[geeks] Booze and Vegetables

[Amy]

On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, David Passmore wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 12:46:33AM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
>
> > > It's VERY important to eat those fresh (not canned) veggies.  Leafy
> > > stuff is best, but starchy "veggies" (a.k.a tubers, legumes, etc) should
> > > be avoided.  I normally only eat lettuces, cabbages, and greens (which
> > > are best cooked in bacon fat... :).
> >
> >   In general, or specifically with the Atkins diet?
>
> It's important to get lots of potassium when you're on a high-protein diet.
> This will help prevent the formation of kidney stones by keeping the urine
> more alkaline. Vegetables are a good source of potassium.

so are vitamin pills :P

--a