663072 Wed Oct 28 13:30:50 -0700 2009 4 33 Food Media and News 0 5138140 "At 51, 5-foot-10 and an enviably lean 150 pounds, Mr. Rudnick does not square with the inevitable mental image of a man who has barely touched a vegetable other than candy corn in nearly a half-century. ... "An invitation to take him to lunch hit a wall. He does not really eat meals, he said, more of a so-called grazer. For example, what he ate over the course of a recent, typical day was this: a plain bagel, a three-pack of Yodels, a small can of dry-roasted peanuts, some Hershey’s Kisses, and some breakfast cereal, which he eats by the handful, dry, out of the box." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/dining/28Rudn.html?em=&pagewanted=all Wed Oct 28 13:30:51 -0700 2009 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 5138622 sounds like my Dad. typical day for him - non fat Greek yogurt topped with Cheerios, a handful of cocktail peanuts or cashews, a glass of OJ with 2 Costco oatmeal-raisin cookies, and perhaps a couple of fudgesicles or half of a Snickers bar shared with Mom. sometimes it truly boggles my mind that we share DNA! Wed Oct 28 16:10:39 -0700 2009 5138140 103920 goodhealthgourmet 2 5139358 My 96-year-old grandfather is similar. His wife, my grandmother, was, um, not a very nice person but an insanely incredible cook. His only way to get back at her was to have three or four bites of dinner, proclaim himself "full," then snack a handful of pecans here, a piece of bologna there. Today he can't weigh more than 90 pounds. Food has never been important to him, much less a priority. Wed Oct 28 21:47:29 -0700 2009 5138622 130151 dmd_kc 1 5139725 Having been a candy maniac all my life (and having wished for just such a diet -barring the snack cakes - from time to time when I was little), I checked the further details of his candy preferences on Diner's Journal - very amusing and worth a gander, although some of the ones he hates (licorice, gummis, jellybeans, pb and mint with chocolate) are among my favorites. Thu Oct 29 06:30:52 -0700 2009 5138140 13709 buttertart 1 5139750 There's a few things you have to remember here. Grazing is actually a pretty good way to eat. Lots of nibbles spread out through the day will keep you metabolism humming. Secondly, he's 51. To proclaim you can subsist on candy is ludicrous. He could be dead at 55. Is that what people want?? Thirdly, for every one of him, I'm sure there's a person out there who's craming their face with all kinds of "Chowish" foods and is in the same shape. As is there others who do everything they can to eat right and still struggle with their weight. If it works for him, terrific. It's not a way of eating that I'd be interested in. DT Thu Oct 29 06:41:25 -0700 2009 5138140 11291 Davwud