BITING THE BULLET.

By Maxine Jasmin-Green

Sun, 09 Feb 2025
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Dementia is no joke! I have met people with dementia and my Mum has it.

Because Mum has dementia, I decided to eat olives. When I first started to eat them, for ‘medical’ reasons, I hated them, they tasted bitter. I have a Sweet tooth. After about four months, I loved it! The funny thing is, often when I buy a jar, I forget to eat them.

Then later on, walnuts they too, has been known to be good to slow down memory loss. They say, it looks like a brain. I am not keen on nuts, only Marathon and Topic’s and Fruit and Nuts. Nuts in any other form, does nothing for me. My Mums favourite nuts are cashew. I think they are bland.

From time to time, I do buy a small pack of walnuts and try to eat one or two a day, but apparently a handful is the amount that should be eaten each day. That’s not happening, they are too horrible. So, they go off, and I buy another pack a year later, as I try not to give up, but keep going. When I taste them again, I remember that I just don’t like them, no matter what.

My brother is a Nurse, and a Personal Trainer, I remember many years ago, he told me how, “Good avocado is.” He said, “The nutrients that is in an avocado, can not be found in any other food.” I said, “That’s a shame, as I’ve tried it, and it just feels slimy.”

In the reduced section of my superstore, there was guacamole, avocado without the avocado taste, it is mixed up and hidden. That I came to love.

My Mum loves avocado, where she grew up, it is called a pear. I bought her some recently, and she had it for breakfast, with her fry up. For Mum, a cooked breakfast is her favourite meal of the day now. Now that I have remembered that Mum loves avocados, I will buy her some each time I visit her.

I went to my superstore this afternoon, and saw some avocados reduced, I thought I would try again and taste one. It was now 34p and I assume ripe, it chose the firmest one.

There were two slices of take away pizza from yesterday, that I had saved for my brunch today. I decided to have six of my piccobella tomatoes, lots of salad cream, and a whole avocado. I tasted it on it own, it made me gag. I had to put mind over matter. It was now or never. I decided to not eat it on its own, but with all of the lovely food on my plate. I could not taste it, so that was a good thing. I enjoyed my meal. I have saved the stone, as a trophy. I hope in a few months to plant it and see what happens. If I get mini avocados then great, if not then, it would have been fun trying.

I will buy another avocado, when I see it again reduced.                      

 

           

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Submitted by celticman on

I don't think many folk would say dementia was a joke. 

 

Submitted by Maxine Jasmin-Green on

Agree it is a figure of speech.

 

Submitted by Kris on

And... I'll confess to being a vegetarian , not 100% vegan, for me it works in the sense I dont get cold as fast, endurance is extended, more flexible, sleep better +++... But its not for everyone... Go for it Maxine* I'm a believer - theres always lifestyle changes that lead to come back stories....

Love Avocados & Olives winkangelenlightenedyes

 

Submitted by Maxine Jasmin-Green on

You sound very healthy. Yes it is a life style change. and I am pleased to hear you are slleeping better.

I think it takes a lot of discipline, so well done to You.

I am not a healthy eater, I love sweets my favourite at the moment is Foamies, can't get enough of them, I love pizzas, cake and custard, and I have had these for breakfast of and on for many years. I also love salads, I usually have the ones that are in packets and already washed. I love salad cream, and pour that on my salad too.

Good for you too that you love avocados and olives, I will try and buy another one when I see it reduced, so that I can get used to eating it. When I was 16 I hated cheese but my Mum encouraged me to eat a tiny amount untill I loved it and had it on cheese on toast lots! I hope the same for avocades.

yessmileyenlightened    

 

Submitted by Kris on

I'm a pizza fan Maxine yes.... I go with out the meat... but... I'm all in including making it myself.... inspired by watching Jamie Oliver. Over time cooking turned into hobby/sport for me, if not an obsession at times.....  Your brother is right... if you can acquire a little love for an Avocado its good stuff.... I would add, one thing moves into another... I dont claim to have all the answers & I'm not one of those Veggies that preach... it worked for me.... BTW- I consume about 3,000+ calories a day... in that veggie lifestyle change over a decade ago, sugar & salt were really tough to get rid of...(uff) angryindecision

All good Maxine... best wishes...

(K)

 

Submitted by Maxine Jasmin-Green on

SO many things they are good for good health. Sleep, keeping fit and healthy eating. I have gone without much sleep most of my life, going to bed very late and got up early. I don't mind as I am used to it. But the good thing is now I am older, I sleep on the sofa in the evenings for many  hours, so it seems I may have eventually caught up with all of the little sleep that I had most of my life.

I have never counted calories the whole of my life, all of my brothers have and they still do, they all go to the gym many times a week, every week, they are all carful what they eat, they have the perfect bodies, their hard work at the gymand it shows. I don't know what 3000 calories look like, they would know. My brother William he is the strictest of them all, he has no process food at all, all his food he prepares himself, and then puts it in the fridge or freezer for when he is ready to cook. Before I got married I lived on my own, and I had those proper scales with weights I often cooked food, but it would be for 6 people so the rest would go in the bin! I enjoyed cooking, but now my Husband he cooks  7 days a week. He loves cooking.

I decided last year, not to have salt at home with his home made chips but only vinegar, and salad cream. I have stuck to that. But outside of home I always add salt to chips, (its the law smiley) apart from chips outside the home, I never add salt to anything, no food at all. As that is something I can control without any trouble. Also sugar, I don't have sugar either, in general. If I am away with work on a training course, I always have sugar then with my tea or coffee. This too I can control without any bother. BUT if I fancy sugar, like if I am tired or want something sweet, then I have it, either half a teaspoon or one teaspoon. I can take sugar or leave it, usually I leave it. 

I have one or two bags of BBQ Hula Hoops a day, and there is a ton of sugar and salt in that, I also love Foamies sweets, there is sugar  and salt in that too. My husband and kids they add salt to their meals, I would never do that, ever! But they don't eat as much junk food as me. 

My cousin some of his kids they are vegans and vegetarians and they like to ram it down peoples throats! I saw another side to them that I didn't know untll they put it on my social media!  Time does heal, I think we are ok now, when we meet up for very large family gatherings they seem ok, the 'preaching' seemed to have stopped. I also used to work with vegans and vegetarins, many years ago and they wanted their passion to be everyone elses! None of them gave vegans and vegetarians a good name. 

I have a nephew who ...... was vegetarian is vegan his aim was to then be FRUITARIAN and to eventually be a ...... BREATARIAN!  When he explained it to us, when he came to our home for a 'meal' I had not heard of that before. 

I might try one day making my own pizze with my grandson, thanks to you.

Thank you for comments, it means a lot.  X