Health thread

Chizel - Founding Father said:
Pretty high id say. I drink alot of beer. I dont drink soft drinks much at all and try to keep carbs low, although in the last few years ive been eating quite a bit of potatoes and pasta.
Never used to. I also have a sweet tooth, i dont do chocolate or sweets but b often makes cookies, pancakes and cakes. My favorite cake is a lemon drizel and i think in the cake and drizel there is a cup of white suger!!! Ive been known to smash half a cake in a day!!!!! She only makes that about once a month and ive told her to stop ( but hope she doesn't).
I dont eat ultra processed foods apart from the odd store bought curry sauce.
I do eat alot of fruit and start the day with a smoothie of banana, orange, greek yogurt and tumeric. Sometimes with apple ar berries. Maybe its the fruit..
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Bananas and oranges are both high sugar and bananas are high carb. You're better off with berries, apples, pears. pomegranates and kiwi fruit - which are also higher in vit C than oranges.

Sugar and carbs also make your liver work harder and can lead to fatty liver disease, especially refined simple carbs like cakes and pastries. You should cut them out altogether if your liver is struggling already. White pasta isn't good either. Potatoes now and again in small doses are OK. In fact they're better for you than either brown rice or wholegrain pasta and contain a decent amount of vit C.

By the way, beetroot juice is extremely good for liver function and lowering blood pressure. You may not like it but you get used to it. A glass a day will help your liver.
 
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Gimlet said:
Bananas and oranges are both high sugar and bananas are high carb. You're better off with berries, apples, pears. pomegranates and kiwi fruit - which are also higher in vit C than oranges.

Sugar and carbs also make your liver work harder and can lead to fatty liver disease, especially refined simple carbs like cakes and pastries. You should cut them out altogether if your liver is struggling already. White pasta isn't good either. Potatoes now and again in small doses are OK. In fact they're better for you than either brown rice or wholegrain pasta and contain a decent amount of vit C.

By the way, beetroot juice is extremely good for liver function and lowering blood pressure. You may not like it but you get used to it. A glass a day will help your liver.
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I love my beetroot juice in the morning before work and its the only supplement I take as you said great for the liver and blood pressure
 
Gimlet said:
By the way, beetroot juice is extremely good for liver function and lowering blood pressure. You may not like it but you get used to it. A glass a day will help your liver.
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Tried to find some the other week in our large Tesco's and they don't sell it 🤷‍♂️ beetroot shots would be good but nope 👀 ended up getting a mixed drink with beetroot as only one of the mix....
 
Exige said:
Tried to find some the other week in our large Tesco's and they don't sell it 🤷‍♂️ beetroot shots would be good but nope 👀 ended up getting a mixed drink with beetroot as only one of the mix....
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Ones I get here are beetroot with a plash of orange juice and turmeric it gives it a nice spicy flavour but still 90% beetroot but doesn't taste like garden soil 😆
 
Exige said:
Tried to find some the other week in our large Tesco's and they don't sell it 🤷‍♂️ beetroot shots would be good but nope 👀 ended up getting a mixed drink with beetroot as only one of the mix....
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I buy mine from the local big Tesco. They always have it, as do Morrisons. I guess it depends on your local store management and what they judge will sell. Grape Tree sell it but it's dearer.
 
The skitz said:
Ones I get here are beetroot with a plash of orange juice and turmeric it gives it a nice spicy flavour but still 90% beetroot but doesn't taste like garden soil 😆
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Why not eat beetroots as opposed to the juice? Sometimes I feel the need to eat something that tastes like a mouthful of soil as you say but when I don`t there are a few flavoured varieties about or just pickled in vinegar. My favourites are horseradish or chilli. Horseradish in particular IMO is fantastic but I love the taste of horseradish on its own anyway.
 
Dukesox said:
Why not eat beetroots as opposed to the juice? Sometimes I feel the need to eat something that tastes like a mouthful of soil as you say but when I don`t there are a few flavoured varieties about or just pickled in vinegar. My favourites are horseradish or chilli. Horseradish in particular IMO is fantastic but I love the taste of horseradish on its own anyway.
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My dad used to put pickled beetroot on everything...even lasagne
 
Dukesox said:
Why not eat beetroots as opposed to the juice? Sometimes I feel the need to eat something that tastes like a mouthful of soil as you say but when I don`t there are a few flavoured varieties about or just pickled in vinegar. My favourites are horseradish or chilli. Horseradish in particular IMO is fantastic but I love the taste of horseradish on its own anyway.
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I guess you'd have to eat a lot of whole beetroot to get the same amount of nutrients that are in a glass of concentrated juice.
Personally I like both. I've always liked beetroot, boiled then peeled and eaten hot as I grew up with them fresh from the garden. Prefer that to pickled or shop-bought vac-packed cooked which are a bit limp and slimy. I also doubt that the commercial processing does much for the nutritional value.

Horseradish goes great with beetroot. I sometime add raw, peeled beetroot to oven roasted veggies, like potato wedges. It bakes in the flavour and they don't turn the rest of the veg red. Ideal with roast beef and horseradish.
 
Dukesox said:
Why not eat beetroots as opposed to the juice? Sometimes I feel the need to eat something that tastes like a mouthful of soil as you say but when I don`t there are a few flavoured varieties about or just pickled in vinegar. My favourites are horseradish or chilli. Horseradish in particular IMO is fantastic but I love the taste of horseradish on its own anyway.
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You don't love the taste of horseradish. You just hate your life.
 
Dukesox said:
Why not eat beetroots as opposed to the juice? Sometimes I feel the need to eat something that tastes like a mouthful of soil as you say but when I don`t there are a few flavoured varieties about or just pickled in vinegar. My favourites are horseradish or chilli. Horseradish in particular IMO is fantastic but I love the taste of horseradish on its own anyway.
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I can't stand any of them their problem is they don't taste like ribeye 😆 beetroot juice is one of the proven supplements to be proven in blood pressure reduction and general arterial health so I persevere with its taste
 
Gimlet said:
Chuck in some savoury seasonings like celery salt and worcester sauce. Or horseradish - unless you've got @Loz coming round for tea.
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I don't eat any of that i can't even stand mayonnaise or pretty much any sauce 👀 even when I ate bread 15 years ago I didn't take butter .. yes weird I know 😆
 
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Gimlet said:
Are you really a secret Scotchman? :unsure:
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Probably a good percentage yea 👀😬 none of what you suggest I should eat has any particular nutritional value and I don't like the taste but then I have been looked at very strange at 6:30 in the morning eating a ribeye and scrambled egg .. I love my food which mostly needs no embellishments as far as I can see/taste
 
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