As much as I love coming home to see family and eat tons of food there is always a transitional period my stomach endures. To spare you the details lets just say that my stomach does not like all the preservatives. Nate and I both agree that we have never been sick from food in Brazil but the minute we get home we have problems.
I blame it on the fact that nothing is fresh here. Nothing. Yes, you can eat whatever you want and everything is in 'season' but there is quite a bit of food traveling involved when that happens. Fruits in Brazil are available when they are in season... period. I have even personally seen the farms when are food is grown. It's about four hours drive from our home. When all the flooding was happening in Brazil we had shortages of lettuce until things got under control.
The little market by our house sells fruits and veggies for pennies. Most of the eggs I buy have feathers stuck to them and probably other stuff I don't want to know about. I don't really like the food in Brazil from restaurants but the fresh stuff can't be beat. Both of us are so much healthier now than we ever have been before.
By the time I get used to the food here I will be heading home. I guess just in time for a detox! Nate arrives today so wish him luck. I am already a week into the US food initiation so I get to sit by and watch him suffer. Life is great huh!
Tchau,
Sara
PS- fresh food and sun I miss you!
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