I've had it with advertising for low-carb foods! What has happened to 'comfort food?' Does no one long for those meals and snacks that nourished us in our youths? Has Hamburger Helper deserted us? Is Bill Cosby crying because we aren't eating pudding?
The fast-food places are rushing to advertise "Atkins Friendly" foods. Who asked Dr. Atkins to invade my life? Now I find out that even fresh fruit is a no-no because it eventually transforms itself into the dreaded carbohydrate. So much for the apple a day! Orange juice? Heaven forbid! Way too much natural sugar to be good for us. We have to swallow our pills with water now? And heaven forbid that you should imbibe of 'empty calories!'
Remember sausage gravy on hot biscuits? Fried potatoes? Beef and noodles? The list is endless. Eat your heart out. Potatoes every day in one form or another? Oh, you fool!
I don't live in Florida, but the Palm Beach diet preaches the RIGHT carbs and the RIGHT fats. I seriously doubt whether mayonnaise is allowed, but that's my comfort condiment. (For the technically interested, if your stools float, you've consumed too much fat. Fat floats.)
The "Nothing White" diet works for some, I must admit. However, I like white bread or white buns as part of a sandwich to keep my fingers clean and there must be white sugar in my coffee. I will not give up sour cream on my potatoes or ice cream or New York cheese cake. Does chocolate milk count as a non-white food?
I am, admittedly, not malnourished, to put a good face on my physique; but I'm happy. For those not restricted by medical conditions, I say, "Eat. Enjoy. We only go around once." I've outgrown my cheerleader outfit and my tennis whites have gone the way of Fat Sam, but I'm not complaining. My mother put it succinctly when she said, "If you don't like my apples, don't shake my tree."
Anyone for seconds?