Even you, the lactose-intolerant individuals.

Delicious organic probiotic yogurt

It is a wonderfood, low-fat, and has a nice supply of calcium for those bones. Ignore the common shelf super-sweetened yogurt packs – you’d be surprised at how much sugar is added. Use honey – the good stuff – to further combine wholesome nature smooth goodness which your body will thank you for.

Ok, says the lactose-intolerant individual, how does yogurt help me – it has lactose! Funnily enough, the same bacteria which make yogurt yogurt actually help digest lactose; some of them produce the required enzyme lacking for lactose digestion. As a further bonus in just about most people, they aid digestion. Some manufacturers go further and add even more cultures in, though beware of the duff labels which claim to offer such greatness (the food agencies will have spanked some of them for misleading advertisement by now).

It’s interesting to note that several decades ago, any kind of bacteria is bbad m’kay? however, as with what’s happened with the perception of FAT and many other aspects of nutrition, it has been shown that a number of types are beneficial for you, if not essential. They help your digestive system run smoothly, help fend off gut  diseases, and there are even claims of reducing the chance of cancer! Not withstanding the lack of full scientific backup of this claim right now, anything that reduces the incident of cancer must be good right?

Anyway, my point is, go get some now! and get some honey to go with it if you prefer it sweet! To get you started, here’s what I eat at breakfast for a good low-GI start in the day:

• portion of Muesli
• Probiotic yogurt (enough to more than cover the muesli)
• teaspoon of Honey

Stir the lot together in a bowl, eat it.

(BTW if Martin is reading this – you should eat yogurt. It really helps, I promise! Mix it with your hemp protein stuff)

Sushi wrap. Seemingly only available from the Canary Wharf branch of Waitrose. Not often have a chance to go buy these.

Also available: Salmon sushi wrap

Any other branches sell these wraps?

“Strawberry cheesecake.”

Now, some of you will think of me as being ‘silly‘ for even thinking about taking pictures of food, which invariably will be eaten, digested and absorbed into the body by the time the picture is published. However, if you imagine well presented food as art, it’s the type of art that will exist briefly before it disappears; a once in a lifetime act – even replicas will not be exactly the same. Hand made designer clothing? uh huh. Hand made vases? uh.. well, £30 from TK Maxx!

And when the food is eaten, digested and absorbed, that food – that art – will become part of you; you are what you eat. In a nutshell, you have within you a special edition piece of one-off art – good for those who like to think of themselves as artistic.

Anyway, carrying on the analogy, if it happens to be factory-processed ready meals (analogic to postcards), it would not be special art, it is a convenience. Eating kebab – that’s just like splashing paint all over a wall; whether you like that kind of thing – yes, it’s fun once in a while, but doesn’t necessarily do anything good for you.

Finally, as my significant other would say, Diets do not work! Crash diets are bad! Bad diet is bad art! lack of good food is lack of good colour! So yes, keep eating [good stuff], keep exercising, keep up the cultural development.
Besides, it’s 10am, I’ve not properly slept yet, any excuse to post pictures of food would do!