What the foodie !

A person who enjoys food for pleasure. A foodie is a person who has an ardent interest in food and who eats food not only out of hunger but due to their interest or hobby.

Generally foodie interests and activities include the food industry, wine tasting, breweries and beer sampling, food science, following restaurant openings and closings and occasionally reopenings, food distribution, food fads, health and nutrition, cooking classes, culinary tourism, and restaurant management. Foodies have a significant social media presence; food lovers have created their own YouTube channels where they show what they cook and where they eat around the world. It has also become a common practice to take photos of food and beverages consumed at home or outside and share them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. Use of hashtags like #goodfood, #foodporn, #foodgasm, #foodstagram, #instafood, #foodjunktion, #foodies are rampant these days.

Foodies on social media not only show their likings and interests to peopl but also earn money through engagements and collaborations. Pages with as low as 1000 followers on Instagram attract small brands of food industry and many restaurants and cafes. Metro cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai are filled with foodies who have become significant influencers with paid sponsorships. Youtube channels like Meghnasfoodmagic are quite famous among homecooks. Foodies have significant presence on other social media platforms too.

Being a foodie or being recognised as a foodie is in trend but what we’re seeing today that people in the name of being foodie are following unhealthy trend. Foodies are more often than not looking to eat outside food and avoid healthy homemade food. The social media peer pressure to put good photos compels them to do so even more. The lack of nutrition in fast food leads to malnutrition and obesity, the most common problem in USA, China, Brazil, India. Foodies need to understand that their interest in food need not only be for fast food, they can eat healthy food at home and still be recognized as a foodie.

At last, we should always remember to take care of our body first then only we can pursue any interest even if it is being a foodie.