Is the answer to happiness actually hidden in the food that we consume, each and every day?
Posted by: Rainbow
15th Jun 2011 12:16pm
Jezemeg8
- 15th Jun 2011 11:49pm
I too am on a disabled pension and I too have to watch my pennies. Grow my own veges? Well I used to but the task of caring for them became too great for me, and its a waste to see the crop failing because I'm unable to care properly for it.
As to poor people eating junk food, well, I used to think the same way as others here, that is until I started ministering to the street folk and the homeless and realised that many don't have cooking facilities, one can no longer light a fire outside, (EPA restrictions), Council supplied BBQ's and takeaway (or more often dumpsters) are the source of cooking and food for those who can't afford to shop. I know myself, many times I've been reliant on the food that the street folk dumpster dive for and then share with me.
Also there is the very real lack of cooking knowledge amongst the poor. Cooking is no longer taught routinely at schools, and nutrition is only just now being taught. Parents do their best, they'd love to increase their skils, and eagerly attend classes that I offer, but the demands are greater than what I as one person can provide. Other cooking classes are too expensive for many, when its a matter of choosing whether one will heat the home, or cook, paying for classes to learn cooking skills is out of the question.
There are many factors to those who are poor, maybe overweight, etc eating junk food, It can't be attributed to laziness alone. God bless.
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