Good
evening everyone,
Today we
have the chance to write about a free topic.
Sometimes
this poses a difficult task. Freedom can be challenging since we are used
to being told what to do since we are little. I have issues when it comes to having too many choices..... Okay, here we go...
Even though
I have always loved nature and green areas, my interested in plants and growing
started say 7 years ago... More particularly, when I heard about the effect
genetically modified food had had in rats and the possibility of Upov 91 being
passed here. This modification of the law was proposed by our lady president in
her prior administration.
It made me
think a lot in what we eat. Fortunately, I have never been a big fan of sweets
(only chocolate) so eating fairly healthy stuff is not a problem. But I know
that for a lot of people this is a problem and they see no way out of loads of
junk food. It is cheaper and it is addictive.
I live in a
flat so growing veggies did not seem like an easy task but with determination
and not knowing much about this; I started my little orchard on my balcony.
This enterprise has shown me that having your own food is not free from stress.
It is amazing the number of plagues you find even in the city. No wonder
organic vegetables are so expensive.
Anyway, it
makes me happy to have my own lettuce, rocket, tomatoes, mint, parsley,
coriander and other pesticide free stuff.
I could go on for ever but I will
finish this post by adding I strongly believe many of the illnesses we see
today (attentional deficit, diabetes, obesity, etc.) are partly caused by the
food we eat. Many of the additives used here are forbidden in developed
countries. And many harmful ones (like aspartame) are still legal worldwide. We don’t seem to read labels enough; we are
not aware what we put in our body and I feel this should change.
In
conclusion, I feel we need to pay more attention in general. It is not about being
radical about anything. Just to be more mindful and more careful with what we
eat and when we eat it.
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