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YOU CAN EAT THAT: Robyn’s Trip to Africa commences this week
By robyn | May 25, 2008
I’m off the great continent Africa this Thursday May 29th in search of lions, tigers and food.. oh my!
My dear husband and I are off on a trip of a lifetime to South Africa and Botswana for three weeks, but I promise upon my return, I will report on all especially my thoughts on the food.
One of the reasons I decided on becoming a nutritionist ions ago had a little do with Africa. I was stuyding nutrition at Syracuse University and was pretty sure I did want to actually become a nutrtionist. but when an assignment in my public health class was to research a foreign country and their nutritional habits, I chose Africa. The images of starving and malnourished Africas pervade our media, however, I reported on something entirely different.
Through research I discovered that in many of the African countries their diet is so high in fiber that diseases such as cancer and diabetes were virtually unknown. Now this research was done in 1979 when I was attending SU, and things have probably changed, but it was enough to convince me that if a foreign country such as Africa could have better health stats that the US, we could learn from these cultures to improve our own health. We are supposed to be the most advanced and most developed nations on earth and yet our health stats can prove to less than ideal.
So intrigued by this idea, it cinched the deal for me to become a nutritionist. And so dear readers, I ‘ll let you all know what I discover about the traditional foods of Africa! I know so much abuot other cultures and their food, but Africa is a new one for me, so this will indeed be an adventure in more ways than one!
Stay tuned!
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