I think I can determine for myself what I should eat.

[Food Lady]

I'm especially annoyed that another retail person was my SC. We were talking about the good app deals when she mentioned the bread she was buying was on sale. I said, "Oh, I didn't know about that one because I only ever buy the light bread." She instantly kind of jumped on me with "That's not good for you." Thinking she heard me say white instead of light,--since it's pretty universally accepted that white flour isn't the best choice--I clarified that I'd said light bread (you know, the lower calorie kind that has more fiber). She repeated her judgement on it with "Look at the ingredients."

Uh, ok; I have and I have no problem with them. She doesn't even know what brand I buy since I didn't state it, actually, so she doesn't know what's in it anyway. I told her I have to watch my carbohydrate levels and that whole grain stuff makes my glucose go all wonky (in a large enough amount--looking at YOU, wide round loaf, which she was buying). Besides, she's allowed to think anything natural is good, but I don't necessarily agree. (Arsenic is natural.) And that's fine as long as she doesn't make some kind of pronouncement about what I should put in my face.

[earl colby pottinger]

So is

Besides, she's allowed to think anything natural is good, but I don't necessarily agree. (Arsenic is natural.) And that's fine as long as she doesn't make some kind of pronouncement about what I should put in my face.

My list includes:

Poison Ivy. All natural.

Hemlock, natural.

Lead, natural.

Botulism poisoning, also natural.

and the list can go on, just because some thing is natural does not mean safe.

In Jamaica every year one or two tourist die because they get one of the foodstuffs that must be ripen/processed before it can be eaten. But try eating the all natural product.

Cassava: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassava

Ackee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackee

[Tee]

Yeah, people like that can be frustrating. :/

I'm not exactly small, and I drink diet soda due to a mild corn allergy. Being informed that diet soda is worse for me than regular is a fairly common occurrence.

This light bread sounds interesting, might look into it.

Oh, and I've never gotten to say this, but your signature is hilariously and depressingly true.

Edit:

My list includes:

...

Hemlock, natural.

...

Oh god yeah, I had to remove that at my old job. Frikking tons of it, had on so many gloves, washed so many times... Stuff is freakishly toxic, can make other nearby plants poisonous by proxy apparently. And it is NOT a pretty or painless death. Only plant I've ever seen that genuinely scares me.

Creepily enough, its from the same family of plants as carrots, which apparently used to also be poisonous, and certain types of wild carrots still are. Not sure which, not a botanist, previous boss was.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Hemlock, natural.

Endorsed by Socrates himself.

[Kogarashi]

Creepily enough, [hemlock's] from the same family of plants as carrots, which apparently used to also be poisonous, and certain types of wild carrots still are. Not sure which, not a botanist, previous boss was.

And potatoes and tomatoes are both related to nightshade. There's a reason you shouldn't eat the greens. Eggplant, tomatillo, cape gooseberries, chili peppers, and bell peppers are also all nightshades, apparently.

[earl colby pottinger]

Well

Oh god yeah, I had to remove that at my old job. Frikking tons of it, had on so many gloves, washed so many times... Stuff is freakishly toxic, can make other nearby plants poisonous by proxy apparently. And it is NOT a pretty or painless death. Only plant I've ever seen that genuinely scares me.

Creepily enough, its from the same family of plants as carrots, which apparently used to also be poisonous, and certain types of wild carrots still are. Not sure which, not a botanist, previous boss was.

I understand that Hog-weed is very bad to handle too, and grows fast. Again an all natural plant.

[RealUnimportant]

I understand that Hog-weed is very bad to handle too, and grows fast. Again an all natural plant.

We've had major problems with hogweed over here this year, with multiple reports in the national press of people being burned chemically by the sap when improperly handling it to try & clear garden infestations.

[An Haddock]

"That's not good for you."

"That's funny - I don't remember asking you for dietary advice."

[Kanalah]

At MIL's house along the fenceline they have a ton of poison ivy. They've tried to get rid of it for decades.

They even tried burning it once. >.<

[catcul]

At MIL's house along the fenceline they have a ton of poison ivy. They've tried to get rid of it for decades.

They even tried burning it once. >.<

I guess she's itching to get rid of it. I heard that goats can eat poison ivy without ill-effect. Maybe she could hire a herd of goats.

[GOInsanity]

At MIL's house along the fenceline they have a ton of poison ivy. They've tried to get rid of it for decades.

They even tried burning it once. >.<

Worst way to get rid of poison ivy. Guess what's in that smoke that gets breathed in? The oils from the poison ivy.

Speaking of poison ivy - Cashews are in the same family as it. My husband can't touch them anymore because he gets a reaction.

[Tee]

At MIL's house along the fenceline they have a ton of poison ivy. They've tried to get rid of it for decades.

They even tried burning it once. >.<

I was told by a previous boss, but apparently in certain parts of California Native Americans used to burn sections of the forest, and burn Poison Oak in the process. The smoke would actually, over time, build up their resistance to the point of effective immunity.

I doubt it works on Poison Ivy though. XD

[EricKei]

Endorsed by Socrates himself.

...And his words were remembered for his students for centuries thereafter.

[AccountingDrone]

I was told by a previous boss, but apparently in certain parts of California Native Americans used to burn sections of the forest, and burn Poison Oak in the process. The smoke would actually, over time, build up their resistance to the point of effective immunity.

I doubt it works on Poison Ivy though. XD

I am one of the exceptionally rare people who is immune to poison ivy I swear, Rob can look at a picture of it online and have an outbreak...

[wolfie]

I'm not exactly small, and I drink diet soda due to a mild corn allergy. Being informed that diet soda is worse for me than regular is a fairly common occurrence.

I assume that the "avoid regular soda due to corn allergy" is due to the HFCS used as a sweetener. Bit of trivia: "Kosher for Passover" soda does NOT use HFCS. My understanding is that since HFCS is derived from grain, it has to follow the rules for grain products. In everyday Kosher, that means it must be under rabbinical supervision from milling of the raw grain to the final processing of the food product. The "heavy duty" Passover Kosher requires it to be under rabbinical supervision from harvest of the raw grain to the final processing of the food product.

There isn't a large enough market for "Kosher for Passover" HFCS (cheaper to use non-grain sweeteners than to segregate a production line), but there's the possibility that economics could change that. Still, for now, "Kosher for Passover" soda should be safe.