Hi. I'll check out the vita cost thing. And I do thank you. My friend is my husband. He's he one who snacks all night long. I go to bed at about 1 a.m. He goes to bed at 7 a.m. because (as he put it, because I have neuropathy, I can't sleep at night, I sleep better during the day). He's right, he does sleep much better. But because he's a food addict (he used to weigh 300 lbs), but after getting a stent and going to a nutritionist, I changed all our food habits, especially the way my brain sees food...well, his brain doesn't do this. He self medicates with food, exactly as if he were an alcoholic or druggie.

It makes him feel better. Especially sweets. Now one can use splenda or stevia, instead of sugar. But he loads up on these chocolate pudding things which have more ingredients than one would like to be putting in one's body. Kind of like reading a twinkie package. Ever look at how many ingredients are on a twinkie package.

And Glucerna isn't much better. I'm a diabetic, and I was in my local CVS one day and I happened to come upon the diabetic aisle and I picked up a 6 pack of glucerna cans and I happened to say out loud to myself "oh, I should have this in my fridge in case I miss a meal", and the pharmacist walked over to me and said "you don't want to put that stuff in your body, look at the ingredients".

Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather. There are more ingredients in that can than I could count. I put the 6 pack down and have NEVER even considered it again.

I'm all about fresh ingredients. I wish my husband saw food that way but that's not going to happen. He's on the road to gaining back his weight. Nothing I can do. I give him balanced meals but when I go to bed and he's up, well, we all have to be accountable for our choices. I'm a BIG believer in that statement.

Oh, did you happen to catch the video that is going around about a lady with a 4 year old McDonald's hamburger and french fries. This item is not wrapped in shrink wrap or foil. It's in the exact Happy Meal box that she purchased 4 years ago. (Google it, and you'll see the video).

She takes out the french fries (which look exactly like they did 4 years ago), and she takes out the bun and hamburger (which looks exactly like it did 4 years ago). Looks exactly the same, no mold no nothing. Except it's rock hard, as is the bun. But the french fries look and feel like fresh.

She then took a regular potato, that had been sliced and showed it to the person who was looking at the happy meal. She said "look at this fresh potato. Look what it looks like after 3 months. (all rotted and everything). "Now look at the french fries in the Happy Meal". It looks like it did 4 years ago. She then says "WHAT ARE THEY PUTTING IN THESE FOODS THAT THEY KEEP THIS WAY". This is what is going into our bodies.

She believes that this is why OBESITY is rampant. All these preservatives are going into our bodies and STAYING THERE. She says "these will go straight to our thighs and they stay there".

I watched the video two times. She makes a lot of sense. Now I haven't had a McDonald's hamburger in over 15 years. I'm a vegetarian.

But when I watched the video and saw how the food looked, well, it's apparent that the fast food industry puts SOMETHING IN THE FOOD to make it last and not rot.

We should only eat food that will rot. That way our bodies process it and it gets digested and we eliminate it.

All these preservatives and additives will eventually do us in.

That's why I grow my own sprouts in my kitchen.

My body is better for it.

Now if only the weather would cooperate here in Brooklyn. It's going down to the 30's tonight. But this too shall pass.

If it's 90, I'm a new person.

I should really move to the Sahara Desert.

I'd be just fine.

HOT.... but just fine.

lol

Melody