The 'Ital' vegetarian lifestyle in Ghana is a real challenge! We love to eat meat here, all kinds of meat: turkey bottoms, gall bladders, not to mention the usual offal such as livers and kidneys. Meat is associated with wealth and well being here. So bucking the trend puts you out on a limb at times. But we are ok with that- as long as it's a whole-wheat 'kale bone' limb!
Basically, we think of 'Ital' as natural, herbal and seasonal!
- Natural- means that we use only foods in their natural states, not tinned or frozen
- Herbal- means that we use natural herbs to flavour and enrich our foods, herbs with medicinal or healing benefits, such a thyme, bay leaf, basil. We do not use any monosodium glutamate in the preparation of our food.
- Seasonal- this is the crucial point, that foods are eaten only in season! Obvious right! But it's amazing that people still want to go to the supermarket for foods imported, or force riped, just to satisfy their taste buds, and without a thought for their well-being. For African women especially it is vital that foods are eaten in season, ripened naturally, as this is the richest natural source of progesterone: essential for regulating hormones. So many of our African women suffer from fibroids due to the over production of estrogen and the lack of adequate levels of progesterone to balance that hormone.
So choose the 'Ital' vegetarian lifestyle and let us eat well for long life, look after our bodies, and look great!
Blessed love, every time!
