Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:27:20 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> And then there are the Dutch, who eat lots of meat and fat and cheese
>> and drink beer. My Dutch father in law lived on a diet that would make a
>> cardiologist squirm, and he was very healthy and active right up until
>> his death just a few weeks short of 95.
>
> I'm sorry for your loss. Your poor wife is having a particularly bad
> year, isn't she?

Thanks, but he died 15 years ago. I was just citing him as an example of
someone who could eat all sorts of rich food and be perfectly healthy.
He was sharp at a tack up until about two months before he dies. He was
a real character.

His breakfast was a bit of yogurt with some granola, two poached eggs
with cheese on top, two slices of toast with lots of honey. He would go
to a restaurant or one of his clubs for lunch, which would likely have
lots of meat and fat and be well salted. His dinner was crackers with
peanut butter and a double martini. His motto was "everything in
moderation, including moderation"