In my first game I got "takes food away" and I watched my food number very closely but nothing happened. The next day it was "takes health away" and about half my population got sick. In my second game, I got "gives food" and nothing happened. Next time I got "gives health" and if something happened I never realized it. It's all very mysterious. I should be able to ring it again tonight so we'll see what it says and what happens, if anything. The whole game is a matter of try and see what comes up....but that is what makes it so much fun.