Real butter contains C15 fatty acid, deemed to be a good fat for the body and heart.
1 Like
Eating much less of it now, only one pack in the fridge, whereas before I always had 3. One of the reasons I am eating less, I have tried toast (my previous only breakfast food) with honey on, no butter, no marmalade. It is ok but not encouraging.
This morning just one digestive biscuit with my coffee, but I did have 2 little glasses today, not just the one. Thatâs warm water isnât it? What could be better? But I have just had a definite shot of deja vu, warm water was what I was drinking for 4 days as a cure for my trapped wind which turned out to be the heart attack. 
There you go, proof positive that warm water causes heart attacks. 
I shall make a misleading YouTube video about that at once, proving that the Earth is flat and all doctors are charlatans.
No harm in putting a modicum of butter on your toast underneath the honey I would have thoughtâŚ
3 Likes
Iâll give it a try, as soon as I can get away from this keyboard. You must be right because I heard that some time ago a walker was killed by a car mounting the pavement and since then I have always stuck strictly to the road and here I still am.
However, perhaps the frights I got in the middle of the road brought on the heart attack. 
1 Like
Dont use a modicum, use plenty as the fat tempers down the sugar in the honey reducing insulin spikes.
1 Like
And itâs more delicious that way.
Currently reading this
and enjoying it very much.
Edited to correct mistype.
1 Like
My OH was speaking to her eldest earlier in the year (January). He said he had read Butter before Christmas and recommended it. She then spent a whole day trying to find it until I pointed out it was just called Butter and he had read it before Xmas.
4 Likes
We used to get a reduced fat butter in Germany. It had yoghurt mixed in with it. Tasted good. Meggle was the brand, I think. Havenât seen it here, but maybe it, or something similar, is available near you.
That weight loss sounds like dehydration - are you managing to get enough fluid down your neck?
The body can survive for much longer just with water/fluid if necessary, even if food is not taken. But fluid is essemtial.
Also coffee is a diuretic and causes fluid to be excreted - so coffee doesnât count for its full measure - better to balance with water if fluid needs to be increased - tea is in between and has other good qualities. Some dlluted fruit juice or the old colonial favourite - flat Coca Cola or tea and plain boiled rice,
3 Likes
I am up with my normal intake of water, a minimum of 2 glasses a day, coffee about the same, tea never, pure orange juice also about 2 glasses a day but, apart from a modicum of red wine for chabrol (not every day just the days I have soup) and one of calvados in my after dinner coffee, I have not had alcohol at all.
So no extra fluid.
Coca Cola Ugh !!
David that is a habit you should try to reduce. Each glass contains the juice and zero fibre of about 10 oranges and you simply could not consume that many. It is a sugar bomb spiking insulin and therefore inflamation higher than full sugar coke.
1 Like
OMG, yet more I have to avoid, I am wasting away here because of stuff I cannot ingest and now itâs the humble orange.
On the good side, the doc came this morning and prodded and poked then gave me a lengthy ordonnance saying the pharmacist will explain. She must be a good person because she petted Jules and was pleased when he started his mournful plea as she was leaving âNe me quitte pasâ.
My trusty gardienne, Marie-Paule was available so we were soon off to the chemist. I had the unbelievable luck to be served by the owner, the much denigrated by Annabel (Franâs aide and current partner of her former partner), but lauded by me as she not only went through a detailed explanation of all the stuff but actually prepared and presented a once a day inhaler so that I could take the first shot there and then. This is not the Ventolin, that is also prescribed but this time with a stern warning from both doc and pharmacist (also @Susannah ), only in urgence.
I also noted, as we gazed into each othersâ blue eyes, very beautiful. 
WHAT ? Just saying, credit where itâs due.
Wonât say that to Annabel next time I see her though. 
3 Likes
No, you are not eating the humble orange, nothing wrong with the humble orange. You are consuming an ultra processed sugar bomb. Thats simply not good for you.
I thought it was pure straight from the fruit, juice, squished out of oranges, not processed.
Iâm not getting into the butter debate (thereâs enough going on round here as a new village shop has opened and they only stock Montfleuri so half the populace is up in armsâŚ) but just wishing you a speedy recovery @David_Spardo xx
3 Likes
When you think about it, if you lose 1lb a week on your diet, that will be nearly 4 stone in a year - thatâs if you need to lose that much!
Sorry but I still canât get to grips with kg - much prefer stones and pounds.
Thank you I feel a bit better already, apart from the headache sorting out all my new medicines and merging them with the existing. I have never had so many drugs in the whole of my life, (7-1-3) half expecting someone to come along and take my licence away.
Hence diluted, if fruit juice. Itâs usually high in a fast-metabolising sugar and some sugar is good if youâre not eating but not in too big a lump.
As Corona says more than about 1 glass per day of orange juice may overload your system more than other non-citrus juices especially if they are diluted, and ideally should be avoided especially if youâre at a time when youâre not having much else.
People vary in their requirenents for daily fluid but UK doctors used to suggest trying for about 2 litres per day (tea counts) as an ideal minimum plus any coffee. That has relaxed a bit now as itâs being recognised some people need less. More in hot weather or for sweaty blokes 
. A glass is usually about 250 ml ie one quarter of one litre.
Food also usually contains quite a lot of invisible water too. Not much in chips though, before you ask .
Has doctor come and had a look yet ? EDIT Seen yes. Good.
1 Like
Is that good : Bovaer ? And has China bought Arla by now ?
It doesnt work like that, as you loose weight your metabolism slows as a way of protecting you from losing weight so you loose less and less going forward unless you can increase your metabolism. If it were that simple all those fat loss clubs would have suceeded.
2 Likes