Yesterday, I wrote about eating rabbit food healthy. Today on a whim I googled ‘foods to avoid for gout’. I suffer from gout in my right leg, one of the reasons I use my walking stick.
Just look at those scallops… juicy, delicious scallops
The first reference: Eight foods to avoid…
- steak & red meat
- scallops
- herring
- turkey
- beer
- soda
- asparagus
- liver
OMG, just bury me now!
The good news is I can drink coffee.
I can drink water too as long as it’s not in beer. I can eat rabbit food.
Why, oh why do I do such stupid things on a whim? I would have preferred not to know. The same reason I have no idea of my cholesterol level nor my blood pressure; I just just don’t want to know. Life is short enough without these stressful thoughts surging through one’s brain further shortening life. I want to enjoy what life I have.
I have always been of the opinion that hardening of the arteries and heart problems were a result of modern living, but I read yesterday that they weren’t unknown 4,000+ years ago. Evidence has been found in a study of mummies (what about the daddies?) from various parts of the world, that they also suffered from these problems, in the same age groups as today.
So another myth busted.
Later, I will go and wallow in misery.
Life is but a Labyrinth 
I know its not the same, but there are ways to make your ‘rabbit food’ taste better. I used to call kale lizard food because when I had my iguana, I used to feed it to him. Now I sautee’ it with onion, garlic, bacon and olive oil and I can’t get enough of it. Maybe you could find and try some creative recipes. Good luck!
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>THV, It’s not that I’m afraid of rabbit food, I just don’t want to start laying Easter eggs at my time of life. As a chef I know a lot of recipes that could be possibilities, one of my favourites is spinach sauteed with golden garlic and a cream sauce. The problem is preparing meals for one; I tend toward the quick ‘n easy.
Thanks for stopping by and the comment, appreciated.
AV
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Meals for 1 are always hard. They never sell small enough portions of anything and separating it all once you buy it is such a pain innit?!
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You have my every sympathy. It’s so damn boring when you have to omit certain foods for health reasons. I’m sure there is a multitude of stuff that I shouldn’t be scoffing and I’d be half the size if I laid off the beer etc but hey ho.
I’ve gone off meat since living here. It’s not that I don’t like it, it’s more a case of not liking the way animals are kept and the abattoirs where they are slaughtered. This means that I now live on beans, beans, beans, beans and by that I mean all the pulses as well. Luckily I’m creative in the kitchen and have come up with some half decent recipes. The only draw back is that Irishman is very much a meat and two veg sort of a guy so it means making 2 different meals every evening.
I’ve yet to meet a man who is as passionate about chana masala as I am!! 😀
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>Lottie, I’ve not been put off, they say one must suffer for ones pleasures. I have so few pleasures, I don’t see why I should forgo them. Beans are the staple diet here in Brazil, you could go crazy here on beans and rice.
AV
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Well I haven’t been able to touch alcohol for nearly 7 years and its tough. But you get used to it. You can keep herring. I can’t live without steak. Chocolate isn’t on the verboten list and neither is smelly cheese. Sorry old stick, I’m off for a Spanish pork chop. Gout is grim so it’s probably worth doe sacrifices even if its not the full list.
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Doe = some. Sorry
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>Andrew, when I drink alcoholic beverages I try not to let them dally on the way down, so I don’t really touch them. 🙂 Not a herring fan myself, so I have decided that they will be among my sacrifices. Chocolate, I have it on good authority that 50gms of dark chocolate is good for the heart because of the level of cocoa; therefore, I have a nightly nibble – doctors orders. Read today’s post, I did the same last night…
AV
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