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Originally Posted by Dien Rice
Hi Gordon!
I've also been looking for "healthy" snacks...
I hope you liked this post. Now if you know of any (other) "healthy" snacks, please let me know... 
Cheers,
Dien |
Dien and others,
See, what is a "healthy" snack for some can be deadly for others.
I'm not only on a salt/sugar restricted diet, but a gluten free one, and to add insult to injury, I have diverticulosis...which means I don't eat the very healthy seeds and nuts.
So no peanuts, popcorn, corn, strawberries, (or any berry with small seeds)...all the healthy stuff that many people can eat instead of their fried cravings or flour based carbs.
For example, PICKLES, which Sandi mentioned have a very high salt content and the pickling brine is itself laden with salt and sugar. NO pickles for me (although I do love them).
The reason I'm developing my own snacks is due to all the restrictions and the numbers to watch.
I'm paying for all those double cheeseburgers I so lustfully enjoyed in my wayward youth. Now, I'm the "classic" gramps...oatmeal and...
more oatmeal (thank goodness I love the stuff).
Today, many schools prohibit PEANUT products of any kind because too many kids (even if it is just ONE in the school) could have a reaction that may lead to death.
And speaking of tainted peanuts from our friends in the Georgia peanut factory, who circumvented the testing process and KNOWINGLY sent out tainted peanut butter...we should point out to them that the scoundrels in China who were involved in the tainted baby formula scandal were HANGED.
What will we do to these rats in Georgia? Probably give them federal bail out money cause their business suffered so terribly...and give the Georgia inspectors a RAISE and a bonus trip to Vegas for working so hard and under such stress.
Anyhow, one man's health food, well, you know the rest.
Gordon Alexander