Posted by Bob on October 8, 1999, at 21:42:08
In reply to Still undecided ..., posted by Janice on October 8, 1999, at 21:02:01
> America is a great country but your tea and coffee are certainly not your greatest accomplishments.
More than enough reason not to imbibe, then ... or, if you must, then go for quality, not quantity. Get the imports.
Besides, hawaii's supposed to have good coffee, right?
Anyway, Janice, the Puritan spirit has nothing to do with eating well per se. There's a difference between being told by some authority what not to do and choosing for yourself based on achieving wellness. I love Coca-Cola. But I gave it up (and now, diet Coke as well) because of both the caffeine and the food coloring. I have DREAMS about McDonalds french fries (well, okay, I do have my moments of weakness here), but I'm off of saturated and partially-hydrogenated fats, and anything I know with trans-fatty acids. I'm doing really well at weaning myself off of refined sugar. I have maybe one glass of wine a month. I'd cut the nutrasweet as well, but I eat one of those wormy-looking high fiber cereals every AM and they make them palatable now by dosing them up with the stuff.
But I do it all because I want to be well, not because I want to be good.
Besides, there are lots of other things than these that I can be corrupt about ... ;^)
Bob
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