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Hard_Up_Hester wrote: »

blending is better as when you juice you throw away all the stuff that you should be eating. .

No no no

absolutely untrue. These course organisers often don`t know what they are talking about, no doubt someone paid them

I have a vitamix and a very good upright omega vert juicer, used to have a twin gear masticating juicer, bought that in 1977 and it lasted for 38 years when I gave it away to get the vertical juicer with the much smaller footprint

Too much fibre is BAD for us and these specialist juicers extract the goodness plus enough fine fibre to be healthy not bad. eg yesterday I made a juice from celery/fennel/carrot/ salad leaves/ginger and lemon. Later in the day I blended in the vitamix, hemp/water/frozen blackcurrants/cacao and made my daily gorgeous drink, which I do sieve to remove blackcurrant seed remains and hemp hulls, which can irritate the gut

I never juice fruits, I eat them neat but rarely, apart from currants and berries and I certainly never blend bananas, too high in sugars and the surface area is disrupted, so exposing more surface and causing too high and too quick a sugar hit, same with many fruits. Eating a whole fruit is much better and starts the salivary digestive process, which is bi-passed with a smoothie

monnagran

After reading the last page I am even more of the opinion that we should all be born with our own, personal diet sheet attached. At the moment, finding all our allergies and intolerances seems to be very hit and miss.
fuddle, I don't think there can be one square inch of your body that hasn't been tested, examined or scanned over the last few years. You poor love, let's hope and pray that something can finally be sorted out for you and that all this uncertainty is put to rest.

As for those trying to lose weight, well over the last 7 decades I have seen all the advice come and go. Low calorie, low carb, low fat, high carb, high fat, high fibre, don't eat eggs, eat lots of eggs, don't eat bananas, eat only bananas, cut out dairy, cut out sugar, cut out red meat, cut out kale (OK, I made that up for mar ) don't eat cheese and tomatoes together (seriously, that was a very early WW rule), I've seen them all and tried most of them.
Monna's rules.........

Don't cut anything out, unless allergic, you'll only want it more.

Eat from a small plate.

Chew a lot.

Eat slowly and mindfully.

Stop when you've had enough.

Think stomach not mouth.

When the munchies strike, clean your teeth.

You read it here first. I may publish it and retire on the proceeds.

Nursemaggie, I get the feeling that you are enjoying yourself. How about eating the caramel custard with bananas, or give it to DS and suggest HE eats it with bananas.

Can't remember what everyone else is up to and if I go back I will lose this post. Have a happy Monday all.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

We must be willing to make an intelligent compromise with perfection, lest we wait for ever before taking action.

FairyPrincessk

Morning all,

Already made a nice start on work this morning, feeling much more rested after this weekend.

Nursemaggie, it must feel a bit better to be able to see all of your stuff now:)

Monna--that thought for the day reminds me of a short quip I sometimes trot out for myself--perfect is the enemy of done.

I'm not sure about tea tonight--either fishcakes or a lentil salad. I cooked some edamame for a snack yesterday and shared them with OH. I used to eat them as a starter in sushi restaurants when I was young and lived in a trendy place--no idea why i never thought to make them at home. Seeing a small pot for £1 in coop gave me the idea. I think I spent £1 on around about 500gr. which will make loads of small pots. OH looked sceptical at first but then admitted they were really nice and scoffed loads of them.

My thoughts are with all of you today.

silvasava

FPK - I prefer Endemame beans to broad beans - Morrys do a bag of frozen ones too!.
Took boat off the pontoon yesterday all by myself and DH & I motored down the channel, I let him helm for a bit we came back & I put her on the mooring successfully first go! Bit of a brisk cross wind that I allowed for so feeling a bit more confident.
Today I will be hitting all the housework that hasn't been done for weeks!
Need to sort something decent for tea too as we've tended to eat on the run the last couple of weeks - not good.
NM - how does it feel to have some extra space? Shame it couldn't be quiet too.
Fuddle - do hope you get your tummy sorted soon and it settles down.
Hope everyone has a good day xx

Hard_Up_Hester

I don't think the course organiser was paid, I expect they made enough money selling d juicers that cost £1200 and blenders costing a mere £780.
I won't be blending or juicing so it's immaterial.
Monna I'll be following you advice, when I've lost the 10 stone my Dr advised me to lose I'll give you the credit so you can retire.
Oh and if I lost 10 stone I'd weigh less than my 3 year old dgd, which is why I tend to ignore the Dr's advice.

ivyleaf

DSIL lives in Germany and every now and then she decides she needs to lose some weight. Sometimes she does it by juicing, but I'm not sure she's doing it right because it leaves her very tired.
The standard German way of dieting seems to be to spend a lot of money on all sorts of expensive special products. They both work in the short term, but of course as soon as she starts eating proper food again the weight goes back on.

I remember one of my colleagues trying a banana and skimmed milk diet. Every 2 hours he would either eat a banana or drink a glass of skimmed milk, alternately. The weight fell off him, but he said he never wanted to see a banana again, and he put the weight back on when he stopped the diet.

nursemaggie tuna trifle :rotfl: I know a lot of people eat tuna or salmon with pasta, but that doesn't appeal to me at all.

Islandmaid Glad you're on the mend

I suppose we need to shop for food today. I'm baffled as to how I can have so many cookbooks, yet have no idea what to make for dinner. I think it's because I worry that I'll decide what to cook and buy the ingredients accordingly, but then when the time comes I know I might not feel well enough to prepare them. That puts me off taking a cookbook off the shelf and choosing something, iyswim. OH is no help at all; if I ask him what he'd like for dinner he'll just say he doesn't mind :A

Hard_Up_Hester

I'm supposed to eat a banana every day to keep my potassium levels up, I can only manage half a banana at a time. My other alternative is avocado but they are often out of my price range.

Hard_Up_Hester

Kittie, everyone seems to have a different opinion, it makes it so confusing

fuddle

Honestly I could scream. This is why telephone consultations are not a good route in terms of things happening with our health.

Having had the red/ick episode last week I called the surgery. No appointments, no had a telephone call instead. This morning I logged on 8am sharp and got an appointment with my good doctor. He isn't saying I don't have UC but my problems point to diverticular disease especially as I've not had grains for months. I also have hemaroid (can't spell it sorry) he said I have only just had two full blood counts done which showed no disfunction in organs and no deficiencies. Yes the white blood cells are there but with the Mri so close we can give that to the heart until proven otherwise.

So (having walked back up the hill for the first time in a couple of months and was OK - pray the twinges stay away!) I come home with instructions to drink water, and consume aloe Vera juice to aid healing, prune juice and increase pulses and grains. He gave me a prescription for omezprazole incase the acid reflux came back Am I eck taking that.

So now I'm a bit confused about what wholegrain to have (extra fruit and veggies won't work because it's a different kind of fibre I need - soluble/insoluble and fibre balance apparently) I think from what I know already I'm going forward with making my own wholegrain spelt bread. I seem OK on spelt flour. I'm waiting for a book to arrive to help me get to grips with foods in even more detail.

Monna I think there's some truth in that we all should come with our own do's and don't diet sheet when we're born.

what a ruddy palaver and worry over, maybe, something I've done to myself. He did say that I give it a month and if no improvement he will refer me for a colonoscopy. Fingers crossed.

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Huh, there are many potassium rich foods

https://www.prevention.com/food-nutrition/a20466110/13-foods-that-have-more-potassium-than-a-banana/

opinions and scientific facts are two completely different things. All I know is that we need to take responsibility for our own health. We are what we eat, no question