No. No. No. No. No. No.

Having acquired a very healthy diet over the past few years, people also balk every time I open a Tupperware container of vegetables or eat an apple.

"How can you eat that every day? You eat so healthy."

"She has to," said another employee, "or she'd probably die."

Great, thanks for that information. Can I eat my dinner now?

I hear these kinds of statements ALL THE TIME. I'm not kidding -- at least a few times a week, if not more. It's incredibly sad that the sight of a healthy meal shocks people and results in a dozen questions. And yes, sometimes it's purely because they're interested... but sometimes it's just plain obnoxious and involves ignorant accusations rather than curious questions.

And while some of these people are trying to check up on me as if they're doctors, they're smoking cigarettes and eating more greasy food at lunch than I've had in the past year. They don't take vitamins. They don't exercise regularly, and I doubt they've memorized the nutritional panel on the back of a yogurt container simply because they've looked at it so many times.

And I don't harass them with questions every time they eat a nasty slice of pizza. I should ask them, "How can you eat that? What are you doing! You'll die! All that cholesterol! Ah! PUT IT DOWN! AH!"

But being someone with two chronic illnesses, I know it's annoying when other people try to tell you how to take care of yourself. Perhaps, my new response to some of these questions might be simply a question for them....

They'll ask, "Why do you eat so many vegetables?"

I'll reply, "Why don't you eat any?"

They'll ask, "Doesn't that have sugar in it? Should you eat that?"

I'll reply, "Don't your cigarettes have nicotine and poisons in them?"

If there are any readers with celiac, please let me know and we can talk about the disease further!