POEM TRANSLATION ECHOES 461, WITH NOTES
FAT OR FART
（脂肪或屁氣）
either fat or fart
无论胖或屁
trillion aliens in the gut
萬億異客腸道里
feeling, food to feed
感覺食物養
sugar, toxic treat
糖有毒零食
count calorie, crave and craze
算熱量，渴望瘋狂
confuse weight and health
混淆重和康
legendary lies
傳奇的謊言
hidden hoaxes, science tags
隱骗術，科學標籤
spread fake news on bread
麵包涂偽聞
wholesome balanced meal
健康均衡膳
plants, fruits, nuts and high fiber
疏菜、果類 、高纖維
water to cool out
清水可降温
food fads are fashion
食物是時尚
not essential nutrients
營養素是不必要
chose right medicine
擇藥要正確
Note:
“Fat or Fart”. There is no scientific paper to claim that fat people (high BMI) fart more than slimmer souls. We fart an average of 15 times a day, due to swallowed air (25%) and digestive food processes. We either burp from the stomach or fart from the anus.Many kinds of food causing farting, whether meat or fiber. Complex carbohydrates, such as beans, onions and cabbages, are notorious for fermenting gases, assisted by trillions of microbes in our gut. The digestive process is slow (about 40 hours) to traverse its long journey down the intestinal tract. The pertinent question should be on how we chose what we eat, and why. We are not taught well on diet and nutrition and never consider that the foods we eat are indeed medicine, relevant to health and fitness. Strange that right food is not among one of our dying regrets. The moment food enters our gut; feeling and sensation send messages straight to our brains (hippocampus).
There are only three macro nutrients to choose: carbohydrate, protein and fat and they were assign strange proportion to each category: 40%, 30%, and 30%. Food fads mainly change the ratio of each. .There is essential proteins and fat, but not in carbohydrates. We fail to look at each category in details (e.g. micro nutrients, soluble and insoluble fiber, glucose and other sugar), and completely ignore plant or vegetable based (above or below ground), nuts and fruits in each. Human consume food not just for fitness and health, but also for cultural, social reasons, personal craving, habits and routine. We allow sugary and other taste to dominate, over concern about weight, calorie and BMI. We assume we must have three or more meals a day; ignoring intermittent fasting or one meal a day.The food pyramid, farm or organic or wild, industrialized processed food, harmful additives (many are carcinogenic), or modifications (GMC) enter our food chain. The deception has become widespread; influenced by agricultural, dairy, pharmaceutical, advertising and marketing strategies, with money and gain as motive. It is time we learn and unlearn about food sciences, in the larger context of understanding inflammation, hydration, allergies, and immunology and hormone sensitivities. And how exercises, drugs, sleep and stress factor in these interactions, in insulin sensitivities.
I am a retired medical general practitioner, and admit that I learn diet and nutrition with some understanding only after my retirement, esp. after my cholecystectomy.
wonkywizard 