"My personal trainer used to call me the Tasmanian devil."

Unlike those times when one was happy just to have ENOUGH on the plate, today it’s not about

SURVIVING as much as it is about LONGEVITY. Not the quantity, but the quality. Based on the

belief of “singularity” and its scientific context, several years ago Riva-Melissa Tez decided to pursue the

CRON diet.

At the age of 23 Riva had already founded two companies, today, amongst other enterprises, she currently

teaches at the Design Akademie Berlin as an artificial intelligence specialist. 

An interview

about immortality, the balancing result of apple cider vinegar shots, and the placebo effect.

Read the interview after the jump. 

"What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes" (Samuel Beckett)

Dear radishes, 

To me, you are the strawberries of vegetables. Everything about you is powerful and beautiful, as every food should be powerful and beautiful.

Too many people believe that you are silly and have no dignity. You are sly, and I love all that has a bit of cunning. One bites into your magenta colored skin to reach your snow white inside, which can sometimes be quite sharp. You don’t go about peddling yourself. On the contrary, you

hang about with your countless siblings on this distinctive and unique shaggy bundle. That’s why I LOVE YOU !

Yours,

Mirna

Text: Mirna Funk 

Photo: Marcus Gaab Studio 

INSTAFOOD: CLASSYFYING THE FOOD POSTER

First of all: I plead guilty. The evidence is clear.

from the prank of ringing of a neighbor’s doorbell

to my first cigarette, isn’t it always this way?

Once one is assimilated into a larger group, selfreflection

vanishes at the cost of self-assertion.

It’s the same with Instagram. I feel at home with

all these images of food. Strictly speaking, the

images with #food posted on the social photo

site increases at a rate of millions. There aren’t

even that many pictures of feet! Under #food: the

McDonald’s maxi menu next to images of cake stands

piled with sugary sweet macaroons, or schnitzel and

fries and – Oh! Hello… a bare male torso. Someone

obviously knows how to entice women. It’s not for

nothing that the tag #foodporn is synonymous

with Instagram.

(Read the entire article after the jump)

"FRUITS & VEGETABLES" by Heidi Voet

Heidi Voet was born in Belgium and studied Sculpture in the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Ghent and Installation in The
Higher St. Lukas Institute in Brussels. For the last six years she has lived and worked between Shangai and Brussels.

For her "Food & Vegetables" series where she placed fresh vegetabels next to cut outs from Chinese erotic magazines. Controversal and a lot of fun at the same time. 

Find out more about Heidis work and see the entire photo series after the jump. 

NEVER MAKE EYE CONTACT WHILE EATING A BANANA!

For THE DIET ISSUE our stylist Kathi Kauder transformed the shape of banana stickers to fashionable accessories. Additionally, Gintare Parulyte told her story of a very unique kind of banana shock.

Read the entire story and find the beauty photo series after the jump.

“Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned.” W. C. Fields

There’s almost no one in the world who doesn’t know it. That liquid, creamy joy that’s accompanied us since birth - whether with our morning granola, as the essence of a foamy latte, or a pure delicious side to freshly baked cookies. Cleopatra poured it in her bathwater thinking it would keep her skin eternally youthful. “Milk is full of calcium, it’ll make you big and strong,” or so we’ve heard since before we could even give voice to its name. Known the world over and accepted for centuries as one of the foundations of our food pyramid, today milk is more controversial than ever. A peek in the office refrigerator is enough to witness it for yourself - fighting for the pole position are rice, soy, skim, almond, and lactose-free alongside the universally known whole milk. One discovers the exact debate surrounding milk rather quickly - all of these varieties have their own benefits and disadvantages.

See our little milk overview & additional photography by the amazing photo studio severafrahm after the jump. 

SO LONG AS YOU HAVE FOOD IN YOUR MOUTH, YOU SOLVED ALL QUESTIONS FOR THE TIME BEING. (Franz Kafka)

We all know it, no one shares it:

 The necessity of letting ourselves be taken by our cravings sometimes. 

Photographer and I LOVE YOU MAGAZINES good friend Adrian Crispin and stylist Ann-Kathrin Obermeyer provided this wonderful photo series for THE DIET ISSUE. The talented duo captured the sweet moments of weakness, accompanied by all the complaining phrases we should swallow aswell. 

See our cover story after the jump. 

THE DARWIN DIET BY ELLE MULIARCHYK

Photographer Elle Muliarchyk captured a fashionable transformation of what is called "The Darwin Diet" based on the fact that Charles Darwin used to eat every living animal crossing his way. 

This shooting took place at the Sauce Restaurant in New York City. Read what the Restaurant's chef has to say about food photography and the difference between taste and reality after the jump.