What makes you happy ??? - H-a-P-P-y

[Jah Lush]

Just pulling your leg a little RPC. Fortunately, I've not had a hangover for at least a fortnight. This neither irks me or causes me irrational rage though it does make me happy.

[Robert Poste's Child]

In that case sorry for being snappy. Are you going to go for the sober October thing?

[Otta]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

That has made me happy.

[Jah Lush]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> In that case sorry for being snappy. Are you going

> to go for the sober October thing?

Now you're being silly. No chance.

[Robert Poste's Child]

You could swap alcohol for juicing for a month. For breakfast this morning I had spinach, watercress, parsley, celery, cucumber and apple. It was bright green and rather delicious.

[Jah Lush]

Urgh!

[david_carnell]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> You could swap alcohol for juicing for a month.

> For breakfast this morning I had spinach,

> watercress, parsley, celery, cucumber and apple.

> It was bright green and rather delicious.

Wait till it comes out!

[Robert Poste's Child]

Much the same, I should think. I juiced a whole head of broccoli on Sunday with no ill effect.

[david_carnell]

That makes me feel ill just thinking about it. No good can come of such things.

Have you tried bacon and eggs for breakfast? Protein. Lovely, lovely protein.

And salt and fat

[Loz]

Juicing - fruit especially - is a bit frowned upon by nutritionist. Really high in sugars and all of the good fibre taken out. Frankly, you are probably better off with a nice glass of red.

Especially for breakfast.

[Otta]

I absolutely love the Naked Juice range (well half of them anyway). The "Green Machine" and the mix berry red one are awesome.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Loz Wrote:

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> Juicing - fruit especially - is a bit frowned upon

> by nutritionist. Really high in sugars and all of

> the good fibre taken out. Frankly, you are

> probably better off with a nice glass of red.

>

> Especially for breakfast.

Beetroot tomorrow then.

I'm familiar with the arguments for and against - I've done a few residential juice fasts where they teach a lot of that - but it does get way more nutrients into your system than you could manage by eating the foods whole, so a quick way to catch up if you've been eating unhealthily, and you can reduce the sugar spike by having all or mainly veg. If you have digestive problems it can also be a useful way to give all that a rest. There's been a big increase in IBS since fibre became fashionable in the late 70s, though it's just one factor among many, behaviour being the biggest (it turns out there's more than one point to table manners).

My father always said that a good marriage is based on a similar level of intelligence and a willingness to discuss someone else's bowel movements. Mind you, he has been married three times so there may be more to it than that.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Otta Wrote:

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> I absolutely love the Naked Juice range (well half

> of them anyway). The "Green Machine" and the mix

> berry red one are awesome.

I do wonder how healthy these kind of products actually are. When you make a fresh juice or smoothie it starts to separate and discolour very quickly (depends a bit on the machine you use), so to keep them looking fresh they have to be emulsified and heat-treated in some way, which kills off some of the nutrients and enzymes apparently. There may also be small additives that they don't have to declare, or so I'm told. God know what Innocent do to make a smoothie last for over a month.

[Otta]

Oh I'm sure they're not as "good" as they'd jave you believe, but theu taste bloody nice and they've got to be better than a can if coke.

[vgrant]

just sugar innit - the real benefits of fruit are in the mechanical eating process itself and the internal processing thereof

[Jeremy]

But you still get the vitamins innit

[vgrant]

s'true, but a smattering of trace elements a and a bit of Vit C is about your lot - when was the last time you came across a case of scurvy ?

[vgrant]

PS, anyone who posts up some contrived anecdote about a friend of a friend at some non specific northern university who got scurvy because all they ate was pre cooked porridge for a term / variations thereof - you will go straight to the top of the Peckham rye head shot festival guest list.

[El Pibe]

are you protesting too much? ... porridge eh?!?!? *dons ironic bowler style kevlar hat*

[Pinky82]

What makes me happy? - quitting the things I hated doing for so long, I should have just turn my back ages ago.

I AM VERY HAPPY :)

[Robert Poste's Child]

Would that be a job or a relationship? Sounds like a big moment of truth, whatever it was about.

[Salsaboy]

Job I reckon. It was the same for me 10 years ago.

[Robert Poste's Child]

You're so lucky to have that clarity.

[Salsaboy]

It took time to come.

[LadyDeliah]

Taking more this month than the previous two in my business, tres content :-)