Thursday, January 31, 2008

What the world and I eat

So, how does my diet compare to other cultures' diets?

I definitely eat a variety of different things for each meal each day. Where I come from originally, many families will cook food for days to come (like borsht, that is cooked in large quantity to last several days), so items don't vary as much.

Living in America I have access to more food than needed and I have a privilege to buy new and fresh items almost daily although most Americans tend to buy groceries for a week or more.

Again compared to Eastern-European countries where most people cook at home, my diet consists of food that someone else cooked, from cafes and grocery stores.

My diet is primarily meat-based and in this sense could be compared to Chinese, Bosnian, German and Australian diets where meat plays  a vital role in many meals.

Overall I eat fairly balanced meals, and absolutely no fast-food and soda drinks like Coke. Countries all over the world are falling prey to McDonalds and soda (Australia, Mexico, China)

Unfortunately, my diet is low on fresh fruit and veggies compared to countries like Guatemala and Ecuador where it's the primary food. I try to substitute it with juices and multivitamins.

And I eat three full meals a day with plenty of snacks in between which is to many countries, like African ones, is not even possible.

And it seems I like to drink a glass of beer with my evening meals just like Germans.



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