I am seriously addicted to eating dried mangoes, i have been for the past several months and don't think it has anything to do with this trip, just happens that mangoes are the most important fruit in the Philippines and the national fruit. The Philippines is the 5th largest mango producing country in the world.So i am really getting scared of learning what happens when you eat too many dried mangoes and tried to look into it (because i once thought hijiki was healthy and then looked into it thinking i'd feel good about it, but found out it was not at all healthy except in very small amounts, having actually recently been restricted by a lot of countries because it has really high toxic inorganic arsenic levels). But all i found out about eating too many mangoes was that in India (it is said) they used to feed cows nothing but mango leaves and water to turn their pee yellow, which they then collected and dried into rancid smelling dirty yellow balls that were sold for oil painting as the color "Indian Yellow" or "euxanthin" (a transparent yellow pigment). The practice was eventually outlawed in 1908, being considered inhumane because the cows would die from being undernourished (having nothing but mango leaves and water can do that) and now there is a synthetic "Indian Yellow Hue" that's used instead. I don't eat mango leaves and have never seen them on mangoes. I think they are just high in calories and make your jaw sore if you chew too many too long.

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philippine mangos have a slight variation ... they are tinier, more succulent and smooth .. they look like this:
http://worldnet.kbs.co.kr/philippines/life/life3/img/y-mango.jpg
they're soooooooo good! in a week or so, we'll be having them post-run or gym or boating or what-not! YAY
i'm embarrassed you know more about my 'native' land than i do! well... you have a good mentor in aspasia! have a fantastic time.... :)
- alan
Hi alan :)
Thanks for the good trip wishes, i can't wait to be there! i don't know anything about what to really expect, but that's the fun, right?
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