eating and living the southeast asia way.

im thinking of starting a book. about...eating and living the southeast asia way. i have many theories about life and health and i am very curious in homeopathic remedies and traditional chinese medicine. although i would like to know more about it...i am continually hmm...i guess discouraged in the american way of eating and working and living. if you have seen or read any of the documentaries such as "food, inc" then you know how processed and over manufactured and corparte our food is. cooperate america has taken over and their goal seems to be to feed the most amount of people in the cheapest way, making the most money. over the last few years people are suddenly gluten and dairy sensitive. i noticed that they even had gluten free communion at church!! jeez.
for a person who could live off of bread and ice cream i have been ignoring my own digestive issues. hoping that my body is going through some sort of phase, if it is the more processed food maybe my body will adapt. when most people travel to third world countries they worry about eating the food and drinking the water. but i didnt restrain myself much as far as the food goes. of corse we bought the bottled water. but we tried to eat like the locals. it is an essential part of traveling for me. truly experiencing a new place and culture. i knew that bread or gluten and dairy were not going to be super common in places like vietnam so i was anxious to see how my stomach would be. and for the entire month i was gone i didnt have any issues. my diet consisted of mango smoothies, pho, spring rolls, rice, meat, veggies, eggs here and there cooked with the meat, pad thai, more soups. more rice. more veggies. and beer. i also realized how little sugar i ate while there. maybe this southasian diet is the key to my indigestive issues. or maybe it is just the processed foods. it is hard to say exactly but unfortunately the day i came back to the states i felt sick. i have been doing my best to incorporate more mangos, boba, spring rolls and asian messages in to my daily life. but im also thinking of seeing an allergy acupuncturist in boulder. ill let you know what they say :)

we need to change the way we eat. change the way we live and change the way we treat each other. - tupac