UAE residents comment on wasting food during Ramadan

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UAE residents comment on wasting food during Ramadan. Gulf News asks UAE residents to share their views on wasting food during Ramadan. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Food wastage is very, very common in Dubai, in the Middle East, in the sense that there's

00:13a lot of food dished out in the restaurants. Also, avoiding people opting for the larger,

00:22extra large meals, one extra dirham, all these tend to add up as an excess.

00:28I don't think anybody is there who doesn't know about it. And yet, day after day and

00:34year after year, we see people wasting a lot of food.

00:38I feel it's criminal to waste food because around the world, there are so many people

00:43who don't even have basic needs and one single meal.

00:48All of us must be aware of the food wasted because some other countries, some other people,

00:58they are starving.

00:59I mean, anybody who knows the value of food and knows how much people around the world

01:07need this food, the ones who don't have it, will realize how important it is to save and

01:12conserve food. It's not only the wastage, it's also the resources used to prepare this

01:19food which get wasted if the food itself is thrown away.

01:22In our religion, in Islam or Muslims, fasting doesn't mean we should consume more food at

01:29night. It's the opposite.

01:32Ramadan is fasting, not eating. So it's about avoiding eating, not about eating. So I think

01:40people wasting many food for the month of Ramadan, I think it's a very big misunderstanding

01:48for Muslims. Maybe it's some customs and traditions for most of Arabic and Muslim countries, but

01:57you can say it's a bad habit.

01:59I wish for all the people who eat to fast, and it's not good to eat too much and run away.

02:09It could be to use the food which is leftover and pass it on to places where it can be consumed.

02:15But I just think we all need to be more conscious about the food that we prepare and we eat.

02:23And that itself would be a big help.

02:26I think the parents should inculcate the habit to children. It has to be a behavioral change

02:32for the growing children in the schools. I think it has to start from there, in my opinion.

02:37There are people around the globe whom they are not finding food to eat. I think it will

02:47be a good idea or better off for these people to donate this excessive or extra food or

02:56extra money to the people whom they are in need for it.

03:00I just think that people should beware when they're ordering goods, especially food. Avoid

03:06the fact of upsizing your meals. And a simple thing like eat what's on your plate and eat

03:13minimum. Especially in the month of Ramadan, it's a case of learning how the poor survive and

03:18also being able to shrink that stomach and eat less. So let's eat less, let's fast for the reason of fasting.

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