Nice People 13: Nice Save

zagubov

michaels wrote: »

I am going to swear, sorry:

Thamelink Railways

There I said it, now I will go and wash my mouth out with soap.

Salt is another thing you develop a tolerance for. We never add any salt to our cooking as I find there is quite enough in any processed foods but recently when DD2 was being checked out for her fainting as well as not drinking enough the consultant also suggested that perhaps she might need more salt.

I fid a high sugar load also makes me feel a bit bleugh shortly after to the point where I avoid the sweetest cerals, ofen those that aren't sopecifically advertised as sweet still have a huge sugar load. I still manage the odd biscuit or slice of cake though

You should check the salt content of cereals. A few surprises there.

Regarding antibiotics, when they were first developed they were thought to be wonder drugs. Farmers used to routinely put them in animal feeds to improve growth rates.

Canadian fishermen used to add them to blocks of ice to act as preservatives when bringing boatloads of fish back from the sea. Eventually they found they were isolating antibiotic-resistant bacteria from the sea. The biosphere responds quite fast to challenges.:o

ivyleaf

lostinrates wrote: »

However, the 'good beds' do prove viable alternatives to the sofas, and the dog's accept and confirm this. We listen to what they say too, but do expect to be listened to when we set fair parameters. E.g. Poor GDb and lady GDb had to endure a conversation In the car that went something like

'' that big house there was a I can see your paw on the parcel shelf national trust building but still see the paw, in the boot please, isn't any more. Thank you, but I'm still watching you."

If lady GDb wasn't scared meeting nice people ....:rotfl:

That's so funny :rotfl:

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

Are bush tomatoes what I call tree tomatoes? Tamorillo? Deeeeeeeelicious. But er, better with sugar:o

No, completely different. They look rather like semi dried chinese lanterns that have gone past their best without the paper bit on the stem.

Tamorillos are lovely. I had one for the first time about 3 years ago. I had a friendly Asian (we call Chinese people rather than Indians Asian here) colleague who used to give me bits of tropical fruit.

I was sent a great bit of advice today:

"Diabetes runs in your family because nobody runs in your family".

Spirit_2

Pastures,
a little while ago you posted that you wanted help with overcoming your fears and anxieties.

I have not seen any posts where you have got this underway, sorry if I missed them.
you could try :
http://www.italk.org.uk/

It covers New Forest and I know you are outside that but only a little way so you could fib and tell them you are registering with your nearest Nf GP.

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

You should check the salt content of cereals. A few surprises there.

Regarding antibiotics, when they were first developed they were thought to be wonder drjugs. Farmers used to routinely put them in animal feeds to improve growth rates.

Canadian fishermen used to add them to blocks of ice to act as preservatives when bringing boatloads of fish back from the sea. Eventually they found they were isolating antibiotic-resistant bacteria from the sea. The biosphere responds quite fast to challenges.:o

Just look at the range of niches that people can fill to see how amazing life is: from Eskimos to Aboriginals.

Kendall80

vivatifosi wrote: »

The one I've been sticking to is that if your dinner looks pretty then it's good for you. The point was made that a lot of food that is bad for you or that you don't want to eat too much of is beige or brown. So if you eat a riot of colours (I guess this presupposes you aren't eating lots of different flavour jelly) then you necessarily take on lots of food that's healthy. If I can be bothered, I try to plan food bingo, taking on some red, green, yellow, Orange and purple each day.

Time to start sprinkling hundreds and thousands on my beef and potato then

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

No, completely different. They look rather like semi dried chinese lanterns that have gone past their best without the paper bit on the stem.

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Like physalis? I want to try this thing.....

PasturesNew

zagubov wrote: »

I do wonder if the public would have a higher opinion of science if all the announcements about health didn't contradict each other.

At first you read/listen, take it in. Then, by the time you're in your early 20s you realise that it doesn't matter what you do now because at some future point somebody WILL say that suet, fat, chocolate, chips, biscuits, takeaways, whatever is good for you

Generali

lostinrates wrote: »

Like physalis? I want to try this thing.....

Look a bit like that I guess. I've only had them in a pickle, not just on their own. There is so much of this place that I've not explored due to financial constraints.

I have collected my own bush tucker however. I was standing at the bus stop and I heard a heavy weight fall. Turned out it was a Banyan Pine cone falling from a banyan tree (thanks Google). Two fell in close succession.

The cone is about the size and weight of a watermelon, perhaps a little heavier. You dry it for a week or two and it opens up so you can gain access to the pine nuts. They taste like the lovechild of a chestnut and a pine nut, shaped like an almond but vastly bigger, about the size of half a lamb's kidney.

lostinrates

Can I just moan for another minute.....I hobbled out with fir this morning and just that short walk has left my thighs and calves burning up. Grrrrr. One step forward, two back. ( not literally....otherwise I'd be even more sore). Feel like I am made of lactic acid and bad moods.