Is there no chance you could at least be a vegetarian??? I am sure they exist over there? My Mexican friend is still perplexed by my veganism, but she is happy to invite me over and cook for me.. I mean, it's your decision and all, but I would imagine that the transitioning could be quite difficult. I have no idea how I'd go about it.. especially if it's gonna make you feel sick
i have a friend who has done the program. he said that oftentimes, all his host family gave him for breakfast was a piece of meat in a bowl of water. and yes, i'm sure there are vegetarians in méxico, but i'm going to be living in communities of indigenous people who grow all of their own food and slaughter their own animals. it'd be one thing if i were in mexico city or something, but i won't be there.
Oh, I see. That's a tough one. I'm quite interested in working with those type of communities sometime myself... though honestly I couldn't bring myself to eat meat again. I hope it all goes well for you. Are you planning to try and eat as little meat as possible, or just accept everything given? Good luck...!
Okay, I'm being an ignorant sheltered city girl about this but..gsyhApril 30 2007, 01:36:53 UTC
Aren't you also worried about how something like that could make you sick not just because it's meat, but it could possibly be unclean? At least for your city stomach? (There are those on the farm who drink their milk fresh and eat their meat raw and handle it just fine, but when tourists try it they get sick because they are not used to that.)
A good idea then is to never eat to fullness, because it's easier to get sick on food that aren't gentle to your stomach when you eat to fullness since there is less acid. When humans are starving they can eat all manners of things that will normally give them food poisoning but survive it.
Oh yeah, drink only the water that's been boiled (and use only clean water to wash your face because things can get in through your nose, mouth, and eyes)? I do that anyways and am relieved when I hear about things like Walkerton e.coli scandal. There are so many things you can get from unclean water that won't show up right away but come back to haunt you later. Well water can also become
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you should look into the program through the mexico solidarity network!
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A good idea then is to never eat to fullness, because it's easier to get sick on food that aren't gentle to your stomach when you eat to fullness since there is less acid. When humans are starving they can eat all manners of things that will normally give them food poisoning but survive it.
Oh yeah, drink only the water that's been boiled (and use only clean water to wash your face because things can get in through your nose, mouth, and eyes)? I do that anyways and am relieved when I hear about things like Walkerton e.coli scandal. There are so many things you can get from unclean water that won't show up right away but come back to haunt you later. Well water can also become ( ... )
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