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Spring in Scotland 1

 May and June in Glasgow had average temperatures in the 50s. But the Brits measure in Centigrade, so 12-15.        I am living south of the Clyde, in the Pollokshields area. When I tell a local where I am staying I say I am near the Tramway.  Coincidentally I am only a couple if blocks from the flat that Sue and David lived for a few years, next to the garden allotments when Anna and Lewis were very young.  I ride a bike most of the time.  Within a couple of blocks there is a train stop (East Pollokshields), but you have to carry the bike, baby stroller, suitcases, groceries, up a long flight of stairs.     There is a large population of Pakistani all around me, with people in their traditional clothing and shops selling their foodstuffs, like samosas, naan, curries, kebabs.  I can get groceries from corner shops, a small Sainsbury, an Indian/Pakistani big box type warehouse called Strawberry Gardens, a Super Asia with more orienta...
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Eat These Every Day: Berries

 Berries:  As a group, berries average nearly 10 times more antioxidants than other fruits and vegetables (and exceed 50 times more than animal-based foods). Dr. Greger recommends at least one daily serving of berries, along with a minimum of three daily servings of other fruits.  Frozen berries retain most of their nutrients and are cheaper than fresh   green grapes, which, technically, are berries, but nutritionally, are the Wonder Bread of the fruit kingdom. A famous pair of Harvard studies, which involve so many people over so long a time they’ve by now chalked up millions of “person-years” of data, found that the consumption of “anthocyanin-rich foods”—foods containing those bright-colored plant pigments—was associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes over time, “particularly blueberries.” Just two or three servings a  week  associated with a 23 percent lower risk.  Eat berries every day   Include at least 1 serving of blueberr...
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