Today, I'm writing something which is a little different from the genre of my blog. I write this more in terms of Social Awareness. Trying to make people aware of eating healthy and being concerned about what you eat.
Recently, when I was returning from office. I saw school kids loitering around, eating unhealthy samosas and other snacks from the street vendors. I noticed and went to the juice seller who was besides them. After gorging the snacks, they stood besides me and ordered for Sodas. When I sipped my carrot-beet juice, I enjoyed these guys doing some serious discussion on what soda flavour to order. Did you guys know they also have a beer flavor in it! I couldn't help overhearing, but when one of their friend wanted a apple milkshake, he was made fun of as he is a kid who still drinks milk. This whole scenario disturbed me, worried me about the future of these kids.
I wondered if these kids are misguided on healthy foods? Or is it the way the society portrays this junk food makes them want to deny Indian healthy food. Let's say, McDonald would be something they would prefer rather than eating a dosa or uthapa. That's because of the added MSG and the sugar in the Coke gave them a rush which a Dosa or Uthapa would fail to do. Mom's ranting about their kids not completing their Tiffin is almost an age old problem now. Is there no solution to this. Perhaps there is, Why cannot mom's make frankies with healthy stuffings? Use oats in burger patties? Or like they always do make your dish visually appealing and you are sorted!
We can perhaps even ask this question to the vendors! But they might purse their lips as using good quality would make them to cutback their profits which they do not want to. So even though they know it's unhealthy, they will sell you. Because you are the reason they are earning. A quick example of this would be to inquire in every restaurant, street side stall or any chat vendor - What oil they use? Most of them will use refined oil instead of filtered oil. Refined oil is cheaper but bad for your health. But the point the vendor is concerned about is 'Money' and refined oil being cheaper he will use that.
I have two cute nieces and recently when I visited their place, my younger nice wasn't feeling well. Doctors said, She had stomach infection. It felt as if the whole house had fallen ill. My granny suggested having nice warm water with garlic crushed in it and other herbal ingredients. I wondered, if only she had been cautious while she was eating the junk. That's when I thought how kids actually add life to our house and the lives of almost everyone. Imagine a school which has pin drop silence, which our teachers ask. It would be a nightmare! That's when I've realized it's important for these kids to stay healthy. It's important we as adults make the necessary changes in their diet!
"Do not eat what your grandmother wouldn't recognize as food"
