Last Sunday the Times of
India wrote '" 35% of what Indians eat today is foreign." On reading
further one realizes a
lot of food
grown here originated from other parts
of the world are
today local. I encourage eating loads
of veggies P.C.O.D, Low
semen count, hormonal
disorders ,depression ,
psychological problems ,obesity, cancer
and a host of degenerative
diseases are prevented with
fresh produce.
Later on I went shopping
with my niece for groceries walking down the supermarket she picks up yellow
and red bell peppers, zucchini, various sprouts, tomato ketchup, pasta, bread,
yogurt and butter. No bhindi(lady finger), dudhi( bottle
gourd), parval(pointed gourd), gavar(sword beans , karela(bitter gourd),
kadu(pumkin)tinsa (round gourd )turai (ridge
gourd ) etc ....
That evening
I was being thanked
by someone for
helping her cut
down on caffeine
and I asked
if she was
eating loads of
vegetables and she
said daily a
lot of broccoli
at night. I was so appalled as broccoli
is one of the most difficult vegetables to digest especially at night and were
not summer or monsoon vegetables.
Further on I met my friend who owns a health shop and was venting my distress
to her. " I am so careful .", was her reply, " I make it a point
that my children and me eat
vegetables- I have taught them to make mattar(peas) paneer, soya kheema, moong
vegetable and raswala alu ( potato)." WHERE ARE THE VEGETABLES????
I am so frustrated and
to top this niece messages. “For dinner I am having a boiled egg and
simultaneously I am boiling tindli which I am going to have with chat
masala." I nearly threw up .A country
that grows and makes
amazing vegetable preparations
is down to
this. No wonder we are becoming the disease capital of the world. I
wonder what I
will learn this weekend on food
habbit.
