We started the New Year with a 'Detox Day', (not that any of our number had partied to excess the night before, of course.) We had a walk in the garden, to blow the cobwebs away, followed by a healthy foods tasting session in the afternoon. We made fruit 'shots' consisting of melon, raspberry, blueberry and pomegranate, which were delicious. We then tried sunflower and pumpkin seeds and the fashionable new 'superfood' chia seeds. Chia is claimed to be full of protein and vitamins, and even more loaded with anti-oxidants than blueberries. And what did it taste like? 'Crunchy dust', was the general consensus!
We sampled ginger and lemon tea, green tea and Earl Grey, before settling for Tetley after all!
Ginger and lemon are said to be good for the digestion. Green tea is thought to help with meditation and concentration, and in oriental medicine its bitter flavour is considered important in balancing the diet.
People usually prefer salt, sweet and sour flavours, it is more difficult to persuade them to choose bitter tastes, (consider the widespread aversion to sprouts and broccoli), but green tea drinkers make a habit of making this choice.
There were no converts this time though, and 'ordinary' tea with milk (and sugar) was welcomed with open arms at the end of the afternoon.
