Just to note, Hopper Crunch made with crickets here: http://necessaryfacts.blogspot.com/20...
because you said; " I love pretty much all food short of worms and insects. "

Thanks! By "tonic water" do you mean mineral infused high alkaline water? Or something else?

A garden! Very nice. And good luck with the internet business. I take milk to work in reused bottles and the current one is DRIPPING SAUCE, a homebrew from Dripping Springs, Texas. (See here: http://necessaryfacts.blogspot.com/20...
Everyone has a passion, but they do not always become commercial successes, sadly enough...

In my initial reply, I disparaged Vanilla Chex. I mean that very morning, guess what someone brought in? "Puppy Chow" made from Chex and candy... Damn... Fell off the wagon.

Hi Coaldigger,
My sincere condolences for your loss . What a long life she lived , seeing the most amazing 106 years in human history. My wife's Aunt Ida lived to 107 passing away 20 years ago.

So true, but don't foget the tasty conifers lol

Genetics is a big factor, but not the only factor. You can overcome your inheritance.

It is easy to say that your diet caused your diabetes and other medical issues associated with your age. It is never too late to straighten up and fly rights. (I hope that your salads are not based on lettuce. Lettuce is bad, generally. (Some are OK, if you are selective.))

You might be interested in Against the Grain a book that warns against the so-called agricultural revolution which brought slavery and other evils. Urbanist Jane Jacobs suggested that cities did not come from farms, but from hunting camps. She posited that before Catal Huyuk was excavated, and it did validate many of her claims. See The Economy of Cities. (Here's a hint: tractors are not built on farms.)

Interesting. We have been drinking high alkaline water and are lucky enough to have a bulk seller about an hour down the road.

Thanks for the tip:
90 For Life here
https://youngevity.com/index.cfm/90-f...

I do believe you mean fronds and ferns.
Just to be technical, grass became widespread during the Cretaceous millions of years after allosaurs went bye bye with the Jurassic Period.
Whoa, but there's still Jurassic Park. Never mind.

Fascinating, eye opening article on healthy nutrition, Especially for pregnant women and children.

http://www.westonaprice.org/health-to...

In a last 6 month my families health was improved dramatically. I don`t ever wish to go back to eating grains, but also minimized nuts, seeds, beans. When we do cook those foods, they need to be processed properly. Out ancestors seemed to know the way to prepare those 4 categories of foods.

Then again, I make sure to take all 90 elements necessary for staying healthy. 90 for life is a brand I prefer. Its organic and cold processed. They get your 60 essential minerals, 16 essential vitamins, 3 EFAs, 12 amino acids covered.

I'm a big believer in the acid-alkaline diet (book - "The Ph Miracle"). The theory is that the body is slightly alkaline and can't deal well with acid, which when we eat acid foods - almost everything not dark green - converts the acids to toxins and stores them in fat cells. Yuck. And it requires 4X of alkaline to neutralize 1X of acid.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/a-z/alkalin...

much veges and seafood fruit and red wine. If I do eat beef organic grass fed and only only wide boar or free range organic chicken or games birds. I do many supplements but as for vitamins only D and B complex.

Whole grain (uncut or rolled) oat kernels known as groats" or "oat berries" in some stores. Dry in a frying pan on low heat until the "crack" and brown.
Simultaneously boil water (4 cups for 1 cut groats). Once water boils, add roasted groats (slowly, it may boil or foam up) and boil until it thickens, then simmer until water is gone. Add a touch of maple syrup. They say breakfast is the most important meal. This sticks with me all day and will help keep you "regular" as well.

young diplodicus has fewer spiky parts tests better as it is grass fed and young

Until about 5 years ago, I just ate anything and never took supplements. Then I had a health issue which lasted almost 2 years, and now I'm much more conscious of my food (still hard to kick some habits though).
Since I have been educating myself about nutrition, I've found it very interesting that the USDA food pyramid would be much healthier if it was inverted. Grains are one of the biggest nutritional problems in modern world, but of course they are too strong a lobby to ever be removed from being one of the main government recommendations. Gluten is not the only problem, in fact most people can tolerate gluten, it is the nutrient-to-calorie ratio is just way too low. On top of that, most grains also contain compounds which actually bind to other minerals and reduce absorption.

Guess I am just a grass fed rare steak...

Liberals. But I'm not a liberal.

I eat liberals.

I loved visiting Napa and Sonoma on wine tasting/buying trips when I owned a restaurant/wine bar. I just finished my last bottle of 1978 Marlstone (Clos duBois early Bordeaux blend) last night. Still have a magnum of the '78 cab. Sold most of my cellar some years ago to a restaurant owner.
Australia is great for tasting, too. If you get the chance to visit, drive from Sydney to Adelaide and there are wine tasting cellar doors much of the way aross Victoria (Yarra Valley, Heathcoate, Pyrenees) and South Australia (Barossa, Clare, Eden Valley). The drive in NSW along the coast is beautiful, too, but no tasting. On the return trip you can go south from Adelaide to taste in McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, and Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne. The coastal drive there is great, too. There used to be a shipping company in Sydney that would ship cases back to the states at a fair price, too.

Unfortunately, my diet is somewhat restricted due to my diabetes, age and medications. However, I cheat. I love pretty much all food short of worms and insects. I have had to cut my 8 and 12 ounce steaks to 4 ounces. I eat a salad every day and I have come to tolerate them. But to me, for most of my life, my basic food groups have been, big fat kosher hot dogs with casings that snap when you bite them, pork ribs, pizza, and for breakfast Detroit style bagels with cream cheese, and sometimes with onion, tomato, and lox (smoked salmon). But those are only the staples, I'll bite anything pretty much, that doesn't bite back. I'm not supposed to eat any of that stuff, but I look at it this way: I don't want to be lying on my deathbed saying, "Damn, I wish I had that last chili dog." Then there's alcohol. Strictly forbidden. All I'll say to that is I do cheat now and then. Oh, what the hell.

Amen. One thing I really love about living in California - the beer and the wine. Oh lordy...

Haha...

i have evolved from the basic prepared foods diet to raw vegan...only took a "silent" heart attack to get me to do some research...so now, i grow my own food and juice....feel tons better