A proponent of eating locally grown foods, Executive Secretary of the Grenada Food & Nutrition Council (GFNC) gave numerous benefits of fruits, vegetables and provisions grown in Grenada that can help boost the immune system, namely Vitamins A, B, C, D and E; plus minerals such as iron, zinc, selenium and copper; and to get 30 minutes of sunshine a day.
Recently featured on Central Health–Grenada’s online series entitled, “COVID-19 & Those Most At Risk,” Lydia Browne encouraged all citizens of Grenada to choose healthy food options, especially locally grown. “If you know you have not been eating in accordance with what we have been advising all these years, then you know it is important for you to at least start putting some of these vital nutrients into your body. At least give yourself a fighting chance, should you get infected.”
As the majority continue to comply with the Government of Grenada’s regulations, while we fight to prevent Covid-19 from spreading, citizens must remain confined to their places of residence and yards, except on shopping days. However, in addition to eating healthy locally grown foods, GFNC also recommends that we get some sunshine, either directly, by sitting in the sun, through starting a kitchen garden or doing yard work, daily. “Going outside and working in the garden, and doing some yard work is going to be so important even beyond just growing something. When you are taking care of a garden, you are being physically active, and that is also important, at this time. So, you are getting the physical activity and then you are getting an addition again, you are getting the sunshine.”
Regarding life prior to Covid-19, the Executive Secretary went on to say that many were not getting enough exposure to sunshine, “We think we live in the sun, our Vitamin D is covered – but how many of us spend 30 minutes in the sun every day? We spend most of our time indoors, in air condition, and by the time we leave work in the afternoon the sun is about to go down, or we get into our vehicle, and so we are really not getting that sunshine.”
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Amen!
I totally agree. Grenadians need to make more healthier choices. Eating local food is the best. Making your own garden is the best and it’s good for your mind. Restaurant foods are not 100% healthier than your own. You don’t know what they put it in taste good especially this modern times there is a lot packaged spices (imported) that has additives added to them. Chemical to enhance flavor. Grenada spices, tumeric(saffron) garlic etc is the best. Growing up as Grenadian since I was a kid I love my grenadian spices. I would always try get grenadian nutmeg, saffron(only from grenada). And sunshine is very very important. Yes! We black people don’t get enough sunshine and we have lower vitamin D levels. I know there is lot of vehicles in Grenada now compared to long time ago when we used walk a lot which is so healthy for you.Too much vehicle on the now. when there is need if a person streamline a need from a want. Too many people want to
have a car….keeping up with the Jones’s kind of attitude or looking at other countries lifestyle. I myself has very low vitamin D. I had it tested and my doctor told it’s bad so I have to take vitamin D every day 3 to 4 1000iu. You are black, in an office every, driving in our cars which I don’t drive every day.
Please note, I am not saying don’t eat from restaurants. It’s good to support them once in while but I rather cook my own, make my own lunch because I know what I’m eating and it’s cost less. A lot of restaurant kitchens are very nasty. I have given mildrew veges to eat, cockroach in my food, people sneezing in they hands then touching the food, chicken falling on the kitchen floor and stiil placing it on the customer’s plate. I have seen it and heard of stuff that goes on in kitchen restaurants from people who works in it.
Too many vehicles are polluted the island.
Too much land are getting sold by foreign investors destroying our natural environment/habitat.
Too much Chinese taking over the Caribbean. Don’t people has eyes to see?
I don’t buy they food, clothes etc.
Why support them! They don’t support our black businesses.
I support my community just as how they support theirs. (I know I off the topic at the here)