Can’t eat Beef - Mad Cow Disease
Can’t eat chicken - Bird flu
Can’t eat eggs - Salmonella
Can’t eat pork - fears of Trichinosis…
Can’t eat fish - heavy metals in the waters has poisoned their meat
Can’t eat fruits and veggies - insecticides and herbicides

Hmmmmmmmmm

I believe that just leaves……….

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I can honestly say I felt at my best when I was in my thirties.  I was physically, mentally and emotionally at my peak and firing on all cylinders.

Since then, it’s definitely gone down hill and I’ve lost plenty of brain cells and lean muscle.  I haven’t lost weight though as muscle has been replaced by fat – plenty of it.

Over the years it’s crept on.  I’ve gained a pound here, a pound there, but regrettably haven’t taken action to get rid of it straight away.  Now over the past twenty years those pounds have turned into stones, so no prizes for guessing what my New Year’s resolution was.

I watched a programme on tv over the festive period which was probably cleverly scheduled to prevent people from eating too much over the Christmas break.  It was about a poor man who had to lose 30 stone or risk dying.  He had reached the point where he couldn’t even get out of bed and his whole life was spent in the confines of his four walls.

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Recent surveys have shown that one in four of us are completely confused with the official guidelines on healthy eating.

Take red meat for instance. Does it cause cancer or is it good for us?  Is alcohol bad or good in moderation and should you stop drinking if you’re pregnant. How about tea and coffee – is the caffeine bad for us or not?

Then of course, there’s chocolate.  Do the feel good factor and antioxidant properties in some brands make it worth risking all those calories.

We all know processed food contains lots of saturated fat, salt and sugars, as well as colourings and flavourings so we shouldn’t eat too much of it, but we’re now told we shouldn’t eat the good old English breakfast either.

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