the modern gen x diet

"Hey man, when you're over 50, you're gonna eat kale, spinach, and yogurt, and you're going to like it."

"No way."

Way.

Every Generation X person is middle aged and has been for a while now since the youngest X is 45 years old at the time I write this.

There have been a few times recently where I ate trash like I did in my 20s, and it did not go well. And by that I mean I would get sick soon after eating whatever garbage I did.

When I say sick, that doesn't mean I threw up. Rather, my stomach would complain and I'd have indigestion of some kind. It would either be not-the-funny-kind gas or other rumblings that didn't feel right. This would happen within minutes after eating the trash. Indigestion would happen for a few minutes, then subside, then I realized yeah, I really shouldn't be eating that stuff anymore.

These days, I am giving much more attention to what my body is telling me. If my body complains after eating certain stuff, it's off the menu. I don't try to find alternatives or eat less of the same trash. If my body says, "that's trash and I don't like that", I just stop eating it.

What is trash food? You already know. It's all the fast food, all the hi-carb stuff, all the sugary drinks, all the "put cheese on everything" stuff, all the prepackaged candies, cakes, and so on.

It would not surprise me at all if Gen X survivors become hardcore vegans

"Gen X survivor" means any X who loses the weight and cleans up their diet, such as I did. The rest will all be overweight, be sick all the time and live out miserable lives.

Millions of X's grew up on nothing but fast food, macaroni and cheese, soda, and pizza. I ate ungodly amounts of that stuff in my younger years. I've already come to the point where my body is warning me, "Don't eat that, because if you do, I will complain." This makes me wonder how many other X's have encountered the same.

On the (safe) assumption millions of other X's have encountered the same, it's almost a certainty that many will become hardcore vegans just to stop feeling sick. All the meat, out. All the soda, out. All the sugary stuff, out. All the processed foods, out.

From experience, I can say yes, that does stop one from feeling sick all the time. But I'll also say I don't think I could ever go full hardcore vegan (I do like eggs). However, I do believe other X's will fully commit to a vegan diet and stay there just to feel well again.

Don't worry, I'm not saying "go vegan" as that's not for everybody. But I am saying that if you're an X that's sick of feeling sick, fix your diet. And don't feel bad if you can't eat the trash you used to since it was never good for you anyway.

Published 2025 Jun 19