Question

There have been changes in our food. What can this mean? Use the seed story and what you know from elders to explain.

Answer 1

A lot of changes have occurred in our food. Earlier people used to eat simple foods but now the tradition has led us to eat complex foods which are not even healthy for us. Due to this changing lifestyle, we need to make sure that whatever we eat does no harm to us.

Complete step by step answer:
Earlier people used to eat various types of food like bajra, jowar, wheat and many others. But these days, people are mostly eating wheat. Earlier foods were very healthy but as the generation is rising, people are eating foods which are not very healthy for them.
Earlier, people used to stock old seeds and grow them in the next year. These days new varieties of seeds are developed and their end products are quite different too. In the olden times, the food was natural and people never added anything made out of chemicals but as the days are passing by, food products made of certain chemicals lessen their effectiveness and in some cases, they do harm us.
Earlier, people kept the food very simple and ate it that way but these days we add certain spices or flavouring agents to add extra taste to food. Overheating of food is also a major problem in cooking food.
Earlier, people used to irrigate their field by natural sources such as canals and ploughing. Modern people have discovered certain other ways of irrigation like sprinkler and drip. This definitely affects the quality of food.

Note: Changing the quality of food changes the quality of our health. Our lifestyle must be changed in order to adopt the changes.