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Have you had...
Miche wrote:
> In article >,
> "Jean B." > wrote:
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>> Miche wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> "Jean B." > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Christine Dabney wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:15:30 +0000 (UTC),
>>>>> (Steve Pope) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Jean B. > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>> [ Fat-free half & half ]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What is in it?
>>>>>> Usually corn starch, carageenan, guar gum and/or xanthan gum
>>>>>> along with nonfat milk. Starch-thickened milk, in other words,
>>>>>> processed with an agglomulator machine so that it stays
>>>>>> in suspension for weeks without separating.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you dislike processed foods this is not the product
>>>>>> for you. It is however nutritionally harmless.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve
>>>>> I just read Michael Pollan's book In Defense of Food, and this type of
>>>>> stuff is exactly what he talks about avoiding, in the search for real
>>>>> food.
>>>>> Makes you think....
>>>> I do think that a diet like that our ancient ancestors ate is
>>>> probably the healthiest. And sometimes, I act on that thought.
>>> Local food available in season? Yeah. 
>>>
>> I think so. Also, think about hunting and gathering--the
>> quantities, what was consumed then. We have strayed pretty far
>> from that plain fare.
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> Yep. They would've eaten a lot less meat than we do, and a lot more
> fruit and veg. Bugger all grain, too.
>
> Miche
>
And no baked goods. Or sauces. I sometimes think that is a big
part of the problem... er, MY problem. We are so hedonistic. We
have lost sight of what our bodies need....
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Jean B.
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