Food, trivia and tips

I found following in a newsletter I receive:

"Give yourself a tropical pick-me-up with antioxidant-rich guava.
Red guava offers more antioxidant benefits than spinach, strawberries, or oranges, a recent study concluded, making red guava a free-radical-scavenging powerhouse. The phenols in red guava are responsible for the fruit's antioxidant activity. Simply peel and remove the seeds from well-ripened fruit and enjoy. RealAge Benefit: Getting the right amount of antioxidants through diet or supplements can make your RealAge 6 years younger."

Blueberries also are highly beneficial and when compared to40 other fruits and vegetables seem to have the most antioxidant properties .

I love guava, but only ate it when we lived in Florida. MAYBE I can find it in the Valencia food market. A phenominal place, supposed to be the biggest in Europe. Well, I suspect that is an exageration, but they do seem to have e v e r y t h i n g in herbs, fruits and vegetables. We can occasionally get blueberries here but they are from France and for the price of a small basket, one can have lunch! Well ok, a few tapas - but still...

I have endulged when they are in season and bought a basket for Mama and one for me...in pancakes (Mama) or yogurt or as is, it is a great treat. But for the health benefits, blueberry extract/tincture seems a good way to take in the benefits from a natural substance.

By the way, if you take iron supplements (or iron rich food) don't take them with calcium rich foods (or supplements) . The both will bind together in the intestines and the body cannot absorb the benefits from either. ...they get flushed. I love spinach and chickpeas, with a yoghurt sauce - a not so uncommon dish amongst the calcium wise or vegetarians (and most vegetarians think they know it all!!). Hmmm....there is so much we don't consider when eating what we think is healthy and good for us. It also shows that one must be more aware, read more on such topics and be open. That is, if you want to care for this gift (our body) we are temporarily loaned! ;>D

Trivia of the day: A medium papaya contains 200% of your Vitamin C requirement A green pepper has more Vitamin C than a orange.

Herb of the month: parsley

Goal of the day: eat something really healthy today that you don't normally eat.

Thought of the day: My own attitude, words and beliefs on the long run create my own reality. I alone am responsible for them. I alone can change them.

Verbal bad-habit-phrase to dump: No, I can't because... (this is often fear driven or just plain lazy cover up for 'No, I won't because (I don't want to). If you find yourself using this phrase - more automatically than you realize - see if you can pass a week without it. If you can't, talk to yourself in the mirror and ask yourself why. Ask yourself what you can change to get rid of that negative, self-inhibiting phrase.

Life is grand. And so are you.