In a message dated 10/29/02 12:41:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> OH NO!  Take your own food if you can.  Airline food is loaded with
> transfats, sugar, salt, grain, etc. ad nauseum.  Oliva
>

Good advice!  I do not fly often, and on my last trip, I thought that if I
ordered a "diabetic" meal, I would surely get protein and veggies.  BIG
MISTAKE.  I received rubbery tasting lentils with some kind of sweet (!)
tasting sauce with a few microscopic pieces of cubed processed chicken, fruit
and a sugar-free cookie.  I can't imagine diabetics actually surviving these
meals.  Pack your own food -- hard-boiled eggs, sugar-free jerkey, sliced
meats, some raw veggies/fruit, nuts, sardines (I know they smell -- just eat
them before you board the plane -- great hunger killers.)