Gary wrote:
> songbird wrote:
>> Gary wrote:
>> > I read an article once that suggested eating a small
>> > apple 20-30 minutes before you cook dinner. You'll find
>> > yourself cooking a much smaller dinner. I tried it and
>> > it works.
>>
>> if you don't have apples a few prunes or any other fruit
>> and a glass of hot water in the middle of winter also helps
>> make you feel a lot fuller for longer, extra fiber hardly
>> ever hurts most people as they don't get enough anyways.
>
> Do plums count for fiber as well as their dried prune version?
> I'll occasionally eat fresh plums but never bought prunes.

sure, better yet IMO as they aren't processed/dried
and likely treated with some preservative (sulfides or ?).


> Also... what does the hot water (vs cold water) do?

warms you up some. helps hydrate the pulp faster so
it swells up sooner and less gets passed on through the
upper intestine before it has been mixed around in the
stomach for a while. this is likely not a major problem.
i like to do this in the winter. in the summer i'm eating
a lot more fresh produce and so don't need this sort of
added fiber and cold water is more likely a big part of
my hydration.

i do like hot chocolate and well buttered toast (home-
made) as a meal at times in the winter. like in the
summer of ancient days i would also like french fries
and a chocolate malt for dipping them. all those
flavor and temperature contrasts...


songbird