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You're not only fit - you're behind the times

It's Five a Day now

My mother has always said eat "everything in moderation" and I have to admit, I think she's right.

If you cut out all the stuff that's "bad" for you, you may live a long time but you'd be bloody miserable.

My Governor suffers with arthritis and her finger joints swell painfully if she eats Oranges or Tomatoes

I find eating celery helps considerably to ease crunching knees and stiff joints. I put the extract from the web site to support what I've said about it clearing the deposits from the joints rather than believing everything it said. I discovered eating lots of celery helped just by experience. I seem to get a liking for Waldorf salad with celery, apple and walnuts etc. at the same time I'm seizing up from eating too much acid fruits and it always helps. I try to eat some raw most days at this time of the year.

I must say I don't cut down on all those lovely ripe fruits. Just another thought, very ripe fruits don't seem to cause as much of a problem as under ripe ones.

Geoff wrote:I wouldn't worry Primrose, I would suggest that posting is total bollocks, ......

Geoff, not perhaps the most polite response to someone who researched the original details from the thread starter.

Oxalic acid would seem to be the link from the first posts on the thread. Probably what Chantal said is the real key, "moderation", perhaps that particular "Jesse'es diet, 'This week I are mostly bin eating Rhubarb compote'" is not one to follow too closely.

By all means disagree, but please phrase it a bit more tactfully, as in "I dsagree with Peter" or "That website Peter found is talking absolute bollocks."

Apologies, as you say it was the original not the post I was criticising.
It was prompted by listening to "You and Yours" and discovering the only professionally controlled job title in this area is "Dietician". "Nutritionist" and "Nutritional Therapist" basically have no meaning and I could have replied by saying "as a nutritional therapist I disagree with that advice". In fact the contributor from the dieticians professional body said they often had to sort out patients who had followed non-professional advice. I felt this herbalist article fell into that category.