We had an interesting experience this week.  ED was eating a bowl of yoghurt.  She had added some Wheat Germ to it for more flavor.    As she was sitting there contentedly eating she started reading the label on the jar of wheat germ. Iin a minute she looked up and asked, "How is vitamin E and folic acid good for us?".  Apparently, wheat germ contains a lot of those nutrients. 

ED got out one volume of a 3-volume set of  reference books we have (since I couldn't answer her question)  and looked up the section on health and nutrition.  Soon she was reading to me what this vitamin and that vitamin does.  Telling me which foods were rich in those particular vitamins.  There was a section on the affects of excess amounts of  specific vitamins.  Then it was on to how many calories were in various food.  How many calories different activities burned.  How long you'd have to walk to burn certatin foods.

By this time we had expanded, we had pulled out the Vegetarian cookbook and were finding out what benefits each fruit and vegetable contained.  Then the 2 books on herbs I had came out and we were looking those up as well.

Now EJ and been sucked in.  She and ED were huddled together leafing through cookbooks, which was good for you, which was not?  What can we make?

From this EJ decided to make a homemade coconut jello that she had found a recipe for.  The whole thing just snowballed, it was awesome. 

I'm glad I didn't know the answer to ED's question.  I would have answered it and it would have probably been over.  But because I didn't it took on a life of it's own and we ALL learned much more than the benefits of Vitamin E and folic acid. 

All from the back of a jar. 

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