Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for January 11, 2023

Maybe Rat can develop an appreciation for kale.

Meanwhile, Pig just goes along as always!

And if you have diabetes, say goodbye to pasta, potatoes, ice cream…

So simple

Today at least Rat has not erased the doctor.

“So here’s hoping you have a long, miserable life!”

While the doctor goes outside and has a smoke.

But what about the four basic food groups?

Sugar, salt, fat, and caffeine?

(Ethanol is not included. It’s relaxation therapy, not food.)

RAT: Are you sure I can no longer eat in anything I enjoy doc? I like fruits, vegetables, and vegan cuisine.

I do not like steak, wine, lobster, beer, cheese, chips . . .

No needs to worries Rat. Just has a apple a day and keeps him away.

“If it tastes good, spit it out!”

Eat healthy food the week before the doctor visit, then back to junk food afterwards.

Screw it! Bond only lives twice, but you only live once.

A lot of truth in the 3rd panel, for me anyway!

Develop a taste for apples. They keep doctors away…anybody really, if you throw them hard enough.

Its called Stupid

The instructions are succinct anyway.

I remember the old"TV diet", anything advertised on TV don’t eat.

I feel your pain Rat……..

“You can live to be 100. You just have to stop doing everything that makes you want to live to 100.” Woody Allen

Don’t go to the doctor. They always find something costly wrong with you.

Eating healthy can be boiled down to a simple rule: if it taste good, spit it out!

Well, at least the doctor can write clearly.

At my last check-up, my doctor told me, “WE need to lose some weight.” He has a belly, too.

Cool beans how Rat gets dressed for a doctor visit and not for his day to day life.

is that a chart or a sign?

Or like modern medicine tends toward these days with kids, just drug and cut them. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obesity-kids-teens-drugs-surgery-early-new-guidelines/

So true.

Ain’t THAT the truth?

Rat can’t help eating everything in sight. He’s a scavenger.

Lucky for me, I love seafood.

Oddly enough, you can have a long healthy life that is also enjoyable. Mostly, I eat healthy foods and love them. Occasionally, I want something less healthy and enjoy that, too.

Exactly how I feel.

Fun that Rat who’s usually au natural needs to don a gown to be examined.

My cardiologist said don’t eat anything fatty.I said “like bacon and cheeseburgers?”Then he said “No Fatty, don’t eat anything!”

Hmm? Rat is normally nude all the time but wears a medical gown to see the Doctor?

I rediscovered a liking for oatmeal once I got rid of the instant packets and went back to cooking it on the stove. Far preferable to “avocado toast” IMHO.

A sad reality

Where is your eraser???

Moderation= smart choice

Doctors aren’t happy until they have you on the cardboard and water diet.

Every time the cholesterol limits go down fifty (50) points, big pharma makes $17 BILLION dollars. Ever wonder why in the 70’s anything under 300 was OK, and now it ‘s 150. Do your research. Cholesterol is not as it has been represented, but you won’t see it publicized….too much money to loose.

Indeed, indeed.

Because “everything you like” is what got you into this mess to begin with.

Dr. Finlay: “And my advice is if you maintain this lifestyleyou won’t reach 30”

Torch: “Christ – it’s a romantic way to go really, it’s partof the heritage, it’s your round i’n’it?”

Marillion: Torch Song

I think my wife could appreciate this. She has IBS, and was recently told that she cannot eat foods high in fiber, no chocolate, no fresh veggies or fruit, and a whole list of foods she loves.

I thought Rat erased Pig – is that the non eraseable residue of Pig???…

I had that doctor visit recently.

After looking at the number of likes in various comic strips, I wonder what the #1 comic strip is?

I always thought rats would eat just about anything.

Oh yeah, DOC?!? I greatly enjoy fresh bananas, blue berries, romaine, spinach, carrots and the super food cucumbers! OUT! I CAST YOU OOOOUUUUT!!!

Wait until you hit 50, Rat…

Check out the refrigerator in panel one of Luann today: https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2023/01/11

Hi Doc. See ya again at dinner tonight. No Smoking anymore though. sorry

Rat’s never been one to take doctors’ orders too seriously.

https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2005/04/03

A long time ago I read an anecdote about a man whose doctor wrote his new diet on a prescription form:

No meat

No wheat

No sweet

And just like that, Pig is unerased!

I figure they’ll find something wrong no matter what, so they can charge you for not fixing what’s wrong. or not.

Going to the doctor means admitting something’s wrong, and not many want that. They rather die happy than live with limitations.

Jack LaLane used to say, “If it tastes good, spit it out.”

Amen, Rat. Why would one want to prolong agony rather than go out happy?

it might as well be… :\

And then there’s, “You think what you’re doing is exercise? Hah! that doesn’t count, you have to run for 30 minutes before it counts as exercise.”