Andrea S wrote:
I add sugar to all green veg to keep the colour, does anyone else do this.
I've never heard of that being done before. We rarely, if ever, even add salt to food whilst cooking and never to the finished meal.
Anyhows, I saw the doctor this morning, and she said my blood pressure is borderline high (140/90) and my cholesterol is borderline high (can't remember the figure).
She gave me a list of foods:
Foods that may be eaten regularly (little or no fat and/or "healthy" foods)
Cereal foods - wholemeal flour and bread, porridge oats, high-fibre breakfast cereals, wholegrain rice and pasta
Fruit, veg and nuts - all fresh and frozen vegetables and fruit, dried beans and lentils, dried fruit, walnuts
Fish - all white fish, oily fish such as herring, mackerel, sardines, pilchards, or salmon (not tinned in oil)
Meat - lean white meat such as chicken and turkey breast (without skin)
Eggs, dairy foods: Skimmed or semi-skimmed mil, cottage or curd cheese, low-fat yohurt, egg whites
Fates and spreads: none
Drinks and soups: tea and coffee, mineral water, fruit juices
Foods to be eaten in moderation
White flour and bread, low-fibre breakfast cereals, white rice and pasta, plain biscuits, plain or fruit scones
Ove chips, avocados, olives, almonds, pecans, hazelnuts
Shellfish
Lean ham, beef, pork, lamb, lean mince, liver, kidney
Edam, Camembert, Parmesan, up to three egg yolks a week
Low fat spreads, margarine high in polyunsaturates, corn oil, sunflower oil, olive oil
Packet soups, alcoholic drinks
Foods to avoid or eat rarely (high in fat and'or "unhealthy" foods)
Croissants, fried bread, most cakes and biscuits, patries, suet pudding
Chips, fried or roast potatoes, fried, creamed, buttered or cheesed vegetables, crisps and potato snacks, coconut, brazils, roasted peanuts
Fish roe, caviar
Visible fat on meat, crackling, sausages, pates, duck, gooes, meat pies/pasties
Whole milk, cream, ice cream, most hard cheeses, chocolate, cream cheese
Butter, dripping and lard, margarine not high in polyunsaturates
Cream soups, milky drinks, sugary drinks
She asked what my alcohol intake is and did not have a problem with half a bottle of wine a weekend (thankfully I omitted to mention it was a jeroboam..)
Exercise and diet should get me back down to healthy levels without resorting to medication.
I was going to have cottage cheese and Ryvitas for my lunch. OH went shopping for these this morning and FORGOT the cottage cheese. I couldn't just eat dry Ryvitas now could I ?
promising people food, you never deliver, that will cut the calories down
But enough of my sanctimonious clap trap. 
