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The Mediterranean Diet used to get a lot of publicity, people in the south of Europe apparently live longer: source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_diet This is the kind of thing that is hard to prove but easy to embrace.  Fish, olive oil, fresh fruits and whole grains are emphasized.  Red Meat, sugar, white bread are frowned on.  But is the true virtue  hidden ? It's the expense !  Pricing the fresh fruits/vegetables, fish, olive oil can put a person off their feed.  So maybe these folks eat right BUT they eat less because the food is expensive ?   For example a JJ's "fruit" pie in the checkout at Mann's is sold for something like $1.29.  AND the purchaser NEVER has to worry about breaking a tooth on a cherry pit because I doubt there is a cherry put in any of the pies (although the red colored, cherry flavored, sugar sweetened corn starch inside the crust is tasty.  Eating real bing cherries is going to be a lot more...

Is nothing without increased risk ? https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/health/dr-michael-mosley-responds-claim-9183314 I mentioned Dr. Mosley before: https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2023/10/peel.html While I gave up on the 5:2 diet I sorta do the time restriction thing but not due to diet considerations.  It is more that eating solid food before exercising (usually just before 8 AM) is bad for me because the Nordic Track ski machine can press on the digestive tract causing acid reflux.  Similarly eating too close to bed time is bad for acid reflux so I usually don't eat or drink after 5 PM. I will keep doing the time restriction pattern, exercise and being able to sleep is important too. Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm

No, not Emma Peel, that's a completely different topic: source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idtYckLIZnI (I was in the 6th grade when the Avengers was on TV) It has been a good year for fruit on the island.  Not just the grapes mentioned before https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2023/10/grape-juice-in-my-opinion-welchs-earns.html but also apples: Usually I just eat the apples that I harvest but there are just too many this year, and while no store would sell them they taste good and this year the apples don't even have that many worms.  So how to preserve the excess ? I suppose that juicing is possible but both apple trees that I have (a red and a golden, I'm not sure of exactly which varieties they are) but neither has juicy apples.  So that would leave either drying or canning.  I will try both ways but think I'll try making apple sauce for canning first.  While reading a recipe in the old Better Homes cookbook I noticed that they suggest peeling the apples....