Newsletter Twenty-Seven

You and Yoga Bear are sweeping the floor of the old barn.
There’s hay everywhere because the pigs had a party last night and nobody cleaned up. The horses must have been dancing because there are saddles and straps hanging off the edge of the barn door, and even the cows seem to have left their milk bottles in the corner.

One of the hens walks in, and looks very tired. She asks if anyone has seen her blue dress, and then a rooster screams out from behind the cupboard, because he’s wearing it! He runs out of the barn with stockings over his head, and the hen chases him with a stick.

Yoga Bear says it’s time to take a break, and so we put the brooms aside and stand out front, each with a glass of water in our hand. Yoga Bear says we should go on an adventure, and you ask him what he’s got in mind. He tells you to close your eyes and imagine you’ve gone back in time - 100 years ago - to the big city of London, England.

You open your eyes, and find yourself standing with Yoga Bear, in the middle of London outside a train station. Yoga Bear is wearing an old-fashioned brown suit, with a cap, and you’ve got a football jumper on, and footy boots. No-one seems to notice this, as people
rush past on their way to work. There’s a big clock up above, and it says it is ten minutes past 10.

The supermarket is stocking more and more exotic fruits.
Most of these fruits are becoming more common.

Some of these fruits and vegetables currently under the hot spot include:

Pomegranate - Considered to be one of nature's wonder foods as it is
naturally high in anti-oxidants, which help to destroy free radicals in the body, which cause aging, cell damage and prevent chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancers. Available fresh, but has an aquired taste.
Try it as a juice.

Dragonfruit -high in dietary fibre, and also provides natural protection against heart disease. They also naturally form a digestive enzyme helping the body to break food down; lastly their signature health benefit is their ability to breakdown cholesterol that builds up on blood vessel wall. Available fresh and is often an ingredient in juices.

Acai - A purple berry which originates from Brazil: has a long list of benefits such as increased energy and stamina, improved mental focus and better sleep. It also has 10 times the antioxidants of red grapes. But be wary, these berries if juiced are very perishable and if they are not consumed in the first 24 hours of being picked they begin to lose there nutritional benefits. So try purchasing them as a frozen pulp. This is the most stable form to maximise their health benefits.

So next time you out and about try something new!