The Holiday Challenge III
If you do something more than once, it can become a tradition. I decided to do the Holiday Challenge again with a slight twist. If you remember, the challenge last year was to see who could eat the most servings of vegetables and fruit over the 4th of July weekend. I’m still interested in volume: I want more of you to do the challenge, wherever you are in the world. But instead of eating the most number, the goal is to eat at least five servings of fresh or frozen vegetables and fruits every day—Friday through Sunday.
What’s the incentive? Everyone who eats five fruits and veggies per day can participate in the next Insider conference call on July 16th. It’s been a long time since I opened it up to non-Insiders, and you can earn your way to an invitation by reaching the five veggies and fruits per day for the weekend. Just respond to this email saying “I did it!” and I’ll put you on the guest list. If you have trouble figuring out what qualifies, check out last year’s Memo from July 2nd.
One more thing: a cooking tip. If you’re cooking this weekend and you want to enhance the flavor to make it more salty and umami, try fish sauce. It is made by fermenting fish for a couple of years, so if you’re allergic to seafood, don’t use it. But I add it to just about everything I cook as an entrée or sauce, including BBQ sauce; I can’t explain it, but it’s almost magical. I think you’ll find the additional flavor is excellent but watch the amount. A dash will do the trick. If you don’t find it at your regular grocery, you’ll definitely find it at any Asian market.
If you’re traveling by car this holiday weekend, you can binge listen to my podcast Straight Talk on Health that I do for the local public radio station. Click the link or find it on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and other podcast sites.
Have a safe weekend and I’m looking forward to your responses next week.
What are you prepared to do today?
