Did anyone watch it tonight? Very interesting. All about veggies and how they can keep you internal bits and bobs going strong.
Did you know, for example, that if you have problems getting an erection, eating 4 cloves of raw garlic a day could help things perk up?
Also, proboitic yoghurts don't really do much for our good bacteria, but eating onions, leeks, dandilion leaves and globe artichokes makes our good bacteria a zillions times stronger!
I shall tune in next week for certain. ;D
I watched that Emma, very interesting indeed, i eat loads of cooked veg but now i shall make a point of eating more raw. I will also be there next week eager to learn more.
Quote from: EJ - Emma Jane on January 11, 2007, 22:53:00
Did you know, for example, that if you have problems getting an erection, eating 4 cloves of raw garlic a day could help things perk up?
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Well I have always been a keen consumer and have bestowed many properties upon garlic, but never came across that one - ah well, I should be ok for a while yet then !
Aw!! Forgot all about it, and did want to see it. Hope it is repeated - it sounded very interesting. :( busy_lizzie
Following up on my ailments/alcohol thread ....
The bad news - I have a virus and there's no miracle cure
The good news - the doc said continue with the various hot toddies
I am almost deaf and have completely lost my voice. HOWEVER I have found a great cure for the cough which has been keeping me awake!
Peel an onion and slice it. Reassemble it in a small bowl, sprinkling a generous amount of brown sugar in between the layers. Leave it for a bit. The juice seeps out of the onion and makes a syrup. This is the most effective cough cure I have ever found! I am chomping up bits of the onion as well.
No one will come near me, but so what? I can't hear them, and they can't hear me.
Let's hear it for raw vegetables!
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4 cloves of raw garlic a day!!! Don't care how impressive it makes it, it's not coming near me unless you can hold your breath for the duratoin and don't sweat!
Quote from: froglets on January 12, 2007, 09:23:40
4 cloves of raw garlic a day!!! Don't care how impressive it makes it, it's not coming near me unless you can hold your breath for the duratoin and don't sweat!
I thought that too! Doesn't matter if it's the best stonker in history if no-one wants to get within 10 feet of you!!! Was still quite an interesting programme though - wish I had Fiona Bruce's rogue gene that protects her from high chloresterol :(
Cheers,
Rob ;)
what they *didn't* say was what the effect of eating raw garlic was on ladies.
moonbells
When/which channel (or radio) was this on? Can't find it on the BBC website anywhere...
Tina.
Try this link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/
Quote from: moonbells on January 12, 2007, 10:10:24
what they *didn't* say was what the effect of eating raw garlic was on ladies.
moonbells
We can only assume that all 7 of the volunteer were in very strong, loving relationships. They must have truly stank! Maybe now we'll be inundated with spam mails offering cheap Garlic pills!
I saw it! It was a good programme - better than the trailers I thought!
But I persoanlly think eating that much raw veg would be really hard to do - easier in summer when I tend to live on it anyway - but I think you need something warm in the winter!
...as for the garlic? - that's all very well - but who would go near a bloke after eating that much! ;)
Louise
Can't help thinking garlic is suddenly going to be very popular ;D ;D
Quote from: froglets on January 12, 2007, 09:23:40
4 cloves of raw garlic a day!!! Don't care how impressive it makes it, it's not coming near me unless you can hold your breath for the duratoin and don't sweat!
My form tutor was a priest ( good catholic up brining by priests and nuns so i am sane ;D )
He used to drink warm milk and chew a bulb ( not a clove ) of raw garlic for breakfast!
imagine that every day!
Well I always new that garlic was good for the heart, and as it breaksdown the gunk that hardens your arteries, I guess it is just as fabulous for girlies to keep their tickers strong as they attempt to keep up with their revitalised amorous gents advances! ;D ;D ;D
The only thing I thought obvious was....the gang of folk who lived like apes for a couple of weeks, living almost purely on totally raw fruit and veggies, all started the test suffering with high blood pressure and high cholestral. Obviously after 2 weeks intensive veggie eating, which probably caused their entire digestive system to completely clean out, their cholestrol levels, etc, would all have dropped. To me, that went without saying. I wonder how many of the people carried on living a more veggie lifestyle. I agree, I wouldn't want to eat that much cold grub in the winter months, but during the summer, 95% of our meals are cold, veg and fruit based.
Great show - do try and catch it next week. ;D
Hi EJ must admit could not get an errection not matter how much Garlic I eat !!! ::)but what can it do for us Ladies ??? ???
thinking about garlic i wonder what the effects would be with elephant garlic
Quote from: moonbeam on January 13, 2007, 16:43:30
thinking about garlic i wonder what the effects would be with elephant garlic
I hate to imagine! :o
aha, but they are related to leeks, not garlic. ooooer....the mind boggles!!!!
Eh! Ladies...What's with the knocking the myths then?
Are we to believe that a garlicy smelly with a giant zonker takes second position to a sweety aromatic with a woodbine?
Quote from: EJ - Emma Jane on January 12, 2007, 13:03:33
The only thing I thought obvious was....the gang of folk who lived like apes for a couple of weeks, living almost purely on totally raw fruit and veggies, all started the test suffering with high blood pressure and high cholestral. Obviously after 2 weeks intensive veggie eating, which probably caused their entire digestive system to completely clean out, their cholestrol levels, etc, would all have dropped. To me, that went without saying.
Yeah, eating like an ape seems to be pretty good for cholesterol levels, but the assumption that animal protein only entered the diet relatively late (in pre-historic terms) strikes me as unrealistic, when we know that chimps and baboons hunt, and that almost all primates eat eggs when they can get them, and some animal protein according to size (small monkeys eat large insects, larger ones eat lizards, etc)
Quote from: EJ - Emma Jane on January 12, 2007, 13:03:33
Did you know, for example, that if you have problems getting an erection, eating 4 cloves of raw garlic a day could help things perk up?
But NOT if the problem is caused by the medication you take for high blood pressure!
Garlic is (apparently) good for certain types of furred-up arteries, and 'erectile dysfunction' can often be an early warning symptom of potential heart problems of that type.
I LOVE garlic. I put it into so much of my cooking - my family get it whether they want it or not, LOL. My downfall (apart from chocolate, mmmm) is salt. I am a terrible over user of salt - on my own food I must add, not in general cooking. I have been known to add salt more than 2-3 times on one of my meals :o
With human remains having been consistently found with animal bones that appear to have been broken open to remove the marrow, I wouldn't believe for one moment that our ancestors were vegetarian! One very plausible suggestion has been that Australopithecus (the most primitive hominid) would come along as one of the last scavengers on a kill, use stones to break open the long bones, and gain high-protein nourishment from the marrow.
Just a thought if we all ate like apes would nut trees have to carry a warning that " some of these shells may have nuts in them".
;D ;D ;D ;D