Even so, if anything in my routine is out of whack -- if I don't eat often enough, or if I become overly stressed -- I can count on one or two days of misery.

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In short, it just wears on you having to constantly worry there may not be enough, or it simply isn't what I want to eat.

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"There's enough income, I can manage to pay my helpers, we even eat there and buy fertilizers with that money, " she adds.

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When I went to live with my grandmother for a while, she had enough to eat but not quite enough to keep warm.

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