Food crisis<\/p>\n
I was a bit stirred up by a news item reported in The Jakarta
\nPost on June 15, 1999, that Asia may face a food crisis after
\n2000. One of the causes is that dwindling resources are putting
\nmore and more pressure on land under cultivation and will
\neventually degrade it, putting the food security of the country
\nat risk.<\/p>\n
Since the year 2000 is just a few months away, and Indonesia,
\nwhose population remains the fourth largest in the world, is
\nprone to such a crisis, it is high time to make a turning point
\nin our daily menu, so that we do not rely mainly on one type of
\nfood i.e. rice. By doing so, not only will we have done something
\nto minimize the crisis, but we will also have taken measures to
\nmaintain our healthy life.<\/p>\n
Here are some more tips to avert the crisis from a dietary
\npoint of view. First, don't eat too much rice, as this type of
\ngrain is relatively high in glucose content. It has 75 percent
\nglucose content compared to the 70 percent or 65 percent found in
\npotatoes and sweet potatoes respectively. Besides, I cannot
\nimagine how much rice is to be consumed every day, and what will
\nhappen if the UN food official's forecast comes true after 2000.<\/p>\n
In his book Eat more, weigh less, Dr. Dean Ornish says: You
\ncan eat more and weigh less so long as you know what to eat. And
\nto make our body healthy, Michael Castleman (Nature's cures)
\nsays: Your food should be your medicine. Whereas another
\nnutrition expert in his small book Eat Smart suggests that we
\nshould eat a great variety of food, but moderately, in order to
\nalways maintain good health.<\/p>\n
ODO FADLOELI<\/p>\n
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