as good yet are a lot healthier.