Finding My Omega 3 Vitamins

Most vegetables stay good for about a week and a half. It depends on the vegetable. Tomatoes go bad a little sooner, small hot peppers stay good a little longer, but typically if you're buying fresh veggie produce from your local grocer, plan on eating it by the end of the week.

I'm finding out recently that meat doesn't last that long. When I hit the grocery store, I'll typically grab "manager's special" items before the regularly priced stuff. For those of you who don't know, the reason a product is a "manager's special" is because it's about to go rotten. Or already has.

And that's exactly what has happened to me several times. I buy a couple steaks, eat one, and leave the other in the fridge for a few days only to find out it's stale is a joke about airline food.

So I quit buying the "manager's specials." I bought the regular meat, assuming it would last much longer, like a vegetable. Turns out you only get a couple more days of freshness, if that on pretty much any meat. Chicken seems to hold out a bit longer than pork or cow, but not by much. Overall, the lesson here is to buy your meat on the same day you eat, or the day before at the latest. This takes a bit more planning on my part, but I guess that's just the way it has to be. On a different note, I went to the vitamin shop yesterday and got the best multivitamin, something called the Master Formula. It's brilliant!

Most vegetables stay good for about a week and a half. It depends on the vegetable. Tomatoes go bad a little sooner, small hot peppers stay good a little longer, but typically if you're buying fresh veggie produce from your local grocer, plan on eating it by the end of the week.

I'm finding out recently that meat doesn't last that long. When I hit the grocery store, I'll typically grab "manager's special" items before the regularly priced stuff. For those of you who don't know, the reason a product is a "manager's special" is because it's about to go rotten. Or already has.

And that's exactly what has happened to me several times. I buy a couple steaks, eat one, and leave the other in the fridge for a few days only to find out it's stale is a joke about airline food.

So I quit buying the "manager's specials." I bought the regular meat, assuming it would last much longer, like a vegetable. Turns out you only get a couple more days of freshness, if that on pretty much any meat. Chicken seems to hold out a bit longer than pork or cow, but not by much. Overall, the lesson here is to buy your meat on the same day you eat, or the day before at the latest. This takes a bit more planning on my part, but I guess that's just the way it has to be. On a different note, I went to the vitamin shop yesterday and got the best multivitamin, something called the Master Formula. It's brilliant!

...you make it with MEAT!!!

I never muched liked chili. Red, green, or otherwise chili just wasn't my thing. Not because of the peppers, I love peppers, I just didn't much care for large amounts of beans. Yeah, as a vegetarian that was rough, considering beans are one of the few reliable vegetarian protein sources. But as an unvegetarian, I can now discard the beans and put actual, honest to goodness beef, turkey, and pork in a chile.

And it's wonderful.

I made a green pork chile the other day, not one bean in the whole recipe. I'll admit, the concoction was a touch salty, but I guess that's to be expected. So, I've just opened up a whole new world of food and flavor by adding chilis to my palatable dishes.

And the best thing? I don't have to worry about gas!

Another great thing about chili, is besides being tasty with meat, it also fits snuggly into a caveman diet. Unlike the weight loss shake, chili is actually filling, and you can reheat it in the microwave.

By the way, I've been taking these new omega 3 supplements. The omega 3 vitamins come in a coated capsule that disolves in the lower intestine so I no longer have to worry about fish burp. Exquisite!

As a vegetarian, I was a big fan of Indian food. I suppose it's because nobody eats cows in their country, but they've figured out how to make a host of wonderful, meatless dishes. Peas, and curries, and little fried vegetable clusters, and massalla, and yogurts galore, the Indians do vegetarian well.

Now as an unvegetarian I've been revisiting my favorite classic Indian cuisine, but adding in the meat.

I used to make a mean spinach and eggplant curry. I have updated to spinach and chicken curry and its even better, and healthier than ever, because I don't fry the chicken beforehand like I did the eggplant.

I've been putting massala in many of my dishes. Massala is an onion, tomato, spice mixture, its the base for many traditional indian dishes, like fried rice is the base for many Chinese dishes. the healthiness of all these veggie/chicken combos is off the charts. I mean, talk about the benefits of vitamins! If I'm not careful, I may have washboard abs before too long.

So Indian food is a winner for vegetarians and unvegetarians alike. Whether the chicken, or the pig, or the cow, is chopped up into the bowl is only secondary to the great flavors of the five C's: curry, coriandor, cloves, chili powder, and cardamom.

Oh, and make sure you get your vitamins online too!

I must confess, I drink Diet Coke. And I drink a lot of it. I've been drinking diet coke ever since it was invented. I loved it thirty years ago, and I still love it today. I can go through 40 or 50oz of diet coke in a day if I'm not paying attention.

I know this doesn't have much to do with the vegetarian vs. carnivore debate, so we'll call it a "bi-partisan" issue.

Completely happy was I drinking down that artificially sweetened beverage until recent years. More and more studies are popping up about the harmful effects of diet soda, specifically diet coke. One of the studies suggested that diet coke wasn't any better than regular coke because the body fooled itself into thinking it was taking in sugar, and reacted accordingly. Oh my! Not my favorite beverage! Other studies warn of the harmful health effects of artificial sweeteners. I'm less inclined to believe these studies. Nevertheless, there have been many.

So, what is a former vegetarian to do? I'm thinking of going "all natural" (no, not naked, at 71, that's not a good idea). I'm thinking of only eating whole foods, organic or for the most parts non processed. I know there is a liberal definition of "organic." I guess I'll just have to use my good judgement. That means no weight loss shake, not that I'd take those anyway. But I'm also thinking of giving up the best multivitamins in exchange for real foods. Hmmmm, maybe not.

Finally, just for fun, here's a man my son's age who wrote a post on abs on a high fat diet. It's pretty entertaining.