It's not being acknowledged by any publicity or governmental guidelines, it affects young and old around the world, it causes health problems, some very serious and huge numbers of people are walking around not knowing that they're affected but what is it, I hear you say.
It's malnutrition.
Food is our 'fuel', it powers our brains and our bodies. But 'empty' food.. aka 'fast food' contains little goodness.
What it does contain are huge amounts of : salt, sugar, additives, fats, carbohydrates. It's causing people to become obese and malnourished.
That word says it all, for people are eating food with little or no nourishment in it. This causes damage to vital organs, reduced muscle and tissue mass, breathing difficulties, increased risks of chest infections and respiratory failure. Digestive problems and bowel cancer. Illnesses take longer to recover from.
If you go work, do you take your lunch with you?
She has a thermos, just a small one that she uses when she buys coffee when she meets Pat, this Dear Readers, is almost the only time she ever buys a coffee. I know, strange but true!
She cooks a hot meal at night and makes sure on Tuesday night, that it's something like a stew, which she can heat up in the morning and take to work with her in the thermos.. in the summer it is perhaps a piece of cold chicken with some salad.
And she always goes across the road to her favourite fruit and vegetable stall to get apples and any fruits that he has at a good price. Avocadoes, grapefruit, grapes, onions, carrots, pomegranates, all come home every week in WW.
Year round from the allotments she picks chard, wild garlic, spinach, land cress and, of course, the other fruits and vegetables when they're in season.
It's YOUR health.. don't expect fast food chains to keep you healthy. Don't 'grab' a take-away because it's convenient, get organised and make your own food from scratch.. it's a damn sight cheaper!
Now we have to go as she is off to Baldwins, the Herbalists on Walworth Road at the Elephant & Castle. We may be back later but in the meantime we wish you the same pleasant day that we have here.. for it's mild and the sunshine is peeking through some hazy clouds.
PipPip.. chirp.
GeeGee Parrot.
March 8th, 2018.
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