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   -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    RH> It was in just about anything that was "diet" or "low Calorie" for a   
    RH> long time--until scientists got ahold of it and fed it to a lot of lab   
    RH> rats. I think it was the only "artificial sweetener" around, so it was   
    RH> very common for common folks to use.   
      
    DD> My Granny stocked the tiny tablets. I learned a bitter (literally)   
    DD> lesson when I w2as six years old. Took one of the tablets and popped   
    DD> it into my cake hole - thinking it would be like the teeny sugar bomb.   
    DD> Eeeeewwww ... took over a week to lose the bitter taste. Never again   
      
    RH> I tasted a tiny bit of crystalised stuff that was around the rim of the   
    RH> bottle my parents had--and like you, instant eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwww   
    RH> ! Also, the summer after my last year of high school but before   
    RH> starting college, I visited my mom's younger sister for a week. One   
    RH> night she offered me a can of diet Dr. Pepper; I drank it but after the   
    RH> first couple of swallows vowed never to drink it again. Don't remember   
    RH> what the sweetener was but the combination of that and Dr. Pepper   
    RH> converted me to a life long Coke drinker.   
      
   Diet "any soda" used to be verrrrrry strange tasting. It has improved a   
   lot over the years but I still get the off-putting metallic taste. There    
   used  to was a soda calle Diet Rite Cola. I've not seen it for a long time,   
      
   I did discover a Dr. Pepper product Iquite like,mthough. Sugar free Pwppwe   
   mixed with Cream Soda. Apparently other like it as well becaouse it's hard   
   to find it not store shelves.  Bv)=   
      
   Kinda like my Dannon chocolate/raspberry/fat free yogut. Hard to keep   
   in stock.   
      
    DD>      8<----- HACK ----->8   
      
    DD> I do tomato juice and the cranberry juice - which my nephrologist   
    DD> (kidney doc) recommended as being good in several ways for my kidney   
      
    RH> So far my kidneys seem to be doing well without cranberry juice. Had a   
    RH> scare a few years ago with some blood work that indicated maybe   
    RH> otherwise so my primary care dr. referred me to a nephrologist. He said   
    RH> all was well, just come back once a year to keep an eye on things. Last   
    RH> time I saw him, he suggested drinking more water (or whatever) to stay   
    RH> better hydrated; this was not too long after our most recent long cross   
    RH> country trip.   
      
   Staying hydrated on a long trip is easy for guys. Andy bush, tree or the   
   vehicle itself provides enough of a "fig leaf" for easing of the pressur.   
   Women don't have the same advantageous plumbing.   
      
        8<-----SNIP ----->8   
      
    RH> I'd ask for a cuppa tea--English Breakfast or something similar. My   
    RH> morning cup is usually British Blend but I will drink others if that   
    RH> isn't available.   
      
   For breakfast - if I'm having tea - it's Lipton "orange, oekoe and pekoe"   
   ot, if I'm home it might be Constant Comment blend.   
      
   TO BE CONTINUED   
      
   MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06   
       
         Title: Liver & Gall-bladder Tea *   
    Categories: Five, Beverages, Herbs, Roots   
         Yield: 1 Serving   
       
         5 tb Birch leaves   
         5 tb Stinging nettle leaves   
         4 tb Milk thistle fruit, crushed   
         2 tb Dandelion roots and tops   
       
     Pour 1 cup of boiling water over 2 ts of this mixture,   
     steep covered for ten minutes; strain and sip warm tea   
     between meals.   
        
     Every two weeks alternate with dandelion tea.   
        
     * Contains neither liver nor gall bladder - UDD   
        
     From: http://www.alive.com   
        
     Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives   
       
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