LETFOODTRAVEL

One of the issues that I really feel strongly about is the plastic pollution in the Philippines. Our country is the 3rd largest contributor of plastic waste in the world and has among the highest trash collection rates in Southeast Asia. Whenever I see photos of animals suffering or dying because of what we are doing to the environment, my heart breaks. According to Nature Scientific Reports, a turtle has a 22% chance of dying if it eats 1 piece of plastic and the more plastic it eats, the higher the chance that it will die, and we’re just talking about turtles here. Can you feel me now? Waaaaahh..!  Yes, I know that this blog is intended for food and travel and I was really hesitant to write about it for fear that it won’t match my blog’s readership (Naks! ) But the more I thought about it, the more that it made sense. There was never an instance where I didn’t use plastic whenever I buy or prepare food. My heart was breaking but I felt powerless becaus...

Welcome to my blog LETFOODTRAVEL ! It took me a while before I was able to come up with a blog name and now that I have, I can't wait to get this blog going and share my exploits about food and travel. So for my first entry, I'm going to talk about FOOD. Hooray!!! Who doesn't like food, right? RIGHT? Just look around and you'll see a lot of all-you-can-eat restaurants. From buffets to unlimited Samgyupsael, chicken, pizza, doughnut and even bagnet, it is proof that we like LOVE to eat. With these types of restos around, it's not surprising that obesity in our country is on the RICE. I for one became obese class 1 and was diagnosed with PCOS or Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome in 2015. It's a problem with hormones that causes weight gain, difficulty losing weight, acne, excess hair growth, anxiety, and depression, among other things. Well, you can use google if you want to know more about PCOS. With PCOS, the cells in the body cannot process insulin and the ma...