What was the last thing you purchased?

[suzy1124]

yes L.C., been taking vitamins for many years....( haven't had a cold since 1980 )..

there's no substitution for " eating well "............i think of vitamins as my " insurance policy "...that's why they're called " supplements "...

my " mentor " was Dr. Linus Pauling ( the only person to have won 2 Nobel prizes for Peace and Chemistry )...his work on Vitamin C influenced me greatly...

what's " key " is building up ones immune system...Antioxidants is the answer...a good NUTRITIONIST knows more about " you are what you eat " than a doctor who's training is strictly geared to treating disease /illness and never addressing root problems....

"p reventive " medicine would put doctors out of business............prescriptions for drugs is what they do best...the American public shares part of the guilt too...in their naivete they prefer a pill to instantly cure the " symptoms ", rather than stop eating crap...

the only winners are the drug companies ( some of the biggest contributors to presidential campaigns ) which enables the FDA to constantly use the public as Guinea Pigs for their TOXIC drugs ( euphemistically called medications )

i'd rather spend my money on vitamins than doctors, drugs, hospitals, etc...( it's not more than a couple of hundred a year ) so good luck on your path to " wellness "

[Bighuey]

Onions are a good cold preventitive, also. I eat a lot of them, in cooking, sandwiches, salads and I havent had a cold in years. I think it was Benjamin Franklin who said an onion a day keeps the doctor away.

[suzy1124]

YUP, YOU'RE RIGHT, GARLIC TOO! and those hot chili peppers there....

[Bighuey]

Chili peppers are great for sinus infection. And believe it or not, they are good for stomach problems. Ulcers, stuff like that.

[suzy1124]

RIGHT ON B.H.!

As Hipocrates said 2,000 yrs. ago : " Let food be thy Medicine and Medicine be thy Food "

[Bighuey]

Nothing very exciting, a tank of gas.

[Gannon]

A packet of Cashews. Yuuummmmm!!!!!

[Jon-Ross]

The last thing I bought was a cook book for my mum.

[markybrown26]

a boxer brief

[suzy1124]

Art supplies, a box cutter, another book, buckwheat honey, all from Amazon, and a lb. of sweetbreads, and calves liver from the local butcher here....

[Bighuey]

Tamales from the tamale ladies. Yummy.

Suzy, they have food items from Amazon? I didnt know that.

[Gannon]

A bottle of milk.

[suzy1124]

Yes B.H.!...Ya could even order your coffee there, or any of those " hard to find " favorites of yours not available in Mexico...

Friends and i used to drive or fly to the border when i lived in Mexico, cause i couldn't live w/o Lawry's special seasoning, and DOVE soap, etc.,...also xmas shopping for toys for the kidlets............most often our shopping trips were to San Antonio...we ARRIVED w /EMPTY suitcases, packed to the gills upon DEPARTURE back to Mexico....

I would imagine that w/Walmart there, all the stateside products are available to you...( i lived there in the 70's )

Best part is FREE S&H, for orders over twenty five bucks...

[Bighuey]

The Walmarts here are a lot different than in the States. The small one here dosent have much. They have a good selection of food items, other things they dont have much of a selection. It seems that here they go in more for specialty stores and if you want hardware, you go to the hardware store, it you want clothing you go to a clothing store and for videos you go to the video store. Its a pretty good system, altho a little inconvenient. I do a lot of musical shopping. If I want peanut butter, I go to the store that has peanut butter. If I want the kind of bread I like, I go to the kind of bread I like store. If I want Super X orange juice, which is my favorite brand, I go to the store that has Super X. And so on. Its interesting to say the least.

The big Walmart in Ensenada is a different story. They have a lot, but the prices are sky-high. Its mainly for rich Gringo tourists who want to make an impression by saying Im loaded. I shop at Walmart. Big deal. Who cares?

[suzy1124]

I bet the one in Ensenada is what they call ( here ) a SUPER Walmart............i prefer ordering online tho...great deals, and the purchases appear 48 hrs. later delivered right to my door by Fed-Ex.............FREE...

even flat screen tv's are at bargain prices...