Nutrition, Exercise, Health - What to worry about next ?

Nutrition, Exercise, health - Worry Thursday


You are so busted !

Roy and Carole had just walked into the bar-restaurant and spotted me with a glass of beer. Even worse, my wife and I were sharing a plate of french fries.

The couple, a few years older than me, are clients and we'd often talked about sensible nutrition. How to keep saturated fat down for heart health; how to get enough protein to make sure as older citizens that muscles get maximum benefit from exercise.

So why was I doing this ?

In my defence - it was early July and this was just the third plate of french fries we'd dipped into this year. I ended up talking to Roy and Carole about what my wife and I feel we are doing right and what we've stopped worrying about.

1. Food Combining. Most of the time we follow Food Combining rules. The major part is not to mix meat or fish with carbs. For instance: no mash with beef; no pasta with meat balls. Overall this has worked very well for us.
   
2. OMEGA 3 intake at about 1 to 2 gram per day. We eat salmon and tuna every week, sometimes other fish as well. I also take Ultimate Omega fish oil capsules ( 1 in the morning and 1 in the evening).


3. High Fiber intake. I bake my own whole grain bread and make my own humous. This is because I'm somewhat distrustful of food labelling and if I can make it then I know exactly what it is.

"Of course you take a multi-vitamin every day ?" Carole said.

"No." I used to take vitamin's every day but no more. When I traveled on business a lot ( Platinum on Delta), missed meals, eating on the run, then I took vitamins as a cheap insurance. But no more. Now I have my nutrition under control, vitamin's are a waste of money and they might do some harm.

The problem with multi-vitamins is that they usually also come with minerals included. I worry about mineral balance. If you take too much of one mineral, it's likely to reduce the absorbtion of other minerals. On balance, it's OK for women to take calcium to try to get bones as strong as possible but it's a god idea to spread the calcium across the day rather than taking it all a one go.

What about those french fries?

Delicious.

I love 5 Season's food with their commitment to organic. I'm not going to worry about a once in a blue moon plate of french fries.