• secretlife said on Jun 05, 2007....

  green tea.  very high in antioxidents.
  i've heard a glass or two of red wine per day is very healthy too.

• polarheart said on Jun 05, 2007....

  Fly, that is a very good way to approach healthy eating.  I also try to ensure the 5 a day thing esp because I have my 3 year old and am very concious about what he eats.  I have heard from a very reliable source that the end bit of the banana - you know the bit that is usually hardish, black and bitter?  Well, that's the part that is best for you and that contains the most potassium.  I recently bought some green tea which is good for detoxing and I am now making the tea and then chilling it in the fridge, which helps me to stomach it :-). . .you get flavoured ones too now, which also helps!

• flytimes said on Jun 05, 2007....

  Im taking note..I heard someone mention this before to me but ive now been convinced, thanks, with regards to the "end bit" of a banana, well, I peel my bananas upside down so you mean the beginning bit lol,thankx im taking note,.... so on my shopping list now is more bananas, and green tea,..I feel healthier already:)

• polarheart said on Jun 05, 2007....

  Fly, try the Twinings Green Tea with Grapefruit & Pineapple flavour.

• silverwhisper said on Jun 05, 2007....

  i don't particularly, although i'm a sucker for any chance to pimp for garlic. :>
  
  ed

• flytimes said on Jun 05, 2007....

  Twinings it is.. Is there any properties that red wine has, that can be found in any other foods? as ive heard soo much the valuable nutritionts red wine has?Ed, i can't and don't cook so i eat a single clove, raw as often as i can and the same with ginger, just a little bit which is not the tastiest way to consume and sometimes makes me heave:( but im sure the healthiest, right?

• silverwhisper said on Jun 05, 2007....

  raw's pretty intense, ft. i find that it's pretty darned tasty in certain types of italian dishes.
  
  ed

• botoni said on Jun 05, 2007....

  This is more of a question than a statement. Would de-alchoholized red wine have the same health properties? If it does then the conflic with meds would be resolved. For those who find garlic a bit overboard try adding a small amound of freshly grated ginger to recipes that have garlic. It reduces the bite and enhances the flavor.

• flytimes said on Jun 05, 2007....

  Ed.. pretty intense is deffinetly an understatement, lol------ Botoni,I can't cook and would not have the faintest idea of what to do with wine other than drink it;), and even if i could cook i dont have any proper cooking utensils..Although I really want to learn to cook...I have the best teacher here...."my pc", so i have no excuse... with regards to the de-alchoholized wine and its properties i have no idea...anyone?.. but a good point all the same..

• polarheart said on Jun 05, 2007....

  I watched a program on healthy eating not so long ago.  They did tests on various men that had low sperm count and also damaged sperm.  After eating raw garlic (I think it was one meal a day) over a period of months their sperm was retested and not only did the sperm quality improve, but the sperm count shot up!

• flytimes said on Jun 05, 2007....

  Polar, I know you cant see me now but i got a BIG SMILE on my face right now :) I hope things deffinetly "shoot up" soon lol.. thanx

• Eilan said on Jun 05, 2007....

  Even though I prefer to get nutrients from "real" foods instead of supplements, I've taken to supplementing with fish oil gels.  I like fish, but I can't bring myself to eat it several days a week.
  
  I love blueberries.  I think they have some antioxidant properties.
  

• viciousgrl said on Jun 05, 2007....

  French fries, pizza, coffee and a lot of energizers :)) that's the way i always do it :)) seriously now, i know that rice is really healthy (think about the japanese, who have the longest life span). Rice is really good (the taste i mean) and the cool thing is that you can cook it in a million delicious ways. You don't have every little vitamin or nutrients you need for the day, but that's where the "million ways to cook it" come in handy.

• secretlife said on Jun 05, 2007....

  botoni:  welches 100% grapejuice has the same health benefits as red wine.

  it's a bit strong straight out of the bottle.  i mix it for my family...about 1/3 water.

  also red grapes....

• gingersoul said on Jun 05, 2007....

  Pomegranates juice is even richer in antioxidants then green tea.

  White tea is better than the normal green tea.

  Olive oil is good for everything, or almost. ...:-)

  Salmon is the best source of omega but need to be wild and not farmed. Wild Alaskan Sokeye Salmon is my choice when i have money.

  Red wine... the tannin is an excellent elements.

  Garlic......if you dont like it raw just bake it. I throw whole cloves of garlic with my roasted potatoes......

  Cantaloupe has more Vitamic C than strawberries. Apples are truly a miracolous fruits, but eaten with the skin...

  Blueberries are the best fruit antioxidants-wise...

  Cooked tomatoes have more antioxidants and vitamis than no cooked ones

  Water..drink water as much as you can

  Flaxseed and Fish oil are the best supplements.

• flytimes said on Jun 06, 2007....

  Viciousgrl,====== I have not seen you in my blog"why did you choose your soulcast name"? im very intrigued, with regards to rice i eat it very often as its cheap and cheerfull but i only add salt would you beleive, ! im terrible in the kitchen but i sure make up for it in the bedroom;)===========Secret, big thanks for that,I feel very guilty not drinking red wine, because of its excellent nutritients, and ill do some research on that a little bit later,;)=======GingerSoul, funny enough I eat pomergranits, a lot as ive heard the wonders of them also.The tip i was given before eating them is to give it a few hard taps before opening as this will help extract the seeds, its a shame its not a fruit thats easily eaten when out n about like a banana as its soo messy! ,I do eat olive oil and use it to massage my body , and my favorite drink "is" water so im doing something good, thanx for the list, keep them coming;).....and im soo looking forward to my next shopping trip...

• viciousgrl said on Jun 06, 2007....

  why did i chose my name? it's stupid really...it's something like... i have a lot of "addictions", thus vices, thus vicious :P and i CAN'T believe you're only eating rice with salt...i mean it's so delicious with so many other things, and it goes well with so many other... :P get a cook! :P

• flytimes said on Jun 07, 2007....

  Viciousgrl I actually made a mistake I do add more than salt to the rice which failed to mention and thats water! how could i have forgot lol.Beleive me, i wish i could get a cook, but a cook book would be much easier to accomplish. .. With regards to your name I love a girl with vices ;) And addictions can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on what your addicted to!! You can enlighten me if you feel too;)

• viciousgrl said on Jun 08, 2007....

  you know..that cook book isn't such a bad idea..come to think of it , i think i'll buy one 2 :P and as for my addictions...list's to long to be mentioned here....

• Trinov said on Jun 08, 2007....

  Hi,
  I agree with gingersoul, she has the right foods, by the way, Italy comes out as having the longest lives statistically than any other country, so the food there is the right food.
   
  On the advice of our alternate healer (who is also our Rabbi) we have fish once a week, and sometimes take omega oil also, we also should have grilled liver once a week, (get to it once a month) and should have carrot juice once a week (more or less, since we can get it premade from a store on the way home from shopping).
   
  I was told to have pomegranate juice in the winter and water melon in the summer (I had two bouts with melanoma, but that is another story, and the pomegranate juice and the water melon are good for post cancer healing). Our Rabbi/Healer also said that red meat is good once a week, (but not for me,except for a bite).
   
  All berry juices, including cranberry are good anti-cancer and for general health, (from the reports on the internet  re BBC especially (that's the only thing I trust them with).
   
  Tomato juice with some dried red pepper is anti-cancer and anti-germs, but it can be too much and cause arthritus if you over do it.
   
  Red grape juice is just as good as wine for the heart, that's what I've read. So why not eat losts of grapes?
   
  My Aunt, who lived to 103! told me :Never Never to eat red meat that has not been overnight in a marinade. There are lots of marinades that work, some are  acid based: all kinds of wines, vinegars, Coke or Pepsi, citrus juices etc. or oil and spice concoctions, especially garlic and dried red pepper with a touch of wine or lemon juice if you like.
   
  In a book called Dr. Franks No-Aging diet  he said that eating foods high in RNA-DNA  will correct the mistakes that lead to aging and he recommended supplements of RNA-DNA but stressed that eating mushrooms, sardines, salmon, anchovies, liver, mackeral, clams, most fishes, nuts, dark meat poultry, and legumes are better than taking supplements.

• viciousgrl said on Jun 09, 2007....

  trinov..sorry to have to disagree with you but the japanese are the ones who have the longest lives than any countries...they're livespan's are in average  90 years old. 

• Trinov said on Jun 09, 2007....

  Hi,
  Just checked my new almanac.Japan men 77, women 84, Italy men  76
  , women 82.5,  so you are right, I remembered the old statistics, but
  the difference is not that big, let's see the US is men 74, women 80.
   
  And the Japanese do have lots of people over 100.  So we have an
  average, and maybe we need a mean, or the middle of the bell curve.
   
  In mountainous regions, like the Caucauses and places like Bulgaria
  there are people who live to their hundreds and still function. My Aunt
  was still driving until she was 90, for instance. I had a great, great,
  great uncle (by marriage) who was still running a farm at 115, (according
  to what he said and what my grandparents said), and he looked ancient
  but was still spry and funny.
   
  What we can't see from these figures is if the old people are out there
  and functioning, involved with life and family, or if they are nursing home
  residents, half zombies.
   
  I read somewhere that how society treats the elderly may also be the
  key to long functioning lives, and in Japan the elderly are respected. I
  have the impression that this is true in Italian families also.
   
   

• gingersoul said on Jun 09, 2007....

  Trinov.....yes, you are right....Italian society still thrives to mantain the same family bonds that had forged its typical structure by centuries...

  The elderly are still central in the family and they are respected as the custodian of the old traditions...

  Its easy to see young couples who dont mind sharing their home with their old parents when these ones are unable to take care of themselves.....lack of money is the only reason why the old ones are put in nursing home. The natural choice i still keeping in the home and have them involved in the life of the family as much as possible.

• flytimes said on Jun 11, 2007....

  wow , Ive caused quite a debate while ive been away, and i always love a mass debate, hehe;) viciousgrl, being realistic, and poor i don't think i will be buying a cook book, and instead will be looking for a few good websites that are designed for "cooking for one" I know poor me lol:(===== Hi trinov welcome to my blog, with regards to your mothers advice about never eating red meat unless its marinated seems a very usefull tip as it not only makes the meat tastier but also healthier which is ok in my books..."not cook books btw, lol, also you have made some very interesting points, and by the looks of things you are going to be around for a very very very long time...:)=====Ginger soul====With the state of our care homes(uk) and all the bad press they seem to get I would never ever go in one and can'not afford to go in a private one, but im definitely thinking well ahead lol..Hopefully with all these good foods and drinks i will be buying Wednesday i hope to live much longer but more importantly healthier..

• flytimes said on Nov 27, 2007....

  I have not been here for a while as i have been doing other stuff here
  http://icandyworld.blogspot.com
  http://hubpages.com/_http/profile/compu-smart
  But in similar words to Arnold S. I will be back;)

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