Then 1999, I became a ‘full time CHef’ – 5 star restaurant !!! And you know the rest of the story…..

But now, I just eat more veg, less meat (no red’s) and less salt and no sugar – thats about all I can do – today I fell real bad, off the wagon – ate a big bag of banana chips!!

Getting old lah PKenny -

This is an interesting post. I’ve considered going vegetarian (for health and biblical/compassion reasons) but have no one to motivate me and it’s terribly inconvenient! Ha, too big a cultural change for me at the moment at least!

We do have a empirical working model – from wikipedia – “People from the islands of Ryūkyū (of which Okinawa is the largest) are reported to have the longest life expectancy in the world. This has in part been attributed to the local diet, but also to other variables such as genetic factors, lifestyle, and environmental factors.

Generally, the traditional diet of the islanders is 20% lower in calories than the Japanese average and contains 300% of the green/yellow vegetables (particularly heavy on sweet potatoes). The Okinawan diet is low in fat and has only 25% of the sugar and 75% of the grains of the average Japanese dietary intake.[2] The traditional diet also includes a relatively small amount of fish (less than half a serving per day) and somewhat more in the way of soy and other legumes (6% of total caloric intake). Almost no meat, eggs, or dairy products are consumed.[3]

An Okinawan reaching 110 years of age has typically had a diet consistently averaging no more than one calorie per gram and has a BMI of 20.4.”

May you all be blessed with great health and a fulfilled life.

Ha ha ha ha – I just want to laugh!!!

On a serious note, being an ex-vegetarian, and now practising just 80% of it, the Vegetarian diet involves a lot,lot of hard work in the kitchen. washing,cleaning,chopping. and lots of creative thinking. and going to the market a lot.

so why dont you try just a low salt and no processed sugar for now?
nouc mam (vietnamese fish sauce) and i used to be twins at one time !! so had to wean off it!
so try it PKeni, its going to be tough, but you can do it.

Thanks for the tips, old man – I sure learnt a lot – like how to drink H2O and all.

Just follow what the Holy Spirit is telling you … there is really no absolutely right or wrong diet … but I would like to show you an interesting bible passage on a vegetarian diet

Romans 14:2 (NIV)
One man’s faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.

As for me, I put my trust in God, not in my diet, for divine health … so I eat whatever I like unless the Holy Spirit tells me to avoid eating certain food at certain times

Now that u brought it up again, think I’ll try once again!!

SP