A CRON kit for traveling

[Guest guest]

I had the interesting experience today of having lunch with a friend (I had=

a

salad) who is a type II diabetic, but not really overweight by conventional=

standards. He travels a lot for work, and complained about the difficulty =

of

eating well due to stress and an uncertain meal schedule while on the road.=

Recently, skipping lunch during a midday drive between cities, he resorted =

to

a candy bar (!) instead of a proper, low glycemic index meal or snack. I t=

old

him that he should put a " kit " together for such a situation. So, after lu=

nch we

went to a super market (Giant Stores, here in the D.C. area). The best we =

could do was a " kit " that included nuts (almonds, walnuts), little cans of =

V-8

juice (low sodium), no sugar-added apple sauce in snack sized containers,

and pitted prunes (probably these contain too much sugar, but are high in

ORAC value). There wasn't much else in the store we could think of that

would fit the criteria of a " kit. " The contents of such a kit should be fo=

ods that

can last for weeks to months, conveniently packaged items, relatively easy =

to

eat, low fat (or with good fats) and low in carbs, good nutrients—that kind=

of

thing. It occurred to me that it might be a good to come up with ideas for=

a

CRON " kit " of foods one could take while traveling (if this hasn't been don=

e

already on this forum), either to supplement carefully chosen meals in

restaurants, or as a substitute when choices are limited. It would be

interesting to see what ideas we can come up with.

Thin Man