If you have any White Oaks near you, roast up some of their acorns and spice them the way you like, you have to experiment, and try those. Some acorns are bitter as gall.

yes lack of activity and fast foods.   

howmany of you were treated regularly to fast foods  when you were a kid.    and I bet after you finished your homework or all day Saturday you were outside running around.  

I know before I got a computer I was out more doing errands and puttering around the house, when I wasn't working.   

So I agree about the fast food.    Lots of it tastes good.    People pack on the weight so slowly and see so many others that are overweifht we've become used to it.   

It's a cycle, we eat, get fat, don't want to cook because we have become lazy.  so we eat more, get fatter and more lazy.     

It's true though lots of the healthy food is ofd limits for some.    I can stock up on cheap pasta but I think twice when the store wants amost 4.00 for one layer of rasberrys.    I counted through the package once and found that one contained 23 rasberrys!  2.00 for a fresh tomatoe!