ON CHOOSING WHAT WE EAT & DRINK
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āDonāt eat anything your great-great grandmother wouldnāt recognize as food. There are a great many food-like items in the supermarket your ancestors wouldnāt recognize as food.. stay away from theseāĀ
– Michael Pollan,
American author & journalist
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I know it’s little late to be making resolutions in the middle of April, when the year has already begun a long while ago.
Yet good decisions are never too late to be made.
There is a necessity for us to return to what is natural, what is healthy, what is good for us.
There is a need for us to realize that we have a choice in what we eat; the ingredients we use to cook our foods, the drinks we consume and the snacks we choose.
My resolution is to drink as little soft drinks (or artificially sweetened drinks) as possible. I want to go back to drinking water, juices, and natural beverages, like green tea, rice tea, you get the trend.
I also hope to influence others to do the same.
I want to do this because I’ve realized how much the habit of consuming soft drinks affects our health – it makes us addicted to sweet drinks; we’re lost the thirst for water, the purest form of liquid our body requires; we’re always looking for a sugar high; and obesity is increasing in so many developed countries.
So when I had a couple of fruits left over from making these delicious baked fish fillets in citrus & vegetable sauce, I decided to use these fruits for a drink.
A cooling, refreshing beverage bursting with citrus tastes and aromas. A drink meant to be enjoyed guilt-free.
A delicious, quick, easy, put-your-leftover-fruits-together kind of drink.
GRAPEFRUIT, ORANGE & LEMON COOLER
(Makes 4 medium glasses)
Ingredients:
1) 1 large grapefruit
2) 1 orange
3) 1 lemon
4) 1 litre of sparkling water
5) 2 tablespoons of sugar
Steps:
1) Squeeze the juice from the grapefruit, orange and lemon
2) Mix the juice with sparkling water and sugar, stirring well
3) Chill in the fridge until ready to be served
76sanfermo says
Totally agree!
Ciao,
A.
rosewithoutthorns says
Buen finde Anna! besos!
gracelimsaifong says
I just bought a slow juicer from a friend and we are starting to drink raw fruit and vegetable juices in the morning. In juicing with the slow juicer, the active enzymes of the fruits and vegetables are not destroyed which are good for our general health.
rosewithoutthorns says
What’s the difference between a slow juicer and a normal juicer?
gracelimsaifong says
The normal juicer just crushed the fruits at high speed and by so doing, most if not all the active enzymes in the fruits are destroyed. it is these enzymes that helps strengthen our immunity system. Without these, we are just drinking the juice and ingesting the fibres which is also good in themselves. However, It would be better with the active enzymes intact.
rosewithoutthorns says
Hahah i made celery, carrot & green apple juice yesterday with the normal fruit juicer. I suppose all the enzymes died before i drank them!
Jess @ On Sugar Mountain says
Felicia I can’t imagine a better drink to celebrate the end of the week! I can feel all the extra baggage just slipping away with this clean and fruity cooler. š
Have a happy weekend! <3
rosewithoutthorns says
Completely get what you mean. “the extra baggage just slipping away”! HAPPY WEEKEND too! š