Diet Analysis!

Sunday, March 30, 2008

BREAKFAST (WINDSOR DINING COURT)
Chocolate Milk
Cheese Bread Stick

LUNCH (WINDSOR DINING COURT):
Cheese Spinach Vegetarian Pizza
Hash Brown
Gala Apple
Chocolate-vanilla Ice-cream

SNACKS (ON THE GO):
Baked Pretzels
Grandma Cookies

DINNER (DORM ROOM):
Chole Masala (Chick Peas cooked in tomato gravy with Indian Spices)
Chapatti (Unleavened bread made from wheat)

I have always been interested in knowing different facts regarding the food we eat. I was in a habit of observing the type of food I ate. However, in India I never thought about Genetically Modified Food. It’s still new there. However here in States it’s all about GM foods. While I took a note of my diet this Sunday, I observed that I ate a lot many different kinds of food.

I had milk, some cheese on my food and an ice cream in my diet, which may be considered genetically modified, if the milk giving cow was fed with genetically modified corn. I also had hash browns, which contained potatoes, which may or may not be genetically modified ones. I had pizza, which may be considered fast food, but spinach made it nutritious. I also had fruits like a gala apple which is known to come from the lands of New-Zealand and an orange, which might have come from Florida or California. Other than that I had some Indian dishes for my dinner, which for sure was not genetically modified.

I work in the Windsor dining court, and tried to find if people knew about GM of organic food. I noticed that, people rarely even think about this stuff. Organic foods being very expensive are not provided in our dining courts. I always try and have a balanced diet, as I am used to them, but thinking about the food items being something called ‘genetically modified’ was not until the last few English 106 classes.

The Spring Surprise!

Who wouldn’t need a break after those weeks full of homework, submissions and exams? At least I would need it!

I was so excited about the spring break. It was my first spring in United States. Since weeks I had been reading on the white boards of my dorm rooms that ‘--- days remaining for spring break!’ I wondered how excited those girls were about the spring break. I even heard friends talking about their plans for the spring break. At one point, I was happy that I will have some time to relax and hangout with friends, but at the other end I was jealous of those who were heading towards their home to see their parents during the spring break.

My family is in India and it’s not at all practical to take $1500 flight to India just for a week that takes 20 hours just to reach India from United States! So I had to be here in the States. My friends planned to hangout with each other for a day or two and then go to our respective relative’s place. We all had fun going out shopping and eating Indian food. On the third day everyone went to their relative’s place and I returned back to the dorm. Purdue was dead without students, but the mesmerizing weather accompanied my loneliness.

Then on March 14, I called at my home in India to wish my brother on his birthday. My dad told me to call after sometime so that I could wish two persons at the same time. I didn’t really understand what my dad meant, but then after two hours I got good news that my sister had given birth to a lovely baby boy! I was on cloud nine. At that point of time I was dying to go back to India and kiss the baby. However that was not possible so I tried and celebrated the time with myself. Just this news made my spring break the best break in my life!

I can’t stop thanking God for giving me such a wonderful Spring Surprise!