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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Dec 22, 2008, at 6:17 PM, Jeanne Driese wrote:

> Gene,
> Even the author of the books says not to get fanatic about following  
> the diet to the letter.  Me, I don't much care for beer, but DO NOT  
> take away my butter!!  Life is too short to not have some fun along  
> the way.  All the other things you mentioned have other good things  
> to eat instead, but beer and butter, there is just no substitute!

As I read the list:, wheat, tomatoes, cheese, sweet peppers,  
mushrooms--I thought, yikes, there's your basic pizza! And potatoes.  
And many of the beans. And beer, oh my, it would be a tossup with my  
first-born. Well . . . but you get the point.