At the farmers market

Marcus Aurelius is on the blooming farmers market in his favorite time of year. The spring is bringing out the beautiful smelling bouquets of flowers that they sell next to the salted meat and freshly caught fish that day

His aunt had been worried he wouldn’t have enough to eat because he followed a lectin free diet which included avoiding any grains such as wheat and rice and the just introduced tomotooes that had long been thought be poisonous but one of his friends had told him about having a healthy diet which could be a part of being a better person

It wasn’t about the gut health that aristoles talked about even in his Greek times he knew that gut health is vital it was also challenging the mind as a disc

He is picking out the millet one grain he can eat and vegetables when a man in his 50s asks him if he wanted to buy any noodles and sugar coated fruit which are bolts htings he avoids eating due to his diet.

Noodles had been the latest trend in ancient present Rome. All his friends had been trying it but when he explained to the man selling the sugary groceries that he avoids eating it he started making fun of him and told him about how other people were never able to matain and stick to their diets that they had followed to get into the legion , the Roman army.

Instead of talking back to him he thought to himself be tolerant with others and strict with yourself