So I was going to start afresh with a new blog, but couldn't decide what to call it and I rather like the name "Running Green Llama".  So I will stick with this one. So here goes another resolution to keep it rather more updated than i have previously.

I have spent a lot of time thinking about my diet and exercise and have done an amount of research.  As a result I have pretty much quit eating sugar and wheat.  I have also intermittently done intermittent fasting and have switched to clean eating - 95% of the time.  As a result of all that, I have lost 15lb, my inflamed sinuses are so much better that i now don't need to use my steroid spray.  My clothes are a lot looser.  It is great, I can do this forever.

Over the next little while, I will reference some of my research - if anyone is reading this, i should like to hear of more.

My starting point was investigating what i should do now that I have turned 50 - menopause is looming so how can I keep myself as fit and healthy as possible?  I was also suffering pretty bad acid reflux and bloating, sinus issues and weight gain.  I can't remember the exact route but i soon learned that sugar is pretty evil stuff and that it could well be causing a lot of my issues.  There is nothing that added sugar does for us and that I had nothing to lose by giving it up.

One of my first ports of call was "Sugar, the bitter truth" by Robert Lustig - available here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

And I rather like this mantra by Michael Pollan

"Eat food, not too much, mostly plants"  taken from this article in the New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Tomorrow i shall be back with a couple of recipes