BREAK THEM ha ha ha

of that HABIT!

(sticks out tongue. with food on it.)

I would not ever promote child abuse.

publicly.

on this here 'net thingy.

;)

I have already discussed somewhere around here how we broke the younger one of his overly picky eating habits. (I don't consider allowing mild levels of self-starvation to be child abuse, myself. They'll eat when they're hungry.) But the drinking/swallowing thing has proven to be much harder. Believe me, we've tried. What makes it hard is neither one of them "knows" how to swallow. I think it was HLJ who was mentioning the phenomenon--if you tell them to swallow, they just stare at you blankly. They aren't consciously aware of how the food gets down their throat. We've practiced chugging liquids so they can really feel each big swallow, but still I get the vacant look.

I remember "not knowing how to" blow my nose...

The human body was designed to last about 40 years under extremely difficult conditions.

Now you'll be amazed... the foods we eat are *mostly* water.

http://waltonfeed.com/self/h2ocont.html

Almonds 7%
Apples 85%
Apricots 85%
Bananas 76%
Bean Sprouts 92%
Beef Raw Hamburger 54%
Bread Whole Wheat 35%
Broccoli 91%
Butter 20%
Cabbage Raw 92%
Cantaloupe 91%
Carrots Raw 88%
Cauliflower Raw 91%
Celery 94%
Cheese American 37%
Cherries raw 80%
Chicken Broiled 71%
Coconut Dried 7%
Collards boiled 91%
Corn, Sweet Fresh 74%
Cucumbers Raw 96%
Eggs Raw Whole 74%
Eggplant Raw 92%
Fruit Cocktail 80%
Grapefruit Raw 88%
Grapes 82%
Ham Smoked Cooked 54%
Honey 15%
Jams/Preserves 30%
Kale 87%
Lettuce Head 96%
Macaroni/Spaghetti Cooked 72%
Margarine 20%
Molasses 25%
Okra Boiled 91%
Olives 80%
Onions 89%
Oranges 86%
Papyas Raw 89%
Parsley Raw 86%
Peaches Raw 90%
Peanuts Shelled Trace
Peanut Butter Trace
Pears Raw 82%
Peas Raw 81%
Pecans 7%
Peppers Green 94%
Pickles Dill 93%
Pineapple Raw 85%
Plums Raw 87%
Pork Chops Broiled 45%
Potatoes Raw 85%
Pumkin Canned 90%
Radishes Raw 95%
Raspberries 81%
Rutabas Boiled 90%
Sauerkraut Canned 93%
Spinach Raw 92%
Squash Boiled 96%
Strawberries Raw 90%
Sweet Potatoes
Boiled in Skin 71%
Swiss Chard 94%
Tomatoes Raw 93%
Turkey Roasted 62%
Veal Broiled 60%
Walnuts 4%
Watercress Raw 90%
Watermelon 93%

Yep. So if we actually ate a healthy, raw food diet, we wouldn't need to be constantly guzzling all this water.

I eat raw meat and guzzle blood. [Ozzie]

But Ronco said my home food dehydrator would make delicious and healthy snacks! Noooo! Ron Popeil has lied to me again!!

WEll, if you juice, you get your food and water together! I recommend, "The Raw Food Diet" by Natalia Rose. I drink the Green Lemonade from there regularly. It's yummy, even if it does have kale in it.

I don't understand juicing. It seems like you're taking healthy food and then just removing all the fiber.

Yeah, me neither...unless it's the same as puree-ing, so the fiber's still in there.

Now, my wife used to take the fruit pulp, dry it, and make rabbit treats out it. But still, I'd rather get that fiber myself.

you can use it to make paper, too... and potpourri ...if you;re ghey

That explains why you know that.

i also know that you can escape earth's orbit if you strap enough rocket propulsion to your ass.....but that doesn't make me an astronaut.

your mother was an astronaut, btw.