I tried growing alpine strawberries, which are tiny little things,
but the flavor was unbelievable. Unfortunately, now I live in an
apartment where my "garden" space is about the size of the top of my
desk! The strawberry crop here in southeastern Connecticut was not
very good in '05 due to weather conditions, and when I bought some
from a local berry farm they apologized because the berries were so
small. They may have been, but the flavor was SO intense! Lovely
things.


"Muddle" > wrote in message
...
> My problem with the recipe, is it would be better with wild
strawberries.
> Unfortunately you can't purchase them anywhere and domesticated
strawberries
> are breed for size not taste. If you were to spend 2 hours in the
morning
> sun picking 2 pints of wild strawberries in a horse pasture with
an eastern
> slope this would be the fabulous result of your efforts.
Although, I'd
> probably not use them in any health drink and build a strawberry
shortcake
> instead.
>
> "Muddle" > wrote in message
> m...
> > A lot depends on what you do, whether you sit on a couch all day
watching
> > soap operas or tend a backyard flower and vegetable garden.
People need
> to
> > burn sugar and starches to remain healthy if they are active.
The problem
> > is many people do absolutely nothing before, during or after
eating sugar,
> > however that doesn't render sugar unhealthy, harmful or evil.
> > I have dangerously low cholesterol levels and have had numerous
doctors
> tell
> > me to eat more eggs, oils, salmon etc. I'd probably be dead by
now if I
> > listened to health nut's trying to convince me cholesterol isn't
healthy.
> >
> > "Joan F (MI)" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > My objection was to calling a sugar laden drink "healthy". It
may not
> be
> > > harmful for people of normal weight and good health to have an
> occasional
> > > drink like this, but they should not convince themselves that
it is
> > healthy.
> > >
> > > In ,
> > > June Geraci > stated
> > > | While I will agree that diet can be a contributing factor in
the
> > > | development of type 2 diabetes, I believe that there are
more
> > > | tactful ways of advising people to watch their sugar intake
than the
> > > | one you used. Many people who develop type 2 are obese, but
that is
> > > | not the only factor, and scientists are still trying to pin
down all
> > > | the reasons people get it. In my case, there was a genetic
> > > | predisposition for the development of type 2 - my father, my
> > > | grandmother, and one uncle developed diabetes later in life.
I also
> > > | have chronic lung disease, which unfortunately required me
to be on
> > > | corticosteroids for over thirty years. (I thank the
developers of
> > > | Advair for finally making me prednisone-free!) While
steroids
> > > | helped my breathing, they also weakened my bones, made me
gain
> > > | weight, and raised my blood glucose levels. Being unable to
breathe
> > > | made it difficult to be active, also adding to weight gain.
High
> > > | blood pressure and high cholesterol are also contributors to
the
> > > | development of type 2 - and both run in my family - again
the
> > > | genetic predisposition.
> > > |
> > > | Dessert was not on the dinner table every night when I was
growing
> > > | up, nor was I given permission to chase the ice cream truck
down the
> > > | street every day, so when people tried to accuse my mother
of
> > > | "stuffing me with sugar" when I was a child, thus causing me
to
> > > | develop diabetes, they were dead wrong.
> > > |
> > > | Yes, the increased numbers of overweight children and
adults, and
> > > | the sedentary lifestyle that usually accompanies it will
cause more
> > > | and more people to develop this disease - it IS being called
an
> > > | epidemic.
> > > |
> > > | As far as overeating is concerned, that's a huge problem for
many
> > > | people. If I order a pasta meal at a restaurant, I will
also ask
> > > | for a takeout container, because my plate will generally
have enough
> > > | for three full meals on it. Thanks to carbohydrate counting
classes,
> > > | I can look at the meal and estimate how much I should eat.
If my
> > > | blood glucose is good three hours after that meal, I know I
did it
> > > | right! Unfortunately, most people will finish that plate,
whether
> > > | they are a six foot tall man, or a five foot tall woman, or
a ten
> > > | year old child!
> > > |
> > > | Let's educate people, and not attack them. You'll get
better
> > > | results that way. I met a young woman at a restaurant
recently who
> > > | was totally lost as to how or what to eat. She had just
been
> > > | diagnosed with pre-diabetes, but had been given no guidance.
I
> > > | pulled out a card from the local branch of the Joslin
Diabetes
> > > | Center and explained about all the classes available for her
to
> > > | take, and the type of help she could expect from them.
> > > | Good health to you!!
> > > |
> > > |
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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