What My Dietary Supplements Say About the Way I Eat

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I come to the LaBouffe section with a very simple idea: I am looking for a relationship with food that lets me breathe. In my life as an illustrator, with days sometimes consumed by drawing, pixel art and screens, I know those moments well when I focus for too long and meals take a back seat. That is precisely when the question of dietary supplements makes sense to me. I do not see them as a shortcut or a spectacular promise, but as a discreet support, like a fine line that stabilises an image without stealing the scene. I always retain a taste for real meals, for simple things that nourish as much as they soothe, and I far prefer an honest plate of food to a performance mindset. Supplements therefore fit into my rhythm, rather than taking its place, and I approach them with the same caution I bring to my life choices: listen, adjust, do not force. In LaBouffe, I find it interesting to talk about dietary supplements without separating them from the pleasure of eating. For me, balance does not lie in rigidity, but in calm attention to my needs, my tastes and my habits. I can enjoy a simple breakfast before creating, a lunch that sustains me without weighing me down, then a more relaxed evening when time allows me to cook a little more. Supplements find their place in these in-between moments, especially when my days become irregular or when I feel that my energy needs occasional support. I am not trying to fix myself; I am trying to respect myself. That is also why this section speaks to me so strongly: it allows me to connect nutrition with a way of being in the world—calm, creative, attentive—without having to justify myself. I can talk about dietary supplements as a background detail that helps sustain a genuine pace of life: one in which I continue to create, eat with pleasure and preserve a balance that feels like me.