Went grocery shopping last night. I'm waiting in line at the checkout, my little cart all full of salad mixes and veggies and meats - happy happy happy...

I watch the lady in front of me loading her groceries onto the belt - Low carb cereal, low carb ice-cream, low-carb bread, low-carb flavoured coffee cream, a gazillion bars & shakes, I swear I think I saw a low-carb ham!!! There was not a single "pure" natural item in her cart (seriously, no veggies, no cream, no cheese... I want to know, WHERE WAS HER CHEESE??? ).

So I wondered to myself, "Self, does she honestly know what she's about to put in her body?" I wondered, does she really know about low-carbing and about those products? Has she just lost 100 pounds and is using these products to maintain after sitting down and studying it, making a well-informed choice as a consumer and integrated them into her eating, and was just picking up some stuff?

Or has she just heard all the low carb scuttle, that it's good for you, here buy this cereal and this ice cream and these chocolate bars and strawberry shakes and vanilla coffee flavouring and salad dressing and ketchup because it's all low-carb and it's good for you and buy it buy it buy it...

It was all I could do not to tap her on the shoulder and talk to her, but my momma raised me old school south, and one does not assume or interfere in a stranger's business (people we know, it's OK ).

I'm afraid all this crap is really going to give this wonderful way of eating a horrible name. There have got to be ramifications somewhere!

HOW COULD SHE HAVE NO CHEESE???