♥ Birthdays, books, and cuteness... :-)

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"Uncle A." (aka "Pop")  recently celebrated his 79th Birthday. 

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Daughter-in-law didn't try to put 79 candles on his Boston Creme Pie ("Pop's" favorite).  So she put 6 candles on it.  Since he has 6 Grands.  Instead of blowing them out himself, he called for a "Group Blow Candles Out."

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(Gabe, being his simply cute self...)

There have been a lot of Birthday Parties, around here.  First a Granddaughter had her 14th, with a family get together and cake.  Then the next night she had girl friends over for that party, and cake, and they came over after dark, and swam in our lighted pool.  Then on Sun., was "Pop's" Birthday.  With more cake. 

Nope I didn't have any of the cakes, in case you were wondering.  Haven't had any Birthday cakes, since I  avoided a massive heart attack, by having my heart arteries stented, over 3 years ago.  :-)))))

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And here is my latest book (by a doctor) on health.  Many articles you read today, say that gut fat is the worst kind of fat, to have on our bodies.  And I have it.  And it's hard to take off.  

There is also a lot of consensus on the fact of inflammation-inside-the-body, being very bad.  This book suggests how to work-on no longer adding foods to our body, which cause inflammation-inside-the-body. 

Granted, with the various foods which I can no longer eat (because of Gluten and Lactose Intolerance, etc.), my selection of foods is limited, more than most people.  But those 2  problems, do NOT eliminate many, many foods.  And I can still eat many, many foods which contribute to inflammation-inside-the-body.

Actually, this (book's) way of eating, is really putting into practice, the Mediterranean Diet.  Which has been hailed for a long time now, as good for us.  It's NOT a wildly different or funny-combo-of-foods.  It's simply fruits, veggies, whole grains (I can still eat a lot of them, besides wheat), less red meat, etc.

I think the biggest part of really following  the Mediterranean Diet, is TO ELIMINATE ALL PROCESSED FOODS FROM OUR DIET.   Processed foods are a huge source of  inflammation-inside-the-body.  Processed foods...  Ya' know....  All the aisles on the inside of the grocery store.

Whole foods are all around the perimeter of the grocery store.   The good stuff.  The NOT PROCESSED stuff.

But inside isles have the processed foods...  The kind that are "easy," and manufactured, and in a box, or a package, or a can...   How eat without them????   The same way "Grandma" did...   She took whole foods and cooked her own dinners, and baked her own desserts and make her own soups and....   You get the picture.  -grin-

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OK!!!  "Auntie's" "Health Wisdom 101" is over for now.   (....And a relieved sigh is heard, across "Pretty Blog Land"!!!  -gigggles-)  Now take a close look at around the little bird bath fountain pond...  Can you find the (now) 5 resident frogs, sunning themselves?  3 closest are easy to spot.  The last 2 are kind of hidden.  But I made sure to count the number of splashes, when I scared them and they jumped back into the pool.  ,-)

One was recently rescued by "Uncle A.," out of the pool skimmer!!!!  And given home, in the pond.  ,-)

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"Young Joy ne'er thought of counting hours,

'till Care, one summer's morning

Set up, among his smiling flowers

A dial by way of warning."

~Murray

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