Chewing, actually

I finally finished my book 50 Secrets of the World's Longest Living People. I know that I talk about it a lot, so I just wanted to give some background on it. There's just so much good advice in, like chewing. Yes, chewing This particular "secret" didn't have all the numbers and science as the others... but what it lacked in concrete evidence it made up for with pretty interesting stories. Take this one, for instance:

"Several well-known historical figures have enthused about the importance of chewing. The British prime minister William Gladstone recommended chewing each mouthful thirty-two times-once for each tooth. Horace Fletcher, otherwise known as The Great Masticator (lol!), went a step further and said that each mouthful should be chewed until the food became a liquid and swallowed itself-extreme chewing subsequently became known as "Fletcherizing." Fletcher has been reported to have lost forty-two pounds just by chewing, although skeptics claim this was simply due to calories lost as a result of exercising his jawbone. Mahatma Gandhi, the great chewing expert (and Indian leader) agreed with Fletcher, however, saying you should 'eat your drinks and drink your food.'"

Ok, so I don't know about chewing my food until it becomes a liquid and swallows itself... Seems a little gross to be honest, but who knows? Maybe little by little over time I'll get there. I can say that my family and friends will probably shoot me for eating so slowly.

Here's another interesting story:

"Concentration camp prisoner Antonio Stanchich claimed to have survived a Nazi camp simply by chewing his food. He found that "chewing" his cold water to warm it up seemed to give him more energy, so he then tried chewing his food. He started chewing 50 times per mouthful, then 75 times, gradually increasing it until he found that the "magic number" for chewing was 150 times (O-O 150 times?! okay, if you say so...) He noticed that this gave him more energy and that he was less apt to become sick than his fellow inmates. He taught his chewing techniques to two other prisoners, and of all the thirty-two men in his original ship's crew who were imprisoned together, they were the only three to survive."

(Just a disclaimer - this is all from the book 50 Secrets of the World's Longest Living People by Sally Beare. Thus the link. I did not write it, which is why there are quotation marks, lol. Just wanted to make that clear)

Anyway, just enjoying my Monday Without Homework (yay!) I tried making salmon with brown rice and a spinach salad. Everything was really yummy, except the salmon... I tried to grill it on the George Forman and it just didn't cook thoroughly... so I stuck it in the microwave. It tasted nasty. I'm pretty sure it was rotten, which is weird because it's been frozen for about a month since I bought it. Oh well...

I am still mourning the loss of my hair. I was very surprised when talking with my mom on Skype and she said that she liked it! I was like, seriously? The last time this happened you hugged me, started crying, and screaming, "My baby! My baby!"

Well, I guess some things are just bound to change.