Our holidays, which are the most pleasant examples of the mid-generational transfer of our cultural values, -even though they are seen as an opportunity to take a vacation today- families come to a place or at least contact them. They maintain their characteristics of being expensive times when voices are heard and images are seen.
Children know Ramadan holiday as “candy feast”. They leave the doors they knock with their pockets and bags full of candies and chocolates. The first treat to the guests is made with sugar. After a little chat, we move on to the dessert part. Teas and coffees are drunk with lots of sugar, carbonated drinks and lemonades accompany desserts in hot weather. The word “Let’s eat sweet, talk sweetly” is a different message that is used to eliminate resentments and to achieve reconciliation, indicating that the conversation will continue with dessert.
In a way, it tells the effect of the foods we consume on our psychology. If we eat sweets, we should not talk hurtfully, we should take it from the bottom, we should empathize.
We cannot say that every social ritual we pass on to our children is beneficial. The habits that we pass on without questioning that we have seen so much can sometimes affect the mental and body health negatively.
All the food and beverages we consume have the potential to be beneficial when taken in moderation, and to waste when too much is taken. In our society, especially sugar consumption is at a very dangerous level compared to other societies.
Be careful not to overdo it
Foods and beverages containing processed sugar limit the activity of carbohydrates and proteins by feeding pathogens in the gut and elsewhere in the body. In other words, a lot of sugar that enters our body has the effect of disrupting the stability of our entire metabolism, especially intestinal functions. Since fruits, which are an easy source of sugar, do not contain this feature, they can be consumed easily, provided that they are not too much.
Consumption of too much sugar disrupts the stability of metabolism
Consumption of too much sugar during the holidays is a situation that both disrupts the stability of our metabolism and threatens the health of the mouth and teeth in our society, which has fallen behind in this regard. It is not possible not to offer it and to refuse what was given during the feast, which is called candy, but it is also possible to know that visits are not limited to a single household and not to be insistent.
It has been a long time since there were no greenhouses and the fruit was eaten only in its season. It is now possible to consume fruit suitable for every budget in every season. So, let’s change the name of this holiday to “fruit holiday” with a radical decision. Let’s offer sliced fruits to the children knocking on our door, let’s offer fruit plates to our guests. Let the fruits that contain both the vitamins that will protect our health and the harmless sugar we need be indispensable for our holiday. Who can say no to an ice-cold watermelon in this hot weather?
