I couldn't get the food committee to try the energy bars. The vending 
industry as a whole is trying to combat the "junk food junkie" issue with 
"Balance For Life" program but no not really. A very small percentage of 
people, next to zero look for healthy stuff here. I'm at a college so they 
want Red Bull, Mountain Dew, Snickers and etc. I  may try the veggie chips, 
if I can find them available in vend sized bags. The snack maker's idea of 
less junk is Oreo cookies without the cream filling, some cookies without 
the trans fats in them, which I do carry both, and can't remember when I 
ordered the last box and will probably have to pull them off due to dating 
soon.

Brad


At 05:04 AM 1/8/2007, you wrote:

>Brad, if you put some health food snacks in those machines, would they sell?
>
>earlier, MV, wrote:
>
>>Julie and Phil,
>>
>>Yep it was probably a bit strong, and mine too for that matter :), but I 
>>think it likely comes out of the same anger we might get from a harratick 
>>teaching Sunday school to kids. They will believe someone who is meant to 
>>have more knowledge and authority, and for many folks the FDA and 
>>pharmaceuticals are just that. I won't say some of the modern day drugs 
>>aren't needed or that they don't help, my dad is alive because of it, of 
>>course he'd probably not be in need of it if he'd ate right all his life 
>>either, but I think that is why it seemed strong and pointed. You see 
>>similar type strong info on the web when looking up healthy eating info. 
>>It's kind of like an evangelist that walks  door to door and says "Howdy 
>>mam my name is Brad and I'd like you to open your door, your mind, and 
>>your mouth while I shove my belief down your throat. Gulp? There now 
>>isn't that better? You're saved praise God!! Next address is???" That 
>>kind of zealous hyper activity is meant for good, and turns folks off, 
>>and I think similar goes for that article. I'm glad you and Tracie are 
>>acting on it. Man, it is not easy with the time it takes to prepare and 
>>etc. Years ago it seemed folks had less on their agenda or maybe its 
>>because they lived their life and I didn't live their life too. Anyway 
>>good for you guys. My wife just checked out a new health food store near 
>>here and she said it looked good. Now... where did I put that Snickers 
>>bar... lol just kidding. Although I do have to say, my profession is 
>>giving me a conundrum. I won't eat what I sell. Well I do sneak an 
>>occasional binge now and again lol, but my belief is one of healthier 
>>eating and yet I'm selling this stuff to  folks. I was thinking today 
>>that perhaps if I'm so dog gone bent on having a mind set,  verbal one at 
>>that mind you, that perhaps I ought find myself in a different business 
>>distributing healthy foods and not junk food. Oh me oh my, what a change 
>>that would make... wow. I'll have to join the ranks of Phil and stand at 
>>the back of the church with a couple of thugs and an open hat.
>>
>>Brad
>>
>>
>>At 06:56 PM 1/7/2007, you wrote:
>>
>>>Brad,
>>>
>>>I agree with all you've said and know the FDA is certainly not out for the
>>>interest and health of Americans.  Just disagreed with the way the initial
>>>forward presented the info.
>>>By the way,  Tracey and I have made it a priority to start eating healthier
>>>and cooking almost every meal at home.  Not easy on a workin schedule, but
>>>it can be done by cooking a lot on weekends.  We're already feeling much
>>>better physically and emotionally.
>>>
>>>JulieMelton
>>>visit me at
>>>www.heart-and-music.com
>>>or subscribe to my podcast at
>>>http://feed.feedburner.com/hmradio
>>>Keep smiling!
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "MV" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 2:03 PM
>>>Subject: Re: Fwd: FYI: Pharmaceutical Drugs
>>>
>>>
>>> > Actually this is spot on as for the intentions. Sure the pharmaceutical
>>> > drugs do help those with some diseases not caused by   other drugs
>>> > themselves so there is that argument, but just like one can turn the word
>>> > around with half truths in any desired direction, one must really stand
>>> > back and look at the big picture and separate yourself from propaganda in
>>> > either camp, looking at the intensions, results and state of things. When
>>> > you can watch TV and 6 out of 10 commercials are pushing some drug, some
>>> > not even telling you what the drug is for but rather... "Check with your
>>> > doctor and see if Injectuseedamidaphin is for you". And then take 
>>> note the
>>> > politicians that are heavily invested in pharmaceutical companies. And of
>>> > course then see FDA giving the OK for our meats to be treated with 
>>> "carbon
>>> > monoxide", wait you say, carbon monoxide? Isn't that what comes out 
>>> of the
>>> > tail pipe of my car, and the weapon in which some folks use to commit
>>> > suicide in the garages with cars running? Yes, one in the same. They 
>>> treat
>>> > meat with the gas so you can't see the freshness quality by the color. It
>>> > is always red and fresh looking despite its age as long as it is treated
>>> > with the gas. So FDA is selling public deception. Oh, and remember
>>> > Clinton's  promise that there will be no cloning in this country? Well?
>>> > You
>>> > can now clone meat and soon you'll be buying it never knowing which   is
>>> > natural or which is test tube altered. This country in particular is so,
>>> > so, so deceived in the food nutrition it is an atrocity and unfortunately
>>> > those blowing the trumpet are accused of being health fanatics out in 
>>> left
>>> > field. Did you know seed companies of course have hybrids, seeds that 
>>> grow
>>> > once and you can't take seeds from that fruit or veggie and grow
>>> > again,  making it harder and harder to have natural seeds from plants but
>>> > rather their chemically and genetically altered seeds in which you'll be
>>> > reliant on buying from them unless you find a source of hand-me-down
>>> > seeds.
>>> > Did you know they have a genetically altered chicken which grows no
>>> > feathers to make processing easier. Did you know FDA tries to put the
>>> > kaboshes on Stevia, a natural sweetener which has no cavity producing
>>> > agent
>>> > and I believe safe for diabetics to eat? But they will not let it be sold
>>> > as a sweetner despite European countries using it for centuries and
>>> > centuries with no ill affects. You can buy it as a supplement but it 
>>> isn't
>>> > found in your grocery store. It is very disheartening to think of how 
>>> food
>>> > use to be and how it is now with the antibiotics and steroids with our
>>> > food
>>> > and we're eating it. Our immune systems make using antibiotics when
>>> > absolutely necessary of little affect  because of the use in our milk and
>>> > meat processing. Find yourself a local family or farmer who raises 
>>> organic
>>> > chicken, you know, the kind that roamed the barnyard naturally and ate
>>> > natural corn and etc., and have one of those butchered up and notice the
>>> > difference in taste alone, you'll say... "That's how I remember chicken
>>> > tasting when I was a kid". There is a very noticeable difference. We have
>>> > been wanting to eat healthier and unless you can find local farmers
>>> > markets
>>> > and etc. it gets to be more expensive. There has got to be a way though,
>>> > or
>>> > eating as we do will only be supplemented by the pills many Americans 
>>> take
>>> > for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I am currently in search of a low
>>> > cholesterol meal plan or recipes as cholesterol build up is  prone in our
>>> > family and I want to do  something about it before I'm the next one laid
>>> > out on an operating table with my chest spread open and subsequently take
>>> > the drugs needed after such an operation. There are some good books on
>>> > biblical eating at BookShare.org if you like. Stormie O'Maritain has some
>>> > Don Colburt is another. When I first heard of fast food being 
>>> addictive, I
>>> > was... "Yah sure right... another cry baby blaming others for their lazy
>>> > eating habits", but it is a fact, your body, due to its desire to gain
>>> > nutrition, seeks carbs and that coupled with our fast paced lifestyles
>>> > many
>>> > folks result in fast foods or eating out where the nutritional value
>>> > is  little but loaded with the carbs. So we eat more, and gain 
>>> weight, and
>>> > there go the health issues. Just like we can be addicted to sweets, 
>>> we can
>>> > as well to empty carbs. It isn't until you stop them that you realize 
>>> that
>>> > "Yeah, I was sort of addicted or craving that all the time, but now 
>>> that I
>>> > stopped purposefully, I don't". Whether or not the Scripture quoted is
>>> > right or not, it wouldn't surprise me, and even if it isn't, it doesn't
>>> > take away the fact that pharmaceutical companies and the inside partner
>>> > FDA
>>> > do not  have the best interest of the public in mind. Remember, on the
>>> > horizon is the chip implant in which they'll likely utilize for health
>>> > monitoring, and so they need a large complicated health concern so people
>>> > will more openly agree to its use as well. Our former governor, and your
>>> > former Secretary of Health and Human Services in Bushes first stint, 
>>> Tommy
>>> > Thompson has one of these chips and sees nothing wrong with it and 
>>> praises
>>> > it. Ten years ago when this technology was being developed, such a
>>> > warning
>>> > seemed like a science fiction alarmist gloom and doom farce, and it is
>>> > being used daily now in our livestock and pets. Try and buy a pet that is
>>> > registered these days without a chip in the ear, you can't. OK I'm done
>>> > with my rambling rant *smile* but we all, myself included, need to take
>>> > the
>>> > time, and make eating healthier a priority now more than any other 
>>> time in
>>> > history.
>>> >
>>> > Brad
>>> >
>>
>>
>>
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