We are all told that we must have a balanced diet and eat sugars and sweets in moderation. Children like to eat a lot of sweet foods such as desserts and cakes.
A poor Filipino little girl was told by her mother to go to primary school and listen well to what the teacher in Health class about food and nutrition and eating a balanced diet. Her mother was uneducated and poor and did no know anything about eating healthy meals and what to eat, so she wanted her daughter to tell her all that the Health teacher taught the class.
The other children teased the girl about why she preferred to eat meat and vegetables eaten with rice ( meals eaten with boiled rice is called "ulam") instead of eating chips, soft drinks and desserts like cake and chocolate bars.
She said that she feels guilty about giving meats and vegetables priority because she is always hungry and that she learned to hate sweet foods, cakes, donuts and chocolate etc because it was taught as harmful and that they were not clever or educated enough and that they were on a budget.
This is a story about the hungry people in the Philippines who need help. Hunger is something that needs to be addressed by the government through hand outs and charity, the System of government must become even more humane and effective than the super humane and effective United States of America System of government in regards to helping the poor, destitute and homeless.
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