Today I was reading in a weight loss forum then I saw a post that was titled ”Eat Like a Poor Person”.This post called my attention because in recent weeks I was thinking a lot about how I used to eat back home in Tanzania.
You know, I was born and raised in a not very financially rich family in the southern highlands of the united republic of Tanzania.
I remember living there and most of the families used to eat natural vegetable and the condiments they used most of the time was some kind of juice made from peanuts. We ate beans, wild greens, corns, seeds, fruits etc.
Most of the families I know they rarely ate meats or fish ( the did it on special occasions and holidays), and they used to move a lot on foot.
Looking back at that life, although most people had tough life financially there were healthy and happy, in that part of the country was very difficult to find a fat person.
Although I don’t wish anyone to be poor financially, I really think eating like a poor people could be one of the solutions to combat this obesity pandemic.
Ok going back to the original post, here is it:
Running coach Joe Vigil says, “Eat like a poor person and you’ll only see your doctor on the golf course.” There’s a lot of wisdom in that.
The diet of poor people in Western countries probably isn’t the best example of this however So let’s look at the diet of the Tarahumara tribe in Mexico, which is famous for their long distance runners: Pinto beans, squash, chili peppers, wild greens, pinole (corn) and lots of chia seeds.
They also drink lots and lots of corn beer the evening before a race. So eating like a poor person doesn’t necessarily mean eating hardly no calories.
In fact, if you follow this weight loss Program, there are days you will not eat like a poor person at all.