World and it's People

Today the word ‘Arab’ means any person who lives in a group of countries in western Asia or northern Africa such as Egypt, Algeria or Jordan. But the true Arabs are a people who live in the Arabian peninsula, across the Red Sea from place to place with their herds of goats, sheep or camels. In fact, the word ‘Arab’ means ‘normad’ in Arabic. These nomadic people are known as the Bedouin. They live in a region called in Arabic bajia, that is a vast plain with very little vegetation. Although the Bedouin make up about one-tenth of the total population of the Middle East, they occupy nearly nine-tenths of its area.

It is very difficult to trace the origins of the Bedouin. They have never learned to read or write and so have kept no records of their past. In the days of the ancient Romans the Bedouin frequently raided the coastal regions. The Romans had to build many forts to stand up to these attacks. The Bedouin used to gather together every so often in major centers of the Arab world such as Aleppo, Mecca and Hormuz. It was at these gathering that Mohamed, the prophet who is today honoured by Moslems all over the world as the founder of the Islamic religion, first preached his religious teachings.

The Bedouin live a difficult life. The Arabian desert where they live is extremely hot and water is very scare as rain does not fall for several years in certain parts. The Bedouin therefore have to keep moving to look for food for themselves and their animals. They live in tents and breed camels which they sell at markets for such foods as barely and dates. With the coming of industry of Arabia following the discovery of oil, many Bedouin have given up their wandering life and taken jobs on oilfields. Now they are much richer than the rest of the world.

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Quite a few things:

1. Our bread, and in general, our food, never have sugar added. I mean, if I got bread, and it tastes sugary, I never buy that again. Bread is not supposed to be sugary.
2. We eat a lot less processed food.
3. Our cities are walkable. I, for example, live in Madrid, and don’t even have a car. I’m at 15 min. walk from my work. I go walking to buy groceries and generally everything.
4. This is a personal pet peeve of mine: what happens with the gluten-free mania you have there? I mean, if you are celiac (which is an objective thing that have its own test), then I can understand… but the rest? Gluten is protein, and one of the most complete proteins that you’ll find in the vegetal world… and you remove it from the bread??? Are you fucking crazy, people? I generally like breads with as much gluten as you can find; they are generally more airy, the crust is tastier, and is a lot more healthy. There is nothing like a Hogaza Gallega.
5. Fats. If you don’t gorge yourself in sugars, you have space to eat healthy fats. Olive oil, the main one, but also fats that go with meat and fish. Likewise, if you don’t gorge on sugars and added starches of processed food, you can eat more starches. I eat French fries most days; of course, not the frozen stuff: directly cut from the potato, and fried in good olive oil. Good fats are important to be healthy, help raise testosterone and quite a few other things; if you avoid the hydrogenated shit of processed food, you have space for them in your calorie budget.
6. Sugary drinks. We have those, but we don’t have the same culture that you have. We drink it sometimes, but generally the zero version. They are also crap, but at least not sugary shit; and we don’t drink them that frequently.

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Brightly coloured plants add crunch to your lunch – and healthy vitamins, too. No wonder parents everywhere say, “Eat your vegetables!”

What vegetables do you munch? That partly depends on where you live and what plants grow there. In Indonesia, many people enjoy asinan, a tasty dish usually made of mustard leaves, bean sprouts, bean paste, radishes, and peanuts. All these planrs thrive in the hot, wet climate. In China, the root of the lotus flower is sliced for salads.

People serve lots of cabbage, carrots, and potatoes in the United Kingdom, where the weather is wet and mild, in sunny Mexico, people eat red peppers, green peppers, and maize.

Beetroot grows well in cool places, and cooks in Poland, Russia, and Scandinavia make a delicious beetroot soup called borscht.

Right now, wonderful vegetables from far away are waiting at your shop. Try a new one today! With so many colourful, crunchy choices, you might want to eat only vegetables.

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