Cultivate good food habits - minister

Ridma DISSANAYAKE

"Foot items sans chemicals has assumed importance since a large number of persons have become patients as a result of the wrong food habits," said Indigenous Medicine Minister Salinda Dissanayake.

"Modern technology is essential for development but not to create various diseases. Sri Lanka wants strong generation for the development of the country and they should have good physical and mental health', he added.

The minister was addressing a workshop for government servants organized by the Indigenous Medicine Ministry to make aware about the importance of the traditional foods and the concepts of indigenous medical people to create a healthy generation.

This workshop was held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute yesterday under the patronage of the minister Salinda Dissanayake organized with the aim of creating a healthy generation.

According to the Minister at present there is myth being spread, that farmers will fail to have a good harvest by using carbonic fertilizer. But this is a false notion and currently the government had trained around 30,000 farmers to cultivate paddy while using carbonic fertilizer.

'Rice without chemicals will help us live a healthy life,he said.

"Our country is a developing country and all of us should make their contribution to the development programme.

Because of that we should follow correct life styles and also cultivate good food habits. Adults have a responsibility to create a healthy future generation.", Indigenous Medicine Ministry Secretary Bandula Dahanayake said.