Hoʻonohonoho nui mākou i ke olakino no nā keiki akā ʻaʻole lawa ka kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i ke olakino no nā ʻelemākule. He mea nui kēia kumuhana e like me ke olakino no nā keiki. Makemake mākou e nānā i ke olakino i nā manawa āpau o ko mākou ola akā ʻo ka mea nāwaliwali loa i ka lilo ʻana i ka meaʻai maikaʻi ʻole nā ​​keiki a me nā ʻelemakule. ʻO ke kumu o kēlā noho ʻana, ʻaʻohe o nā ʻelemākule āpau i ke ʻano kino e kuke ai a i ʻole ke kālā e kākoʻo ai i kahi moʻohelu kālā e hoʻopili ana i nā meaʻai hou. He mea nui ka nānā ʻana i ke olakino no nā ʻelemakule no lākou e hiki ke hauʻoli i ke ola e like me ka mea ʻē aʻe me ka nānā ʻole i nā loli olakino e hiki mai ana me ka makahiki.

Pili ka hapa nui o nā mākua i ka meaʻai wikiwiki a lawe i waho no ka mea ua puhi wale ʻia lākou i ka kuke ʻana a ʻaʻole paha e noho ma kahi me kahi lumi kuke piha. Hiki i kēia ke hōʻino i ke olakino o kahi ʻelemakule. Ma hope o ke ola e hoʻomohala ko mākou kino i nā pilikia a me nā maʻi hou aʻe, kahi o ia mau mea e hānai i nā preservatives, i hoʻohui ʻia ka sodium, a me kō. ʻAno II Diabetes, High Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure nā mea maʻamau āpau i waena o nā hanauna kahiko a ua hōʻino ʻia kēia mau pilikia āpau e kahi papaʻai i hana ʻia e ka hapa nui o nā meaʻai wikiwiki a lawe ʻia paha. ʻO kēia ke kumu o kaʻai olakino he mea nui loa e noʻonoʻo pono i kēlā me kēia lā.

Ma ke ʻano he ʻelemakule no ka pono nui o kou olakino e ʻai i nā meaʻai hou a olakino hoʻi. Pono kāu papaʻai i ka nui o nā protein momona, nā huaʻai, a me nā mea kanu. Nani nō ka ʻai ʻana i nā mea kēpau; tuna, salmon, huaʻai, a mea ʻai paha, e nānā wale i nā lepili hoʻohui no nā mea hoʻohui e like me ke kō a me ka sodium, a pale i kēlā mau huahana. E hoʻomanaʻo hoʻi e nānā i nā mea waiū momona momona ma kahi o ka waiū momona piha. E nānā no nā mea i hoʻoikaika ʻia me ka lāʻau D no kahi ʻōnaehana pale pale ikaika, kalipuna no ka ikaika o ka iwi, a me ka fiber e mālama ai i ke olakino digestive.

Noho hydrated, ma ke ʻano he ʻelemakule makua ka mea nui. Hiki ke weliweli loa ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai maloʻo no kou olakino. ʻO ka wai ka mea inu hydrating ʻoi loa akā hiki i ke kī a i ʻole kofe ke koho maikaʻi e hoʻololi iā ia a puni ka lā.

ʻO ka poʻe ʻelemākule pinepine i ka lāʻau, a hiki ke hoʻopili i kā lākou papaʻai. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka ʻōpū me ka hapa nui o nā meaʻai a i ʻole ka nele o ka makemake ʻole, kahi e alakaʻi ai i ka malnourishment. Hoʻohui pū kekahi i nā maʻi he nui i kahi makemake ʻole i nā ʻelemakule makua. E ʻai pono i nā meaʻai olakino liʻiliʻi i ka lā holoʻokoʻa e pale i nā pilikia hou me kou olakino.

Ma ke ʻano he ʻelemakule e noho wale nei ma ka palekana kaiāulu, ʻike paha ʻoe i kahi paio e hāʻawi i nā meaʻai e lawa ai iā ʻoe i loko o ka mahina. E ʻimi i nā kumuwaiwai e kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa i ka meaʻai kūpono e pono ai e noho i ke olakino maikaʻi loa. E kiʻi aku i kāu panakō ʻai kūloko, hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka meaʻai e kōkua i ke kōkua ʻana i kāu mau mea kūʻai aku a me ka hapanui he papahana kiʻekiʻe i hoʻolaʻa ʻia e kōkua ai e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai i ka poʻe kūpuna. E nānā pū i nā pōmaikaʻi SNAP. Hiki i ka hapanui o nā kūpuna ke loaʻa i kahi nui i kēlā me kēia mahina ke kūpono lākou.

He Polokalamu Homebound koʻikoʻi ka Galveston County Food Bank no nā poʻe kūpuna ma luna o 65 mau makahiki (a me nā poʻe kīnā). Inā manaʻo ʻoe ua kūpono a ʻike paha ʻoe i kekahi e makemake, e ʻoluʻolu e kikoo i ka panakō meaʻai ma o ke kelepona a kipa paha i kā mākou pūnaewele no ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana pehea e noi ai no kēia papahana.

—- ʻO Jade Mitchell, Mea Hoʻolāʻau Meaʻai