This is a blog about healthy eating (and drinking)\u2026both informed by conversations and\u00a0articles read in Australia earlier this year. Maybe some ideas to SWP (steal with pride)?\u00a0 You decide.<\/p>\n
[Health warning \u2013 this might seem a bit surreal after some recent \u2018heavy\u2019 topics. But in the words of the film, \u2018Notting Hill’, hopefully \u201cSurreal, but nice!\u201d]<\/p>\n
One thing I am finding helpful is what I call the 4:3 nutrition rule\u2026not the 2 day a week fasting diet fad. Nor the \u2018no booze during the week\u2019 mantra. Rather, thinking of a few things to avoid Monday to Thursday\u2026such as wheat products (bread and beer). Seems to work really well for fine tuning the balance between exercise and ingestion.<\/p>\n
One thing that has wheat in it, is beer. I play drums in a band. I like drinking beer when gigging. I drum up quite a thirst \u2013 literally, but don\u2019t want too much beer (alcohol and calories that is \u2013 the fluid is ok). A leading Australian educationalist shared with me the idea of diluting beer with soda water\u2026a tip I find very useful. See what you (or someone you know who likes beer) makes of what I call The Oz Beer Trick. It works on the basis of the boiling frog analogy \u2013 how we don\u2019t really notice subtle changes going on around us. It works with cocktails too \u2013 and I think I can use with wine if I am careful.<\/p>\n
So what is it and how does it work?<\/p>\n
1) Order a pint of soda or sparkling water with your beer (soda water is free in most pubs in the UK).<\/p>\n
2) As you drink the beer top up the glass with soda every couple of mouthfuls.<\/p>\n
3) The Beer gets progressively weaker, but in a way that you don\u2019t really notice.<\/p>\n
4) You end up having what feels like 2 pints of beer, but is in fact one.<\/p>\n
5) You get to just over 1% alcohol, but don\u2019t really notice the weaker taste\u2026the impact is still there, it is almost homeopathic.<\/p>\n
If you want a bit more on the maths behind this, let me know and I will share a spread sheet!<\/p>\n
Ps<\/p>\n
And why “Venn in Action”? \u2013 two reasons<\/p>\n
1) The band and beer angle of the main text<\/p>\n
2) And I am in Australia at the moment \u2013 and have a band practice next Monday when home – but sans beer (as it is a Monday : ))<\/p>\n
Pps<\/p>\n