For quite a few months now I have been having a banana smoothie once a day usually with two frozen bananas and sometimes a scoop of organic protein powder mostly once I get home from my swim at the pool on weekdays with lactose free milk as I am lactose intolerant. Sometimes I have it after dinner.
“The most ethical diet just so happens to be the most environmentally sound diet and just so happens to be the healthiest.”
Dr. Michael Greger
I have been struggling with my weight after injuring my foot beach walking about a year ago and used to beach walk two hours every morning seven days a week. Now I only do 45 minutes a day walking to and from the bus stop ten minutes each way and ten laps in the pool which is about 25 minutes.
I have been a vegetarian for about five years and enjoy it. And sometimes in the past.
Just recently I have started seeing a dietician named Gabi and it’s easy to remember her name as I think of Gabi Hollows from the Fred Hollows Foundation: Fred’s partner who has survived Fred and still plays a part in the foundation that restores sight to the poor for just $25 Australian dollars an operation.
“In the years since Fred died, Gabi has devoted herself to The Foundation she and Fred started together. Being able to restore a person’s sight, bring joy and a chance at a better life is what drives her day after day, just as it did Fred. I really think that I just enjoy what I do.”
“Gabrielle Beryl Hollows AO (née O’Sullivan; 21 May 1953) is an Australian orthoptist. An Australian Living Treasure, she has also been awarded the Advance Australia Award for Community Service, and made Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International. She was married to the Australian ophthalmologist Fred Hollows from 1980 until his death in 1993.”
Wiki
“When you become more mindful of what you put in your body every day, that mindfulness will seep into everything you do.”
Russell Simmons
I love this quote and I agree that once I became a vegetarian again, I became more mindful about my psychological food too which has made me more balanced and relaxed but I still have a way to go.
“Vegetarian diets tend to have fewer calories, lower levels of saturated fat and cholesterol, and more fiber.”
NIH News in Health
I agree with this quote but just because you are vegetarian it doesn’t mean it’s easy to lose weight as I still struggle with my weight but I mainly eat a healthy balanced diet.
In conclusion I just ate a royal gala apple and an apple a day keeps the doctor away but so does a banana smoothie. Apart from the Fred Hollows Foundation there are many other important charities in Australia and Aid agencies including: World Vision Australia, Australian Red Cross, Caritas Australia, CARE Australia, Oxfam, Wesley Mission, Momentum Collective, Vinnies and Doctors Without Borders. A lot of them are branches of international agencies.
