Okay this could be offensive to some.

[Haggis McBagpipe]

Then there was a recent article in Canada's newspaper where one should eat white bread half the time. Seems the folic acid added to the enriched flour in more beneficial than a all whole grains diet.

!!!! Zoofer, you have just earned your keep around here. HELLO fried egg sandwiches on white bread.

 

[darkbeaver]

RE: Okay this could be of

The biggest killer of men over fifty is thier wives.

 

[Haggis McBagpipe]

Re: RE: Okay this could be of

The biggest killer of men over fifty is thier wives.

Well, how the heck else can they collect the insurance??

 

[Toro]

Re: RE: Okay this could be of

The biggest killer of men over fifty is thier wives.

After they've caught them with their secretaries!

 

[zoofer]

Yeah I didnt want to mention that aspect of it. I figured Haggis would not accept my hand in marriage lest she harden my arteries. 8)

Honey, stop nagging - you're killing me
Sharon Kirkey, CanWest News Service
Published: Friday, March 03, 2006

Couples who have heated arguments with each other are more likely to have health problems that those who do not, new research suggests.

A new study based on 150 healthy, older married couples found that women who are hostile toward their husbands during disagreements are more likely to have hardening of their coronary arteries.

For men, being controlling -- or being married to someone who is -- promotes atherosclerosis.

"It was intriguing that we could find a relationship between a six-minute behavioural snapshot of couples talking about an argument they have, and a silent but very serious condition in their coronary arteries," said researcher Tim Smith, a professor of psychology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

"These were all people who were outwardly healthy, but some had advanced atherosclerosis."

Prof. Smith's team interviewed married couples, mostly in their early sixties, who had no history of cardiovascular disease. The couples were taken into the lab and videotaped as they discussed something -- money, in-laws, kids -- that they had had disagreements about in the past.

Researchers who watched the tapes coded every comment into categories.

The list of hostile and dominating statements, for instance, included phrases such as, "You can be so stupid sometimes" and "You're too negative all the time."

The warm and submissive list had statements like: "Oh, that's a good idea, let's do it." :lol: :lol: :lol:

Some couples were so hostile they were referred to marriage counsellors. (The graduate students noted that couples are far more likely to be nicer to each other in front of strangers than they are when they're home alone.)

Two days later, each couple had a CAT scan to check for calcification of the arteries that supply the heart muscle with blood. Plaque is a build-up of fat, calcium and other substances that, over time, can lead to narrowing of the arteries and an eventual heart attack.

The researchers found that the more hostile and unfriendly the women were during the six-minute discussions, especially if their husbands were, too, the more severe the hardening of their arteries.

However, their arterial health was not influenced by whether they or their husband acted in a controlling or dominating way.

Men, on the other hand, who were more dominant or controlling, or whose wives were, were more likely than other men to have more severe hardening of the arteries.

The researchers haven't proved a cause and effect, but the findings jibe with what the literature says about psychological sex differences in what people find stressful in their lives.

"All the literature suggests women would be more attuned to, and as a result more upset by, difficulties in friendliness versus hostility, or how well people are getting along," Prof. Smith said in an interview, adding men are more bothered by who is in charge.

None of the findings on the CAT scans was a medical emergency.

link but I added smilies

 

[Toro]

Re: RE: Okay this could be offensive to some.

the meals can be as elaborate as you want them to be.

it may take a bit to adjust to changes in your palate though. North America has a "sweet tooth", for example.

edit: personal example:

I eat a fair bit of dulse. when I first ate it, it seemed foreign to me, but I found ways to work it into my diet because of what it offers and now I eat it plain as a snack - it melts in the mouth.

Here is a quick clip on what dulse offers:
Seaweeds are the richest source of absorbable minerals on the planet. The Purple Dulse Seaweed is 22% protein (dry weight) and is an excellent source of Vitamins A, C, E, and B-12 as well as calcium, iron, iodine, niacin, thiamin and trace minerals. It is low in sodium and high in potassium. The latest research describes that Purple Dulse Seaweed may help reverse hardening of the arteries, reduce high blood pressure, regress and prevent tumors, and even remove toxic metals from our bodies by transforming them into harmless salts (via a substance called alginic acid) that are easily eliminated

8O 8O

I'll buy you a beer and a steak if you want...

 

[the caracal kid]

more reason to transend the material.

 

[darkbeaver]

RE: Okay this could be of

I new there was a reason, thanks for pointing it out, I got divorced and cancelled my insurance.Fried egg sandwiches are a favorite of mine too, I make them with muti-grain bread and the little millionaires sardines plus cheddar cheeze, christ now I,am hungry and it,s to painfull to eat with this bloody tooth.

 

[Haggis McBagpipe]

I figured Haggis would not accept my hand in marriage lest she harden my arteries. 8)

It kind of comes down to a question of, "How much life insurance do you have, exactly?" (she said, sweetly)

 

[zoofer]

Quite a bit actually. Well a bit. It is accidental insurance. I pay the company a consideration to secure the payment of the sum assured on the happening of the the contingency insured against.
There are two contingencies. One being consumed by a great white Australian shark. The other being smothered by the love of a strong Irish woman. As there are no great whites in my hot tub I am pretty safe there.
Thre are no strong Irish women in my hot tub either but that may change if I get any answers from my ads in the County Cork Times.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

I love white bread but it is nutritionaly void, it has no positive qualities.

Not necessarily. I read in the Globe&Mail this morning that the soon to be released new version of the Canada Food Guide recommends daily consumption of white bread, as long as it's made from enriched white flour. "Enriched" just means they put back some of the nutritionally good stuff they removed in the bleaching process that turns it white. Just stay away from the plastic stuff like Wonder Bread. You can compress a whole loaf of that into a pellet the size of a golf ball, and eat it. Don't put a lot of liquid into your stomach for a couple of hours though, or that loaf might expand back to its original size. You could explode. 8O Go for the locally made French or Italian loaves at your local grocery store, or find a local bakery (got Buns Master where you live?) and buy their white bread. It's the mass produced commercial crap you need to stay away from.

Or you could make your own. It's not hard, it just takes a few hours one day to make all the bread you'll need for a week, unless you're a real glutton for the stuff. My wife has a lovely recipe for French bread that has never failed for us, it takes about three hours from start to finish, though most of that time is just waiting for the dough to rise so you could be posting a hundred comments in Canadian Content's fascinating forums in the meantime, and it's really excellent white bread. Want the recipe? I'll cheerfully post it here if anyone's interested. And if I can find it in the recipe file.

 

[Haggis McBagpipe]

Re: RE: Okay this could be of

I new there was a reason, thanks for pointing it out, I got divorced and cancelled my insurance.Fried egg sandwiches are a favorite of mine too, I make them with muti-grain bread and the little millionaires sardines plus cheddar cheeze, christ now I,am hungry and it,s to painfull to eat with this bloody tooth.

Speaking of which, how is that tooth this morning, Beaver? Just one day to go then you can reward yourself with not one but TWO fried egg sandwiches!

I don't know about fried egg sandwiches on multi-grain, though. Fried egg sandwiches MUST be made with white bread, it's a law of nature, I'm sure of it.

 

[Haggis McBagpipe]

it's really excellent white bread. Want the recipe? I'll cheerfully post it here if anyone's interested. And if I can find it in the recipe file.

Yes! By all means post it, Dex! Maybe post in in our Food, Cooking and Recipes area then let us know by posting a link to it here?

 

[Sassylassie]

Thanks but I hate cooking, If I have to take it out of a box that is classified as gourment cooking. I once went 7 months without grocery shopping, the other half was on a 8 month posting. Yes you can live on Peanut butter sandwiches. I also love Dulse and it is a great source of iron for those of us who don't like beef. I can't seem to get use to Whole Wheat bread, it taste awful. I am told it grows on you.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

I have done the deed. It's posted here

 

[RainbowChild]

yeh I like all the breads you got, esp. fried bannock! with butter or jam. Great fast snack but not for the health cautious.LOL

RainbowChild

 

[fuzzylogix]

Raisin bread! It has fruit in it.

 

[RainbowChild]

lol

 

[Canadian with a hyphen]

Sassy, I was the same ... only white bread tasted good. Last January, I visited my brother in Italy and he doesn't eat white bread so I got hooked on pumpernickel rye bread and avocado and u can add chicken, lettuce, tomatoes etc..(Now i am hungry)
And believe me the pumpernickel bread from Sobeys and Safeway are 10X better than the ones in Italy..

 

[missile]

Cheese bread, because it has the cheese already embedded in it..it's almost as tasty as raisin bread