Why do you build me up, butternut baby, chestnut lentil me down? 10/10 club - all welcome!

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For anyone who wants a boost to their general health. The suggested goals are:

EAT 10 PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY - if you don't usually eat much fruit and veg I would build up gradually or you could upset your digestion.

DO (AT LEAST) 10 MINUTES OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY - can be yoga, stretching or something more energetic. The plan is that the idea of doing 10 minutes is not too daunting, and having started you may well find you want to do more.

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pretty ribbon?

Dried fruit, like cranberries and cherries?

Glitter???

Pretend jewels?

Oh dear Frothy. There's something about 'frothy' and 'yeast' together that's making me wince a bit.

Has ALL alcohol really got yeast in it? I didn't know that. Can you be tested for it?

I'm glad you're feeling better though - that's good isn't it.

Toot i would so buy a jar of fabric scraps! Or beads or buttons - definitely - i want to buy a jar of those things now!

I would love a jar of buttons .

How much would it cost to fill a jar with buttons?

What size fabric scraps?

I'm sure it would cost lots of and lots. But it would be lovely .

fabric scraps different size patcvhes in the middle with buttons around the bottom f the central core

Marbles would be good.

chant, you feckers, chant

I have made a spell.

I can't chant that because of the frothy and yeasty bit together. I'm chanting something else, but it means the same ok?

ok

I really do feel a bit better at the mo

I even went for a walk to the end of the street and back

That's good - that's really positive - you have to remember this if you have a not so good day - there are good days and you will get better. hooray for you!

Toot - we do this at school. Stickers, hair bobbles, little packets of seeds, home made xmas decorations (fir cones sprayed gold, salt dough shapes with glitter and ribbon, hone nade sweets, little stocking fillery toys (wooden spinny tops) bouncy balls etc. I bung in all the crap plastic dinosaurs my kids accumulate from party bags

what and why are we chanting? I do good spells, me!

I bought DD a jar and put some buttons in for her birthday. She loves looking out for a new one to go in it. I haven't quite forgiven her for losing my 1920's crystal studded spherical shoe button but I am trying.

Yeast is indeed in all alcohol. Candida is a pain to get rid of and boy do you crave sugar/carbs/wheat/yeast when you have got it. The lethargy, the cravings, irritability and yet all you want to do is cram in some more cake. Bizarre.

I haven't quite been able to hold off this cold but I feel like I am moving throught the stages of it quite quickly, like I'm recovering from it without properly getting it, a sort of whistle stop tour. That'll be the cideeer vinegeerrr

sorry what was the chanting for..

so how much cider vinegar do you inbibe? and how? I have heard of it's mircaulous properties before...

MrsC, wasn't that accent more Pakistani than Somerset?
When shall we go to Pulse? I could get a lift to the train station quite early one weekday - i'd have dd2 with me.

I drink a little in with vit c and echinacea toddy/juice and gargle it in with sage salt and warm water. Kills the virus where it multiplies in the back of the throat apparently. Drinking it really helps with energy too.

I don't think you should have vinegars with candida/yeast problems though as they are fermented. I suppose you could weigh up the pro's and cons.

I'm chating up a guy on msn..he is hard work

where can one buy cider vinegar?

Could go this week, maybe Wednesday or Thursday, or next week...

Lol Zippi - don't bother then if he's hard work already!

you can get it in any supermarket but I use the unpastuerised stuff from a cider company as it has more enzymes. Good excuse to go and buy some cider anyway.