My current diet

[RRM]

I read in the adidic oranges thread viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1893 RRM that you store oranges for up to 4 months; what temperature is that at? Do they dry out? (I guess not as you wrote that they become sweeter). Would the wasted oranges if a few go bad undue the savings from the deal?

These were oranges that were not ripe at all.
They were very hard and acidic and not at all susceptible to going bad.
There was hardly any waste at all, i think.
I put them outside, and then any temp is okay, as long as its not freezing.
No, they dont dry out.

[Mr. PC]

Ok, well I only bought 100lbs, about 240 oranges, which should only last me 24 days anyway (less if my family eats them.

I should have bought 200 lbs in that case, and store the hard ones separately (actually I did do that, although there's a little crossover, and in the cold storage, which is about 6 degrees celcius, they all feel hard, so it's hard to tell them apart).

Anyway, thanks guys. Next time I may use the wrapping paper, and with the hardness knowledge, I can confidently buy 2 or 3 times as much.

[overkees]

I don't understand why oranges are such a big hassle. I always look on the internet where the oranges are in discount and go to this store (by bike) and buy 20 kg which lasts me for 4-5 days. Sometimes I can get m as cheap as 0.66 euros, that's 0.90 CAD. Normally, without discount, they cost me 1 euro to 1.70 euros. That's way to expensive... I'm sure if you do some research you will find a place where you can buy them cheap.

[Mr. PC]

Not on a regular basis, they're constantly fluctuating. That's why I went in bulk for that one sale, although my Dad tells me there's now an even better sale on. Must be the season or something.

So I probably will go get another, maybe 150 lbs? Maybe I can up my count.

So my question, which may seem like common sense but I have to ask. Right now my diet basically looks like, /day

1 avocado
1 banana
1 tomato
8 oranges
6 eggyolk
olive oil (uncertain, but lots I think, maybe 50ml )


If I were to up the 8 oranges to 15 oranges per day, because of the sale, will I feel smarter, stronger, more energetic, do better at school etc. than I would with the 8 / day plus sugar? I have a practicum / block teaching placement coming up, and I really want to do well. I had a personality / belief conflict at my last placement and I need to impress this time. I'm even thinking of drinking tea/coffee for the next month if that would improve my performance (although I know it's not good for long-term health).

[RRM]

If I were to up the 8 oranges to 15 oranges per day, because of the sale, will I feel smarter, stronger, more energetic, do better at school etc. than I would with the 8 / day plus sugar?

Your nutrient intake seems ok to me,
though on the low side (for some), so that extra oranges indeed might make you feel better.
Please try.

I have a practicum / block teaching placement coming up, and I really want to do well.

Then indeed take extra oranges.

[Mr. PC]

Thanks RRM.

I've been eating extra oranges, and feeling a lot better. Although now I've caught another cold / virus, which feels exactly like the last cold I had. I'm thinking about taking an anti-viral to kill it, even if it's not good for my long-term health because 1-I need to be healthy to finish my teaching practicum in April, 2-I'm going to Comic Con this weekend, with someone I really care about, which is a really big deal for me, and I want to be at my best. Would an anti-viral kill this thing? (I'm assuming it's a virus, I have stuffy nose, cough, sneeze, yellow mucus coughed up, dry throat, and different symptoms rearing their heads at different times; not all at once.) An MD takes months to see in Canada, and I'll be better by then. I just need to get through the next few weeks. I'm assuming extra oranges and not eating munch foods will help?

[RRM]

The ONLY thing that will help, is getting a lot of sleep now, because the only thing that can kill this virus, is your defense.
Every extra hour that you can get for this, is very helpful.
So, we are not not talking about your regular sleeping hours, but extra hours of sleep.
Taking an anti-viral only mak

I'm assuming extra oranges and not eating munch foods will help?

Yes, because you were obviously consuming too little natural food.
Not eating munch foods helps because then your defense can dedicate 'all its troops' to fighting the virus.
But, sleep is even more important.

[Mr. PC]

So all this time I spend trying to learn how to stop being sick, I should be spending on sleep. Easy 'nuff

Thanks

[RRM]

Exactly. Sleep is by far the most effective.
Number 2 is sleep, and number 3 is sleep.

[Mr. PC]

So I'm wondering, the last multivitamins I was using were really old. I got new ones that come in gel capsules, and are supposedly a higher absorption rate. Would it be a good idea for me to pour the dust-stuff from them into sugar water? I have lots of oranges right now, but eventually they'll go expensive again. The vitamins turn the water an orangy brown.

Would they absorb better in sugar water, being sipped gradually?

[RRM]

the last multivitamins I was using were really old. I got new ones that come in gel capsules, and are supposedly a higher absorption rate.

The idea is that when you take them without capsules, your intestines will get 'exposed' to all the concentrated vitamins / minerals at the same time,
making the body try to lower the absorption rate as much as possible.
And that the gel capsules are digested slowly, so that this is a time-release effect.
Whether that makes any difference is the question, because if you take only one oill, all the vitamins / minerals will be released at the same time;
at the moment thast the digestive enzymes have penetrated through the capsule.
Only if you have to take multiple pills, the capsules might not break down at the same time,
but then again; you can also achieve that by taking normal pills not at the same time (with intervals).

Would they absorb better in sugar water, being sipped gradually?

Yes, in theory, but i dont know to what extend vitamins will get oxidized that way.

[Mr. PC]

Is there any way for me to find that out? All I can find on Pub Med is how Oxidant stress affects humans and the role that Vitamins play. Nothing to do with vitamins oxidizing in water.


BTW, last night I at some low grade beef that had been in the fridge for a while. It tasted awful (like cheep processed baloney). I should've listened to my body (I constantly learn this the hard way) but I didn't. I also ate slimy fish (took it out of the freezer), and only a few egg yolks. Today I had stomach aches and nausea that would come in waves. I'm assuming the way I feel (still not great) is because of that, although I already had a cold.

From now on, I'm seriously going to listen to my body and only eat what it wants, which generally means not as many eggyolks, and not buying frozen salmon. It's too bad, because sometimes the frozen salmon is great, and I love getting it at restaurants, but when it's bad it's really gross, and makes you sick.

Any advice? Should I take antibiotics? I've just been having lots of fiber, avocados and oranges, to try to push it out of my system. My body tells me no eggyolk tonight.

[dime]

Any advice? Should I take antibiotics? I've just been having lots of fiber, avocados and oranges, to try to push it out of my system. My body tells me no eggyolk tonight.

If it was something spoiled, or it had too much bad bacteria, your body would've pushed it out itself, via diarrhea.
Your stomach ache is more probably because of the lots of fiber/avocados/oranges mixture.

[Mr. PC]

That makes sense; I've been getting sick a lot this semester, maybe from stress.

[RRM]

I've been getting sick a lot this semester, maybe from stress.

Maybe from undereating real food (micronutrients)...