Food and Health Room

[Londoner]

Today my blood pressure returned to normal, 109. On Tuesday it was 137 because on Monday I was with my grand children, ate all their leftovers from sweets to their favourite food, sour vegetable with fatty meat and white rice. I cook brown rice at home. Additionally I drunk normal water. At home I drink ionised water, which, I believe, is an important factor in bringing my blood pressure down more than ideal, 120.

[Piling]

109 is not low ?

[Londoner]

109 is not low ?

The ideal blood pressure by UK standard is 120 mmHg.

[Piling]

As in France (but our doctors always say it in cm : 120 mmHg is just told 12, so the French ideal one (mine) is 12.7 aka 120 mmHg and 70 mmHg, I suppose ?).

10.9 seems low for a man but a low blood pressure is not dangerous. I am sure that watching 2 young kids is a cause to rise blood pressure for everyone

[Londoner]

As in France (but our doctors always say it in cm : 120 mmHg is just told 12, so the French ideal one (mine) is 12.7 aka 120 mmHg and 70 mmHg, I suppose ?).

10.9 seems low for a man but a low blood pressure is not dangerous. I am sure that watching 2 young kids is a cause to rise blood pressure for everyone

No, when I join them both they become three kids. I enjoy every moment of it. Both of them fight to have my attention.

[Anthea]

As in France (but our doctors always say it in cm : 120 mmHg is just told 12, so the French ideal one (mine) is 12.7 aka 120 mmHg and 70 mmHg, I suppose ?).

10.9 seems low for a man but a low blood pressure is not dangerous. I am sure that watching 2 young kids is a cause to rise blood pressure for everyone

No, when I join them both they become three kids. I enjoy every moment of it. Both of them fight to have my attention.

I bet you spoil them both

[Piling]

From November 15th to December 23th I will fast (Christmas Lent).

I am sure that I will lost all my bad fat

Rules :

No meat, no dairy, no eggs, etc.

Oil, wine and fish allowed saturday and sunday.

Oil and wine allowed tuesday and thirsday.the rest of the time, veggie menu without oil. Very monks' banquet.

[Anthea]

From November 15th to December 23th I will fast (Christmas Lent).

I am sure that I will lost all my bad fat

Rules :

No meat, no dairy, no eggs, etc.

Oil, wine and fish allowed saturday and sunday.

Oil and wine allowed tuesday and thirsday.the rest of the time, veggie menu without oil. Very monks' banquet.

Olive Oil is good for you - do not think you should give that up because it lubricates ones joints

Having no meat is good for you - even better for the pigs and calves and cute little baby lambs

What would be really good for you is to exercise your eyes - focus on something outside your window at a distance - then refocus on something close by - do that a few times every day - turn down the brightness on your computer - do you have separate glasses for when you are online?

Massage your hands several times while using computer

Have handsome man massage you every evening

Nocturnal aerobics will help you to firm up your body and lose weight

[Piling]

After an Hymn to salt, a wonderful 'song of morning coffee'. Just love that :

And coffee, for one who knows it as I do, means making it with your own hands and not having it come to you on a tray, because the bringer of the tray is also the bearer of talk, and the first coffee, the virgin of the silent morning, is spoiled by the first words. Dawn, my dawn, is antithetical to chatter. The aroma of coffee can absorb sounds and will go rancid, even if these sounds are nothing more than a gentle “Good morning!”

Coffee is the morning silence, early and unhurried, the only silence in which you can be at peace with self and things, creative, standing alone with some water that you reach for in lazy solitude and pour into a small copper pot with a mysterious shine—yellow turning to brown—that you place over a low fire. Oh, that it were a wood fire!

Stand back from the fire a little and observe a street that has been rising to search for its bread ever since the ape disentangled himself from the trees and walked on two feet. A street borne along on carts loaded with fruits and vegetables, and vendors’ cries notable for faint praise that turns produce into a mere attribute of price. Stand back a little and breathe air sent by the cool night. Then return to your low fire—If only it were a wood fire!—and watch with love and patience the contact between the two elements, fire colored green and blue and water roiling and breathing out tiny white granules that turn into a fine film and grow. Slowly they expand, then quickly swell into bubbles that grow bigger and bigger, and break. Swelling and breaking, they’re thirsty and ready to swallow two spoonfuls of coarse sugar, which no sooner penetrates than the bubbles calm down to a quiet hiss, only to sizzle again in a cry for a substance that is none other than the coffee itself—a flashy rooster of aroma and Eastern masculinity.

Remove the pot from the low fire to carry on the dialogue of a hand, free of the smell of tobacco and ink, with its first creation, which as of this moment will determine the flavor of your day and the arc of your fortune: whether you’re to work or avoid contact with anyone for the day. What emerges from this first motion and its rhythm, from what shakes it out of a world of sleep rising from the previous day, and from whatever mystery it will uncover in you, will form the identity of your new day.

Because coffee, the first cup of coffee, is the mirror of the hand. And the hand that makes the coffee reveals the person that stirs it. Therefore, coffee is the public reading of the open book of the soul. And it is the enchantress that reveals whatever secrets the day will bring.

— Mahmoud Darwish, from Memory for Forgetfulness (University of California Press, 1990)

And so true for me : it is very dangerous for any human to pretend to talk to me before I drank at least 2 cups of coffee.

[Londoner]

As in France (but our doctors always say it in cm : 120 mmHg is just told 12, so the French ideal one (mine) is 12.7 aka 120 mmHg and 70 mmHg, I suppose ?).

10.9 seems low for a man but a low blood pressure is not dangerous. I am sure that watching 2 young kids is a cause to rise blood pressure for everyone

No, when I join them both they become three kids. I enjoy every moment of it. Both of them fight to have my attention.

I bet you spoil them both

On the contrary, I think they spoil me a lot. I just love each one of them to call me and use me. They go on my back, on my nick, stand on my feet while I am walking, and use my legs as a bridge to walk on. They also spend my money very well. After Mckdonlads, when the younger one goes to sleep, the other one, granddaughter commands me to go shopping with her. She buys magazines and sweets. She also uses me to carry her on my back or nick on both way. If I have time I will be with them every day.

Yesterday it was the fourth birthday of the eldest one, grand daughter. She had her birthday party at Wakey Ware house, which provided a lot of fried food, chips, chicken nuggets, chicken wings and toasted French bread. We had three hours, during which I had been always running behind both of them and videoing them. I became so hungry, I lost control of my self. I ate a lot of chips, they were really good and professionally made. La ter I check my blood pressure.

[Anthea]

I had never heard of Wakey Warehouse

What you tell us about your grandchildren - I now understand why you have to keep fit and healthy

[Londoner]

I had never heard of Wakey Warehouse

What you tell us about your grandchildren - I now understand why you have to keep fit and healthy

It is a big company with branches at most of the places. It is a sort of restaurant and bar for adults and place for children to play. Children like this place. It is a place similar in the zoo made for monkeys. It stimulates children a lot. They plays for hours, none stop. The following is the link for the branch we went:

http://www.wackywarehouse.co.uk/kiss-me ... tent=wacky

[Anthea]

@ Londoner

What a brilliant way to put life back into pubs

I always tell my friends to include childrens adventure/play areas in their resturants/cafes - sadly they seldom listen then wonder why they have so few customers

It is a good idea to get children away from technology and mixing with other children - it will improve their social skills and keep them active

I have found that people in the north of England are more willing to try new things - perhaps it is party due to the northern club culture - entire families go to social clubs together

Down south - especially around London - entertainment all seems to be age related and there do not seem to be any social clubs

[Piling]

I think I won't be hungry till the next year.

[Londoner]

I think I won't be hungry till the next year.

Why? what happened?