The Fun Things I'm Learning

Today my family discussed my Little sisters ulcer among a few other health concerns. They believe she has an ulcer because she is not eating enough. If you didn’t know an ulcer is caused by not eating when you’re hungry or by not eating enough. When you go to town at lunch you should eat at least once if not twice before coming home. Also, drinking lots of water can help but only if it is hot and 3 times a day. Aka that means don’t drink a whole hell of a lot but more than normal. Gastritis is caused by drinking too much pop. So everyone put down that can of coke or beware that your stomach is about to start going haywire.

Never drink anything cold. Don’t you know that drinking something cold can give you a cold or make you very sick? There is no such thing as allergies to pollen. The weather is making you sick. Also, the sun can give you a headache but to cure it just put some water on your head and you will be fine. Aka the weather can be blamed for almost any sickness that befalls a person.

As a “gringa” the reason I’m weaker physically is that I don’t eat enough. For this we in general are weaker than Peruvians (who are able to carry their children on their backs up and down hills and in the fields). How can a person be strong if they don’t work every day in their charca? So therefore we don’t need to eat a full plate of beans and rice at mealtime. For this I will admit I’m not a physically strong person in upper body strength but can carry cargo and walk just as well as they do, I simply don’t have as much of a reason to carry heavy loads large distances. Argh…haha.

When you have an animal that is sick, the best way to cure it is by putting motor oil all over (especially if it is a skin sickness). Or to bring luck that your animals don’t get sick put garlic around their necks. Here we don’t often eat meat simply because it is expensive or the animal itself serves another purpose but by all means as a treat for the dogs feed them chicken bones and cuy (guinea pig) bones. If a dog suddenly dies the reason is someone poisoned the poor thing!