I’ve noticed for the past 2 years I have been here in Polomolok I have expanded sideways. I always blamed it on my successive miscarriages but I think I’m only trying to find an excuse for my inability to regulate my food intake. This is something that I should pay more attention ton because my love for food is taking its toll on my health.
However, I have noticed that foodshops overload their menus with carbohydrates, poultry with growth hormones, pork from cannibal pigs, MSG loaded courses, and dishes that contain the toxins that would kill us oh so slowly but surely.
A month ago symptoms of an illness began to manifest. Everytime I eat too much carbohydrates ,especially when I’m on a sugar run, I become woozy and experience a mild headache. I thought I was borderline diabetes but never got around to having my blood sugar checked. I decided to cut down on the starches and removed rice from my diet for starters.
That went well for one week, but our regular meetings with Tatay Nestor and Nanay Elma reintroduced this number 1 culprit in diabetes. I committed to eating meals without rice but everytime we come home to Kalsangi I feel guilty of not eating my share because I would remember the children in Africa who don’t get to eat 3 meals a day… (yeah that age old pakunsensya of parents to their children who don’t finish their food)
There I go again making some lame excuse. I think I need to focus on the spiritual food intake. There are so many things that I need to be paying attention to and the least of them is food. After all the Scripture says “Man does not live by bread alone.” I should remember the next time I’m tempted to parttake of that sumptuous buffet of lechon, spaghetti, bbq, softdrinks….
