I'm now half way through the challenge and I'm still, if I'm honest, not really feeling that hungry. However I am feeling other effects - slightly headachy (missing my morning coffee?) and not a little woolly-headed - concentration has been an issue. It could be coincidence, but at the moment I'm putting it down to lack of nutrients. I am, however, drinking a lot of water, which has to be good for me.
Of course, the challenge doesn't include water - to really be an authentic taste of how those in extreme poverty live, I'd likely have to walk some way to fetch water, perhaps of dubious quality. Instead I get to open a tap in the wall, and know it's safe. For me this is perhaps our greatest luxury.
I have a friend coming round later. Usually we crack open a bottle of wine but tonight she's agreed to join me on the water diet. I've put a jugful in the fridge, to make it more palatable, an option which I'm guessing none of the 1.2 billion who live in extreme poverty have...
https://www.livebelowtheline.com/uk-what-is-extreme-poverty
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