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Hi Theresa and all,
I originally joined this forum for hearing loss but find I am enjoying this food related thread a lot. I do love to cook. I am all about nutrition and foods effect on your body and overall health. I’m the one who reads the labels on everything and try to avoid sugar and corn syrup and ingredients I can’t pronounce. Five years ago I was diagnosed with early dry Macular Degeneration. My doctor prescribed eye vitamins and all the greens I can eat. It’s been stable for 5 years. My Doctor loves that. I also have 3 gym classes a week, exercise regularly and eat well. I have more energy at almost 78 years of age than ever, my hair is shiny and skin is clear. I don’t “diet” and I love my nightly wine and dark chocolate and my share of pizza. My osteoporosis has improved and I have no aches or pains. Eating well requires a knowledge about food and nutrition which I find interesting.
My daughter and I love to read cook books. Both she and my son are better cooks than I am. My grandkids eat well at home but all of them eat more fast food than they should.
The young people of today eat way too much fast food...there’s just too many places available. You all know about the obesity epidemic in this country. Cooking well is actually easy and not time consuming but so many people can’t be bothered to learn.
You don’t have to eat like a caveman but you truly are what you eat.
Off my soapbox now.
Thanks and regards from Mary
Replies to "Hi Theresa and all, I originally joined this forum for hearing loss but find I am..."
@imallears Much of your post I could have written myself! My husband sometimes wonders why it takes me as long as it does in the supermarket. It does because if I am buying foods in the aisles I read all of the ingredients and nutrients.
Both my son and daughter are very conscious of healthy eating. I don't think my son has eaten fast food in many years, and my daughter is very good but she does eat things that she should not occasionally. I was very heavy for a long time so I hope they will be conscious of their weight always, I know too well the health problems it causes.
I wish I could say my hair was shiny, etc., but it really is no different from my diet. I also wish I could say I have my nightly glass of wine, but when my non-alcoholic cirrhosis was diagnosed I could no longer have any alcohol. I miss my glass of wine with dinner. I do eat my dark chocolate, a piece almost every day.
JK
Hi Mary! @imallears - I am so glad you joined this group. I know I am certainly enjoying and benefiting from your love of cooking and your willingness to share. You said that you and your daughter like reading cookbooks. I do too! I'm in a caregivers support group for partners of people with dementia. There is one guy in the group who is very nice guy and he makes himself even more popular by bringing delicious and healthy snacks to eat at our meetings! He talks about food the way you do - healthy is a lifestyle that he has adopted not just a fad since he had to learn to cook. Last month, he suggested two cookbooks. Right away I put them on my list of gifts I want for birthday/holidays. I'll share them here in case you and your daughter haven't gotten to these yet:
~ Genius Foods by Max Lugavere https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35008533-genius-foods
~ Detox Kitchen Bible by Lily Simpson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22929660-the-detox-kitchen-bible?ac=1&from_search=true
Please let me know if you have either of these or if there are others you particularly recommend. Other members, too! I'm always looking for suggestions. Some women think you can't have too many shoes - I believe you can't have too many cookbooks!
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@imallears Hi Mary,
I appreciate you sharing more about yourself and your health journeys as well as your life philosophy! I hope that when I'm 78 I can have your attitude and enthusiasm for life. I'm so glad that you are enjoying Connect and this food-related discussion group. Keep posting, I just love your ideas.