JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for October 25, 2013

Just as long as none of those things are underneath you nails!….

Sounds like my poor dad. None of the above as well as anything else… potassium …a list of stuff

Wow, no fun foods. Too bad.

That sucks like when my Dad had gout when I was twelve

Can he chew the fat with his friends?

Sure, here’s some sawdust to go along with those nails.

I’ve been put on pretty much that same diet, only three weeks ago. I have been doing pretty well, but when I cheat a little, my body reacts. It kinds sucks to eat “right” I do have one morning cup of coffee with my comics time. And thank goodness chocolate isn’t on the list!

OK, I’ll bite. Why the yeast exclusion? Is this the latest celebrity nutritionist fad diet?

You may bite your nails. Just don’t swallow.

When my dad was on dialysis, that was pretty much his diet. I think he was limited to one quart of liquid a day, but NO potassium, which included his favorite mashed potatoes, no oranges or tomatoes. Bless him, he stuck with it – eight years – to the end.

Given the choices of that diet or death…

I never heard of a diet THAT restrictive, and why do the nuts have to be raw?

Most nuts are salted and we must avoid them at all costs.. yeah, right.. try and find UNsalted nuts in the snack aisle in your local market. If you DO, they just charge you more. Since my last stroke (the one that got my attention) I’ve found that anything pertaining to ‘healthy’ foods has a higher price than that for the hoi polloi. I could rattle on about ‘almost’ diabetes, but there’s no use..it just ain’t dignified.

My dad had a kidney out, and was supposed to avoid sodium, among other things. But he’d take the following up to his bedroom, with a spoon: a can of evaporated milk or a jar of peanut butter or a bottle of (sodium-packed) La Choy soy sauce. He died from a blood clot at age 59, most likely abetted by his two-pack-a-day cigarette habit.

That’s not food.That’s what food eats.