Goyaves de Chine or Chinese guavas!

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Have you ever tasted Goyaves de Chine or Chinese guavas? They are small fruits that resemble guavas but are miniature in size.  Goyaves de Chine or Chinese guavas  These small-sized fruits are found in ample in Mauritius in the month of April. They ripen in that month and are a traditional delicacy sold in the streets.  The color of these fruits range from green to red to yellow. The green fruits are not yet ripe and are a bit firmish. The red ones are softer and have a sour taste while the yellow ones are larger in size with a sweet taste.  Chinese guavas or  Goyaves de Chine  These fruits get softer and rot faster. Therefore consume them on the same day you purchase them. Also, this is the reason that vendors pluck them up early from the trees when they are still red.  These fruits are also called cherry guavas or strawberry guavas or lemon guava. It is native in Brazil and also grows in Hawaii.  The skin or peel of the fruit is quite thin and i...
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Actress Gabrielle Union talks about her mental health struggles and racism in the film industry!

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 Gabrielle Union has given an interview recently to Women’s Health and in it she spoke about her struggles with mental health and also racism. She disclosed that her PTSD was more due to the current events of the world. She is trying to cope with it to her best possible.

GABRIELLE UNION AND HER NEW INTERVIEW

Lately, there has been a lot that has been happening in the world. Everyone is extremely upset with it and so is Gabrielle Union. In an interview given to Women’s Health, Gabrielle spoke about her mental issues, especially during this pandemic. The actress revealed that she is trying her level best to cope with the happenings in the world around her.

Gabrielle Union [Source: NBC News]

Gabrielle, 47 also revealed that her PTSD has become 10-fold more during the last several months during the coronavirus pandemic. For the October issue of the magazine, Gabrielle said:

"The combination of the pandemic and this racial reckoning, alongside being inundated with [images of] the brutalization of Black bodies, has sent my PTSD into overdrive. There's just terror in my body."

GABRIELLE AND HER EARLIER TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

The actress has been quite open about her mental health issues even in the past. She had shared about her battle with PTSD. Gabrielle has uploaded a video in May 2018 and this was for The Child Mind Institute's #MyYoungerSelf campaign. The actress cum fashion designer has said that she was diagnosed with it at the age of 19. She had stated:

"Asking for help, needing help doesn't make you weak or less worthy of love or support or success. You can literally be anything you want to be. PTSD isn't a death sentence."

Gabrielle Union [Source: LAT]

And she has been trying hard to cope up with the issues of the world that have sprung up anew due to the pandemic. She said:

"I break out my emotional fix-me toolkit, and I try to run through all the situations. I call it my ‘what's the likelihood of X happening?' method."

"If I'm fearful about going into a store because I'm anxious about being robbed, I'll make myself feel better by going to one where there will be witnesses to cut down those chances. It's been this way since '92. It's just something I do; second nature."

GABRIELLE TALKS OF HER THERAPY

The actress has been on therapy for PTSD. She revealed that it had a beneficial effect on her and has helped her increase her coping mechanism.

Gabrielle [Source: Allure]

She explained:

"I feel different in my body. I feel freer."

She also spoke about racism but was optimistic that there are more and better opportunities that would come her way and also for her peers from the Black community. But she feels that more needs to be done in terms of equality and diversity in the film industry of the USA. Talking on it she said:

"I'm not going to factor in change I have yet to see. For the most part, across all industries, you see the same power structure that existed before George Floyd. All of these initiatives that people are so excited about—if the people at the top haven't changed, and they're not interested in creating more space up here, how far are these people that we're bringing in going?"

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