But, they could use Florida Tomatoes - they've been judged to be safe. Or California tomatoes. They are also safe.

I don't get the whole abandon the tomato thing. We had fresh tomatoes the other night (and they weren't the cute cherry or grape ones, but they were still on the vine and I think, Californian).

I also didn't abandon spinach during the e.coli thing.

On the vine are supposed to be safe, cooked tomatoes safe. I don't know - can washing clean off salmonella?

I do like being a blue-eyed brunette so I can't complain too much.

It's very striking!

It is!

I kinda feel like I won the lottery with my eyes and cheekbones, so I can't complain too much about the rest of it (like my teeth - thanks, Mom).

Actually breast size is supposedly passed down mostly via your dad's mom than your own.

I did not know that. Huh!

Genetics are fun! It's like a biology version of the "How do YOU do it??" game.

I can understand them wanting to avoid tomatoes until the madness ends. It's the "substitution" fiction that gets me -- "we're sorry, but we just can't serve tomatoes right now", or "we can't serve tomatoes, so we're serving a different salsa instead" would be completely reasonable responses. But the suggestion that lettuce and pico de gallo are somehow equivalent is WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONGITY WRONG SO VERY OMG WRONG.

I believe that a healthy diet helps most diseases

I don't know that that's true; however, even if a healthy diet doesn't affect a *disease* (by curing/mitigating it), a healthy diet can support a person's overall health/state of being, such that the impact of having a disease is lessened.

And, of course, there's always the beneficial mental-health properties of [your favorite food here].

But the suggestion that lettuce and pico de gallo are somehow equivalent is WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONGITY WRONG SO VERY OMG WRONG

Yeah, seriously. Why not salsa verde, or a cooked tomato salsa? But lettuce? It's a whole different kind of thing!

beneficial mental-health properties of [your favorite food here]

For example, homemade dulce de leche ice cream is good for the soul.

OMG, I bet it so is.

and whiskey is good for my nerves.

There's a gross article in this month's Marie Claire about a woman who was told by her doctor that she was "obese" at nearly 6 feet and like 175. Dude.

I don't cross the obesity threshold and I weight 215 lbs. at that height. Are they sure this guy was a doctor and not a fashion designer who thinks stethoscopes are the next big trend in accessories?

What I mean is that it's not like a given percentile is a grade. It's not like, "OH! 100th percentile! I have a better baby!" which is what I sometimes hear on the playground.

Well... if you plan on hooking the child up to a yoke and using them to plow fields, I guess the highest scores are best.