Food- A Curse Or A Blessing -
What is Food ?
Food
is:
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Perhaps
the greatest wonder of the world.
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An
essence that is needed desperately by even the minutest cellular organisms
and for life itself.
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A
commodity so rare that entire countries are being wiped off from the face of
the earth due to lack of it or being hungry and dying due to malnutrition.
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A
commodity so abundant that excess production is being dumped into the oceans
by the richer nations.
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A
commodity so critical that both too little and too much creates a terrible
health problem for mankind [malnourished or overweight - both can lead to
ill health and even death].
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A
commodity so varied that it's complete magnitude in palate, taste and
properties remains uncharted even today.
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Food
is that element over which wars have and are being fought and shapes the way
life flows on mother Earth.
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Food
- the one cause that is cited in the oldest scriptures for man
igniting the wrath of GOD and being expelled from the heavens to the
Earth.
Yes
Food, is it a curse or a blessing?
In
the days of the maharajah's of the Indian subcontinent, a man needed to be
punished for some displeasure he had caused to the maharajah. Well guess what?
He was gifted a white elephant! Well because feeding a white elephant entailed a
fortune to be spent in itself. Yes food was being used to punish a man by making
him poorer.
In
early European history ladies labeled as witches were being burned at the stake,
simply because they had the temerity to try out the culinary properties of
herbs and spices for healing purposes.
obesity,
cancer, cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart attacks are all caused by
unhealthy feeding habits. Yes food again.
At
the same time, lack of it wiped out the entire dinosaur dynasty. It will be the
ultimate cause that may wipe out life from the earth itself.
It
was the free fall of an apple that inspired man to lay the foundations of
mechanics and ultimately nuclear science. Yes technology as we know it was
inspired by food.
Food
is used as a symbol of abundance, as a symbol of plenty, as a medium of
celebration and rejoicing, as a blessing on auspicious occasions . Feeding the
hungry is considered an act of charity and philanthropy.
Yes
Food, is it a curse or a blessing?
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