I was thinking, right...

yesterday, I was watching the old ladies trundle up for their gymnastics lesson while I waited for Flea to come out of her bass lesson and was saying hello to them all and smiling because I love old people, I think they're really cool. They were all wearing what my Nanny would've called 'slacks' covering their square old-lady behinds and I was thinking, right....about the horrible clothes they probably wore as children that stopped them moving properly, that they probably always had to wear skirts, probably had poor diets, probably had to work much harder than my children do, probably didn't have good healthcare through and post pregnancy, how they probably didn't know about the exercise one can do to keep muscles toned and stop nasty prolapses, they probably didn't have the dental care we have....all those things must put pressure on the body, must cause pain and tiredness...all of which affect their postures, the way they walk, the type of clothes they can wear. And then I wondered what we will look like when we are old - those of us who have taken advantage of the benefits of modern life anyway - will we still be nicely toned and fit with nice, white teeth?

Which all has very little to do with the garlic in this blip - or maybe it does, because this is garlic sold by a Slow Food presidium in Italy. Slow Food is doing some great work to promote good food and the work of the food producers all over the world. Good food is the basis of good health and people all over the world are starting to realise, more than ever, that we have been tricked into buying a load of rubbish - and are realising that, as Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini says, eating is a political act. It's also a selfish act, says Elli-Spitzimixi, because what you eat and what what you eat eats (to quote Michael Pollan) is what you end up being - and I'd rather be a Slow Food garlic clove than a pot noodle when I'm old.