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[norrahe]

I ******* hate that "5 a day" meme. It's so ingrained in our culture now that some of the guys in the client #2 office are obsessed with it, counting up oranges and apples and googling things like Walkers crisps, pork pies, chewing gum and truffles to see if they make the grade.

It's like if they miss the magic five then their intestines are going to explode out of their oxo towers all over the polyamide office carpet.

It's saddening to see grown men manipulated by propaganda.


Eat. Enjoy. Stop worrying. Ignore nonsense.

It's the one thing I don't miss about blighty.

[SimonMac]

Cider is just apple juice. 1 pint is one of your 5-a-day Simon. For the full benefit, up your intake to 5 pints a day and you'll be just fine and dandy.

SB in "Nutrition Doctor" mode



NB "Leaks" don't count.....

[hyperD]

I ******* hate that "5 a day" meme. It's so ingrained in our culture now that some of the guys in the client #2 office are obsessed with it, counting up oranges and apples and googling things like Walkers crisps, pork pies, chewing gum and truffles to see if they make the grade.

It's like if they miss the magic five then their intestines are going to explode out of their oxo towers all over the polyamide office carpet.

It's saddening to see grown men manipulated by propaganda.


Eat. Enjoy. Stop worrying. Ignore nonsense.

[shaunbhoy]

Four pints of cider usually followed by a leak

Cider is just apple juice. 1 pint is one of your 5-a-day Simon. For the full benefit, up your intake to 5 pints a day and you'll be just fine and dandy.

SB in "Nutrition Doctor" mode



NB "Leaks" don't count.....

[SimonMac]

Yep - I struggled with the whole 5 a day concept.

Four pints of cider usually followed by a leak

[suityou01]

Yep - I struggled with the whole 5 a day concept. Haven't been consciously doing it, but the recipes I've been trying are mostly based round vegetables, and actually it's pretty easy if you chop up veggies and shove them in your pasta / mince or whatever.

Glass of orange juice first thing and that's 1 of your 5. Apple at 11am, that's 2. Token veg with lunch and dinner for the rest.

[mudskipper]

I would have expected wind and constipation to be bed fellows, as the wind making microbes make hay from feeding on vegetation that humans can't otherwise digest.

I heard on QI the other day that 5-a-day in other countries is often much higher than it is in the UK. 10/day or something in France. I still find it hard to accept that it is 5 per day and not per month. Does an apple only count as 1 ffs?

Yep - I struggled with the whole 5 a day concept. Haven't been consciously doing it, but the recipes I've been trying are mostly based round vegetables, and actually it's pretty easy if you chop up veggies and shove them in your pasta / mince or whatever.

[TimberWolf]

Why, when I have eaten mainly vegetables for the last two weeks (had 7 of my 5 a day yesterday) am I so constipated? And windy? Haven't tulipped for about 4 days.

Might have to stock up on speckled hen to sort me out.

I would have expected wind and constipation to be bed fellows, as the wind making microbes make hay from feeding on vegetation that humans can't otherwise digest.

I heard on QI the other day that 5-a-day in other countries is often much higher than it is in the UK. 10/day or something in France. I still find it hard to accept that it is 5 per day and not per month. Does an apple only count as 1 ffs?

[suityou01]

???

Last thing you need is a trip to a restaurant. I was thinking more prune juice.

Ooh she is so base. Get your mind out of the gutter K2P2.

I do hope she didn't offend your sensibilities MF.

[mudskipper]

The fallout from this thread turned out to be more eventful than anticipated. A missed opportunity! Thanks for making me laugh.


Night all.


See you for tomorrow's weigh in. Hopefully post dumping a pound or two...

[mudskipper]

Maybe you need a little fat to - ahem - oil the wheels?

Edit: or have a fag.Nicotine helps apparently.

1yr, 13 months (or is that 2yrs 1 month) since my last ciggy. 21 years since I gave up smoking...

[Zippy]

Maybe you need a little fat to - ahem - oil the wheels?

Edit: or have a fag.Nicotine helps apparently.

[MarillionFan]

I don't think a trip up the oxo tower will help in this case.

???

Last thing you need is a trip to a restaurant. I was thinking more prune juice.

[mudskipper]

Hmmmm.



Edit: MF is a numpty

[mudskipper]

You know what you need don't you.

I don't think a trip up the oxo tower will help in this case.