A Balanced Somali Diet?

[Jacaylbaro]

Well, this is not bad:

 

[Alpha Blondy]

by the way.....this was a cry for help. i'm really desperate for advice on what foods combinations are the most healthy. please help me so i could live longer. i eat everything and anything and at the most inappropriate hours, too. sometimes, i don't even eat.. i'm hoping to get into a healthy diet routine for the rest of my life...

 

please................. the new maid is waiting for 'the list' i promised to put together. she's already reminded me twice.... LOL.

 

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[Alpha Blondy]

 

watch those calories y'all. found this taalo in something Complicated posted in the Islam section.

 

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http://www.communitiesinaction.org/Ramadan%20Health%20and%20Spirituality%20Guide.pdf

[Libaax-Sankataabte]

I am thinking of becoming a vegetarian.

[Mad_Mullah]

XARAAM! Don't post pics of food in Ramadan!

[Alpha Blondy]

^ apologies, inaar. iftar was almost 4 hrs ago for us, here in the nation's capitals. anyways, if you've already been tempted to devour these foods, then your fast is broken and you needn't bother, ma garatay?

[Alpha Blondy]

today iftar.

 

watermelon, shamaam.

 

2 samosa. 2 long twirly Syrian pastry thing (mushbag?)

 

1 milkshake (cocktail)

 

4 dates

 

mango juice

 

1 litre of bottle water (Maadax)

 

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then pasta with sauce (minced meat)

 

salad and 1 banana.

 

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not satisfied with this iftar. will have improve it.

[Tillamook]

^

O wise one, are you a fat child, my son?

 

Usually people who talk about diets and whatnot, don't like what they see in front of the mirror...ma caalool kuusan baad yeelatey?

 

Nah, am just teasing sxb.

 

Seriously though, there is nothing wrong with our general Somali diets. Meat, vegetable, legumes, fruits and nuts are the magic ingredients.

 

One of the worst things I've discovered is that these days we Somalis eat a lot of wheat. We use wheat flour for our canjeelo, malawax, sabaayats, e.tc-- So I've opted instead to revert back to sorghum flour or millet flour which even taste better and are much healthier.

 

Pastas of all kinds are definitely a big NO for me. Also, cakes, biscuits and sweets are a NO.

 

So saaxiib, step away from that syrian pastry thingy!

[warsamaale]

and why is that ??

[Haatu]

Alpha Blondy;967877 wrote:

today iftar.

 

watermelon, shamaam.

 

2 samosa. 2 long twirly Syrian pastry thing (mushbag?)

 

1 milkshake (cocktail)

 

4 dates

 

mango juice

 

1 litre of bottle water (Maadax)

 

---

 

then pasta with sauce (minced meat)

 

salad and 1 banana.

 

--

 

 

not satisfied with this iftar. will have improve it.

Miskiin. Even my afur at the mosque was much better. The milkshake was so so though.

[warsamaale]

i heard another shaikh saying its haraam to overeat and indulge in food during the Ramadan. shahrul akl wa shurb was not the intent and spirit of Ramadan but that is what muslims have turned into: feasting and drinking. its about prayers and self denial.

[Haatu]

^^War the Sheekhs are the biggest eaters at afur.

[warsamaale]

those are the sufi and xer shaikhs sxb, the salafis eat very little food and deny themselves.

[Haatu]

Some of the fattest people I know are Salafis

[Alpha Blondy]

Haatu;968152 wrote:

Some of the fattest people I know are Salafis

others who might qualify in this category.....

 

1. middle-aged somali women.

2. ciyaal caasir folks