Sophia 👣👑 :
Between 75 and 78 percent of Ethiopia's population lives in rural areas. That means, regarding what you mentioned earlier—starting from salt—there are many rural places where salt is not even readily available, so rural people do not consume much salt. Rural people mostly eat well-boiled, highly healthy foods, starting with injera, and because they are hard workers, they are very healthy. This means you are talking about the roughly 20 percent of urban residents. Therefore, what you are saying does not represent Ethiopia; your statements are based on unthorough research and reflect mere judgment.
If you speak about alcohol levels as you did, Ethiopia is not a country with an alcoholic population. In Ethiopia, due to religious reasons alone, there are many people who do not drink. Furthermore, while it might exist in urban areas, rural people spend their time exhausted from hard work, so they do not even have the time to drink. Regarding cigarettes, smoking is seen as a social stigma (taboo) in rural Ethiopian regions; people feel ashamed, so practically. You are speaking about the urban population, which doesn't even reach 20 percent. What you are presenting here is a conflicting and flawed idea.
The extensive data showing a rise in diabetes and cardiac diseases applies to the urbanized population, not the rural areas. You are providing analysis by taking urban hospital data. Countries known for alcohol are Europeans and Americans, not us Ethiopians. Beyond that, you can look at Russia and China. If what you claimed were the main cause, countries like Russia, China, and Turkey—where people smoke cigarettes heavily—should have been affected by these diseases far more than Ethiopia.
Ethiopia has extremely healthy food. Even our main dish, injera, is a gluten-free teff dish that is highly preferred. Beyond that, other food options combine all sorts of legumes and vegetables. Even if an Ethiopian eats meat, Ethiopia is largely a nation that consumes legumes and vegetables, so the information you gave is completely contradictory and needs correction. Boldly speaking about things without deferring to those who actually own and know the
2026-09-04 10:57:01