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When serving fruit...... !!!!!

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“Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine Kind words and kind deeds.” ABOUT FRUITS..When serving fruit, it is best to eat it alone or at the beginning of the meal. Fruits is so readily digestible that it deserves to be first place in the stomach’s list. Otherwise it ferments. Whatever goes in stomach first is digested first, and sets the pace for the rest of the meal to come. Fats and proteins are digested much slower than most fruits and vegetables. If fruits are eaten after bread, butter, and beans for ex. they are forced to wait in the stomach for as long as it takes these heavy foods to digest. This delay in a hot wet acid environment causes fermentation, gas and belching, unnecessarily.        Fruits are one of the cleansing and most valuable foods. Used in proper position and appropriate time they are ...

KEEP FOOD FRESHER....

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Do your fruits and vegetables always go bad before you eat them? Follow these simple storage tips to preserve the taste and help them live longer. ·         Not all fruit and veg benefit from being kept in the cold- as a general rule; if it’s tropical, don’t keep in the refrigerator. Mangoes, avocados and bananas are all good examples of this. ·         Fruits such as apricots, peaches, nectarines and pears give off a natural gas that causes other fruit and veg to ripen more quickly. Broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber and carrots are affected and if already ripe they should be kept separately or they’ll perish. ·         To increase the life of bagged salads, rinse leaves, drain and put into a shallow container. Drape a piece of damp kitchen paper over, cover and chill. ·         Keep herbs fresh- removes from pack...