Finally they have found some practical use for Cod Liver Oil.
When I was a little one, I just missed out on a daily spoonful of the vile stuff, before being given our free little bottle of milk.
However the school nurse (remember them?) would sometimes prescribe it for kids who were underweight (at a time when all but a very few kids were thin) ... how I missed that treat, I don't know. Those were the days ..... when we still worried about the return of rickets and those other poverty related childhood diseases, that were prevalent amongst the working classes before the second world war.
Anyway, that all stopped in stages in 1954, 1968 and 1971 .... but now apparently its been determined that a daily dose of it helps stop muscle atrophy (wastage) for those who are bed-bound after for instance surgery, and also for the elderly who can no longer be as active as they want. I'm wondering if this is new weapon in the fight against the effects of the lock-down. My pint pulling muscles are atrophying by the day!
The Captains Table
Eating fish fingers are better for the planet, as they come from more sustainable stocks (85 per cent sustainable), whereas other fish rarely do. Luckily us British eat 1.5 million of the golden treats every day.
Food Smells .... Good
Fish and Chips is reportedly Britain's favourite food smell. In second place is the Bacon Sandwich, followed by Hot Doughnuts (my personal favourite), and Sunday roasts. The Fish and chips smell was chosen by nearly two thirds of those UK residents questioned in the survey, who said that it reminded them of childhood. The bacon sandwich came a poor second, with just one in five picking it as their favourite in the survey, which was commissioned by bakery supplier CSM.
Batter Watch Out
It seems that we are not all as equal as some would like. for instance did you know that eating Fish and Chips once a week could knock years off your life ..... if your a woman. A study of 420,000 people by Chinese experts, has discovered that fried fish is more harmful to women than men.
Apparently it increases their risk of dying by infection by around a third. But put away the deep fryer, and they found that baked oily fish actually cuts death in both sexes.
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| The Cod Liver Queue Was A Place Of Horrors For Some ....... |
When I was a little one, I just missed out on a daily spoonful of the vile stuff, before being given our free little bottle of milk.
However the school nurse (remember them?) would sometimes prescribe it for kids who were underweight (at a time when all but a very few kids were thin) ... how I missed that treat, I don't know. Those were the days ..... when we still worried about the return of rickets and those other poverty related childhood diseases, that were prevalent amongst the working classes before the second world war.
Anyway, that all stopped in stages in 1954, 1968 and 1971 .... but now apparently its been determined that a daily dose of it helps stop muscle atrophy (wastage) for those who are bed-bound after for instance surgery, and also for the elderly who can no longer be as active as they want. I'm wondering if this is new weapon in the fight against the effects of the lock-down. My pint pulling muscles are atrophying by the day!
The Captains Table
Eating fish fingers are better for the planet, as they come from more sustainable stocks (85 per cent sustainable), whereas other fish rarely do. Luckily us British eat 1.5 million of the golden treats every day.
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| Fish And Chips In Newspaper ... Served The Traditional Way. |
Food Smells .... Good
Fish and Chips is reportedly Britain's favourite food smell. In second place is the Bacon Sandwich, followed by Hot Doughnuts (my personal favourite), and Sunday roasts. The Fish and chips smell was chosen by nearly two thirds of those UK residents questioned in the survey, who said that it reminded them of childhood. The bacon sandwich came a poor second, with just one in five picking it as their favourite in the survey, which was commissioned by bakery supplier CSM.
Batter Watch Out
It seems that we are not all as equal as some would like. for instance did you know that eating Fish and Chips once a week could knock years off your life ..... if your a woman. A study of 420,000 people by Chinese experts, has discovered that fried fish is more harmful to women than men.
Apparently it increases their risk of dying by infection by around a third. But put away the deep fryer, and they found that baked oily fish actually cuts death in both sexes.
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