M.C. Newberry

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

by M.C. Newberry

Saturday 4th July 2015 1:41 am

Images of obesity appear to define the age we live in. Despite knowledge of nutrition easily obtained about

cheap healthy food (sardines, eggs, beans, bread, salad, soup, fruit et al) to be found everywhere, there's

this perversity of purchasing food in modern life that sees it becoming a deadly lottery of "weight and C" for

those unmindful of self-care. Today's NHS is overburdened with complaints directly connected to vulgar

self-indulgence. Visit any hospital ward/waiting area for the depressing costly evidence. Two thousand

years ago saw these words of good advice that endure to this day, if only those most at risk would heed

them::

"Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food".

Eat wisely and you can eat cheaply - and enjoy the added benefit of contributing to a longer happier life.

Is that really so hard to imagine or accomplish? Or are some folk doomed to early departure from this

life because of their own idiocy and ignorance? Mother Nature does not suffer fools gladly!

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Comments

M.C. Newberry

Tue 7th Jul 2015 14:46

Joe - a little care about diet is always likely to provide
health benefits to those who make the effort. Oily fish,
rice, lean meat like chicken, natural style yoghurt and
others out there to be found will contribute towards
wellbeing. Potatoes are full of carbohydrates and relied
upon for their energy - a double edged sword IF the
energy is not used in physical terms because the result
becomes excess bodyweight. The trick is sensible eating
- surely possible in an age that sees the world of information available on anyone's computer.
Cheers...good health and good eating!

joe kozarzewski

Sun 5th Jul 2015 17:34

I like the theme of this rantpoem, I myself being of a ill disposition, adjusted my diet accordingly, although I was never one for takeaways and the like. I have substituted honey for sugar and virtually eliminated potatoes from my diet and feel better for it. It's just common sense after all !! Simplicity, fish and olive oil is the key.

M.C. Newberry

Sun 5th Jul 2015 15:00

Thanks, everyone, for your comments.
We tend to produce writing in accordance with our
various conditions - physical and/or mental - that much
is evident from other contributions, so the subject of
obesity seemed relevant.
I guess this is as near as I'll ever get to a "rant" - clearly
considered OK elsewhere on this site - but good manners
got the better of me!

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Sun 5th Jul 2015 07:50

with respect MC - is this poetry? - or as Cynthia wrote, an article? Not that I disagree - obesity is a modern day obscenity. We also have a strange concept of poverty in this country too.

John Coopey

Sat 4th Jul 2015 23:45

10,000 years ago me and you, MC, we used to hunt the aurochs.
When we killed, we ate. Kills were valuable and the fat from an aurochs or two could sustain us through a winter.
Nature knows this. It made us crave fat since fat was good.
But now although we live on a fat-rich diet we have not advanced anthropologically. We still crave fat.
It isn't coincidence that all good things to eat have lots of fat.

Cynthia Buell Thomas

Sat 4th Jul 2015 20:01

This 'article' is good for lots of comments, I'm sure, because it is so relevant. Laziness is a big factor because COOKING would go a long way to ensure better eating habits. Cost not so much, as healthy food is generally available at 'reasonable' prices; it just happens to be raw. etc. etc. etc. And, yes, business needs to be harnessed for sugar and fat additions. etc. etc. etc.

I often wonder if people even know they are greedy. Habit is a cruel master.

Harry O'Neill

Sat 4th Jul 2015 16:11

Mark,
It`s called gluttony...(a situation brought about by increasing prosperity and the over-eating of it`s rewards)

And the kids! have you ever seen so many fat little kids waddling around as now?

The `good` news is that it is now reportedly happening in China also, and their urban kids are waddling along just as much like fat little penguins as our own.

As China now has an immense and growing problem with it`s ageing population, no doubt those skinny kids
in the rest of Asia are eyeing the situation hungrily in
the hope of `immigrationally` joining in the feast at some time in the near future.

And so the world goes on!

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