My husband and I must be on the same page. Tired of
feeling like crap and run down 90% of the time and desperately looking for an
answer and willing to try anything. We have tried the medicinal route and now
that we have wasted months on that and it isnt working we are both looking to
natural remedies.
So last night we are all in the living room when he
decides to make the profound announcement that, beginning immediately we were
all – adults and children – going to consume 5 servings of fruits and vegetables
every day. Well, I knew this was coming. But to see the look on my 14 year old daughters face was
priceless.
He and I both had the same discussion this past Friday
when I arrived at the beach. It started with him heating up a can of corn on
the stove to go with his fried chicken.
I don’t know how the conversation started but here is the
best part:
Me – I think I
am allergic to something in the McDonalds milkshake. As soon as I drank it my
throat clogged up, snot production in overdrive, drainage was terrible and I coughed trying to clear it for about 20 minutes.
Him –
McDonalds sucks, I cant believe you actually went there. Besides it stinks and
I bet the inside of that new car will smell like a McDonalds fryer next week.
Me – no .. I
left the windows down to air out the grease. I haven’t eaten there in about 6
months, it was raining and I was trying to get on the highway to get here.
Him – you feel
like crap all the time… and half of it is what you eat. You should eat 5
servings of fruits and veggies a day…. 5 SERVINGS… ONE (finger)…TWO (fingers) …THREE (fingers) …FOUR (fingers)…FIVE (talking to the hand now) .
Me – yes I know.
And you are right.
Him – I know I
am right… I eat 5 SERVINGS every day. 3
of fruit and 2 of veggies.
Like that corn I just ate… I ate the whole can all by
myself… and I loved it.
Me- you loved
it because it wasn’t a fruit or vegetable… corn is a starch.
Him – WHAT??
No… it grows from the dirt and I can walk across the street and get some out of
the field. Not a starch.
Me – yes –
starch. Potatoes are a starch, Corn is a starch, tomatoes are a fruit, Celery
doesn’t even count because it is 90% water, I could go on…
Him – no… and
if you want to get technical smarty pants… for that matter everything converts to sugar or
energy. I read that in a magazine while I was at Duke.
Me – Don’t
they make a pill that will count as a serving of fruit or vegetables? I could
do that much easier. I could pop 5 of those suckers a day easy!
I will give him credit, he does eat at least three fruits a day and I am sure he throws another 2 vegetables in there somewhere. He is diligent and religious about it. Just like he is about going to the gym. And over the years I can see the difference in his health and physique.
So we are starting with baby steps, the fruits and
veggies we like. Apples, bananas, tomatoes, carrots, oranges, & green
beans.
Of course I think my Bolthouse Farms peach parfait
breakfast smoothie should count for at least one serving of something!
