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Skriven 2011-03-27 23:29:16 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 8769 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: Prep work
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to NANCY BACKUS on 23 Mar 11  21:30:56 <=-

 NB>>> Nature Valley Sweet and Salty nut granola bar
 NB>> The bottom layer doesn't really taste all that much like a nut butter,
 NB>> since it's mixed with yogurt.  Maybe a vaguely nut-flavored sweet
 NB>> yogurt...?  Hard to describe... one kinda has to taste it...  And the
 NB>> granola bar on top has more taste to blend with it as well.

 RH> I'd probably ask Steve to check it out for me. I've had too many
 RH> instances of being told there's no peanut butter in something or not
 RH> having it listed in the ingredients as such to chomp down on something
 RH> like that only to find it has a definate peanut butter taste.

Then you might indeed want him to check it out first, if it's that much
of a problem for you.  I'd guess that the peanut one you'd not be happy
with anyway, but the cashew one or the almond one might be ok...  :)

 NB>> The fallacy in that is the "long enough since the diagnosis" part.
 NB>> Their thinking is much more likely the not long before we are gone
 NB>> forever, might as well just have what we want.  

 RH> Yes, and for the last 10 years or so whenever they have anything major
 RH> done, like re-roofing the house, my Dad says something on the order of
 RH> "that's the last time it'll ever have to be done in my lifetime".

One can somewhat understand the mentality...  A good roof, for instance,
is supposed to last at least 20 years...  ;)  Even at our age, we get
optimistic about how long something will last, and hope that it's the
last time we'll have to do THAT... (whatever that might be)...  ;)
 
 NB>> The "life is uncertain, eat dessert first" mentality...  :) 

 RH> Yes, but Mom shouldn't eat dessert--at least the ones she fixes/buys.
 RH> Most of the time it's ice cream (at supper) or boughten cookies at
 RH> lunch.  We made some lower sugar cookies at Christmas time but she
 RH> went for the higher sugar ones and her blood sugar reading was always
 RH> very high.

Hmmm... turn them on to Perry's or Turkey Hill no-sugar-added ice
creams...?  Does she like cinnamon?  Maybe you can get her to load
things with cinnamon to help control the BG's...  :)  I can sorta see
going for the higher sugar ones at Christmas, those are probably her
favorites... maybe she'd be ok with slightly better for her ones at
other times of the year...?

 NB>> As you say, they are adults, and
 NB>> you aren't the ones nearby to influence on a regular basis, so you
 NB>> don't really have much other choice.  :)

 RH> I know; they eat the way they have for so many years and don't want to
 RH> change. We just have to live with it, not like it.

Exactly.

ttyl        neb

... Sorry, I missed the part after "Now listen closely".
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