domingo, 22 de abril de 2007

Don't punish yourself

We just arrived from Brazil for our European tour. The first city we were visiting was Presov, Slovakia. Downtown square, it was Saturday afternoon and the tradition is that brides use to promenade showing their beautiful wedding dresses.

Like in Brazil, USA, we ordered ice cream while we were watching them. This is very appropriate for a summer day. Normally nobody takes ice cream in winter, unless if mentally disturbed. Stressed people could easily do that too.

Ice cream is not light food, but a calorie bomb. Doctors prescribe diets, exercises, sports. Depending on how people manage the diet, they could take food supplements and eat more fruits and vegetables. Red meat, fast food, fried stuff is not recommended.

But the case is that Europe is cold mainly all the time. Summer is short; there is no problem in having ice creams. Balancing the meals, being careful with calories would not be a danger for health. Heart diseases are not affected by ice creams, but much more by cholesterol caused by too much fried and carbohydrates.

I do not know if you agree, but from my point of view life cannot be like a torture session.