Are you getting enough?
Posted by Shirley Anne on February 27, 2012
Now I’ll wager that title had some of you thinking but I am not referring to romps in the hay! I am referring to what has now become known as your five a day, fruit and/or vegetables. I was listening to some music on my computer through ‘Jango’, an on-line service that allows you to choose the type of music you want to listen to. As each song is played you can add it or not to your personal preferences. This enables the program to play the music that you may like to listen to and add to your ‘station’. I digress. On the main page of the website is advertising space for their sponsors. One of the adverts was promoting the use of two products used together which they claim eradicates the signs of ageing by removing wrinkles and skin blemishes. One of the products uses anti-oxidants to achieve their claims. The other product it seems provides the moisturiser, essential for eliminating dry skin and the effects of daily living. Their claims were backed by photographic evidence. The key point in all of this is the fact that anti-oxidants really do revitalise and rejuvenate the skin. This fact has been proven in scientific studies in the last few years. Since my childhood I have always enjoyed eating fresh fruit and vegetables, many of the things that some people dislike such as cabbage, sprouts and other things. According to a ‘old wife’s tale’ my mother used to tell me was that by all accounts I should not like tomatoes because she ate them whilst carrying me! That did not stop me eating them by the dozens! I still love tomatoes and eat many of them each week. They are full of anti-oxidants as are many other fruits and vegetables, especially those with red or purple-coloured skins like grapes and plums which I also eat. One thing that set me apart from one or two of my siblings was the fact that I ate so much more fruit and vegetables than they did as far as I can recall. Since my teenage days I have always looked far younger than my age and I think that may be due to my eating habits more than anything else. I still get my ‘five a day’ as a minimum but more often it is eight, nine or ten! I write this just after lunch on Saturday and even now I have had six portions of fruit and vegetables already. Whilst at one time I ate my fruit and vegetables simply because I enjoyed them now I eat them because they help to make me stay young-looking too. I mention also that red wine is full of anti-oxidants only because I enjoy a glass or two of it quite regularly! Of course getting enough fruit and/or vegetables each day is only a part of the equation, we have to look after our health in other ways too by eating the right food and getting exercise. There are links on this site pointing to healthy food options. Are you getting enough?
Shirley Anne
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Angela Kay said
Sue and I love vegetables, which we always try to buy from local farmers, rather than polished and wrapped from Morrison’s. We also subscribe to a weekly ‘Healthy Eating Veg Box’ and that has introduced us to the delights of celeriac and Romano cauliflower (known in this household as ‘alien cauliflower’!). We’re not so hot on fruit, though, mostly contenting ourselves with grapes, bananas and, in the summer, nice crisp apples. But it’s good to know that red wine makes up for the deficiency!
I also apply anti-wrinkle cream to my face every night and every morning, in the (probably misguided) belief that it will help to retain my youthful complexion. However, I suspect that ‘tempus fugit’ will get me in the end and I’ll have to content myself with simply growing old and wrinkly with grace.
Angela xxx
Shirley Anne said
Sounds like a nice set up you’ve got going there Angela. E does the shopping for us and she shops in Tesco, very rarely Morrisons. I on the other hand prefer to shop in Morrisons whenever I do any shopping. One thing she doesn’t do is deliberately buy wrapped fruit and vegetables but sometimes it is unavoidable. However the produce is still the same but in a bag. I prefer vegetables if I have a choice but it is nice to have fruit too. I have stopped eating fresh apples these days, I’ve gone off the taste and their ‘hardness’ but I do eat them in a pie or crumble. I prefer pears. I will eat any fruit but tend to stick to pears, bananas, plums, peaches, apricots, grapes, oranges if the peel is easy to strip! There are more like strawberries, rasberries, gooseberries, blackberries and currants. I love prunes too! Not many left to mention is there really? LOL. I won’t mention vegetables else the list will be too long! Yes, time won’t stop for us will it? Keep eating the good stuff and you should be able to fend it off a tad longer…….hopefully!
Shirley Anne xxx