Broccoli and steel-cut oatmeal.
Green beans, apples and whole-grain bread. No, this is not a grocery list. It's how I eat now. And, yes, when I used the word "now" at the end of that last sentence I was implying a change ... a huge change, actually.
Like so many men and boys across America, I grew up eating junk food: fast food, candy bars, chips and soda. If you could get it from a drive-thru, a vending machine or a convenience store, it was part of my regular diet. Not only that, I'd pretty much navigated my way through life without eating anything I wasn't completely sure of. If it looked "gross" to me or if I just assumed I wouldn't like it, I didn't eat it.
