I saw a new Aryurvedic doctor on Monday and he is keen I go on a heavily restrictive diet.
It's daunting. To begin with I am meant to spend three days eating - or drinking nothing more than soup made from Mung beans. (This is to be followed by 36 hours on water only, but we'll go into that at the moment).
Mung beans. Frankly, I didn't feel excited at the prospect.
But then I read today that the British Army in Afghanistan had announced a massive seizure of opium poppy seeds - only to discover a week later (thanks to the UN's FAO) that the "seeds" were in fact Mung beans, being grown in large quantities by farmers in Helmand Province as a opium substitution crop.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/30/kabul-opium-haul-british-military
So this afternoon, preparing for my diet, I bought some Afghan Mung, more in hope than expectation
