Of course, that’s assuming I am correctly interpreting the results of a study recently conducted at the University of Michigan, and that the study was conducted properly.
The study, published in the journal Nature Food, is based around healthy life expectancy – the length of time a person has a good quality of life and is disease-free.
The research looked at the “health burden” of different foods by looking at their carbon footprint and nutritional impact.
The University hopes that the findings will encourage people to make better choices for themselves – as well as the environment. Study author Prof Olivier Jolliet said: “The urgency of dietary changes to improve human health and the environment is clear.
“Our findings demonstrate that small targeted substitutions offer a feasible and powerful strategy to achieve significant health and environmental benefits without requiring dramatic dietary shifts. The Health Nutritional Index takes into account all aspects of a product’s life cycle, including how it is produced, harvested, processed, consumed, and disposed of, as well as how calorific and nutritionally beneficial or detrimental a food was.”
Here is a listing of some of the foods and how much they add to or subtract from our life span:
So if I did my calculations correctly, if I eat 44 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches every day, that will add 1,452 minutes to my lifespan. Since there are only 1,440 minutes in a day, that means that I have a net gain in life span of 12 minutes every day. In other words, I could become immortal.
Of course, that assumes that I don’t eat any foods that lead to losing minutes, although it looks like I could have a soft drink each day, and I’d end up pretty much breaking even.
So who knew there was this hidden benefit to all those PB&J sandwiches I ate during my childhood, and that I continue to eat today.
And I do feel bad for all those people who enter those hot-dog eating contests. In this summer’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest title. No competitor Joey Chestnut ate 76 hot dogs. That’s nearly two days he knocked off of his lifespan.
Perhaps Jif or Skippy should start sponsoring PB&J eating contests, and promote it as a way to live longer. Now that’s a contest I would watch.
Long live the humble PB&J sandwich.
And the people who eat them…
Source: The Sun
If you try to eat that many PB & J sandwiches, I predict you will choke on them, which will significantly reduce your lifespan.
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Then you’d really be in a jam.
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I’d rather be in a jam than in a pickle…
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Either situation would be a jarring experience.
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where’s Mason and his wavy hair when you need him?
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Oh gosh all 3 of you one time is a jarring experience for sure!
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and the three of us could be jamming as well…
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With nothing to preserve you.
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Might make you flip your lid
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That would be jarring, for sure.
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it would be better if it was jamming…
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I can see there’s no buttering you up.
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unless it’s peanut buttering…
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or flip your bird
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isn’t that what pre-waiters are for?
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Could be. And posters are those who say, “er” after posting on their blog.
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I always say “oops”…
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I guess that makes you a postoop.
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you should know; you were a postman…
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If I was a postman, then I guess that made me a former woman.
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or a preman…
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Maybe that’s it. Delivering mail was a tough job, so it made a man out of me. Thus I became a postman.
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a more refined, more evolved man…
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Refined and evolved? Sure, what the hell? But you forgot to add, suave and urbane. Or am I pushing it?
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Yup you are!
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Tsk, tsk. I’ve gotta lot of nerve.
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🙂
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not at all; you’re underestimating yourself – keep going…
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Genius? World-beater? The Second-Coming?
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they all work for me…
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Oh gosh!
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🙂
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Nothing to preserve my sanity though I am feeling pretty good about my story right about now. 🙂
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Uh-oh. Are you working tonight? I sure hope everything goes well for you at work. You are a very kind, nice, smart person. I wish you all the best.
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LOL! Sorry, its a little too late to butter me up!
Yes, I am working and all is well so far. 🙂
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Since it’s too late to butter you up, then . . . hmm . . . well, maybe I’d better not press my luck.
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I guess it depends how brave you are. 🙂
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Honk!
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🙂
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just add brave to his other qualities…
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Like being a doolally? 😄
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it’s never too late to butter someone up…
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Oh I will take all the kind words he wants to say BUT it is too late to change his role in my story. 🙂
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once you hit that publish button, all bets are off…
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Exactly and he was just too late! So sad! 😂
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that’s life, and I’ve got some blog reading catching up to do!
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Yes you do, just like I did 🙂 Now I am off to bed! Just got home from work. Enjoy the posts!
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I hope you got a good day’s sleep…
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Thanks, it was pretty good and now I am ready to go back to bed soon. LOL!
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that sounds like a good day!
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I echo Tippy’s thoughts…
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That’s the safe way to go.
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well that really crushes my dreams of immortality…
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Well, maybe you can do like Joey Chestnut, and dip them in water before you eat them.
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if doing so will add more minutes to my lifespan, I’m all in…
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I think I’d rather die five minutes ago.
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you could make that up with probably just one bite of a PB&J sandwich
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Actually my son choked on a PBJ in HS, never ate another one and he used to eat alot of them! It was his last bite and he did black out for a brief period. Freaked him out having teachers all around him when he came too. Freaked me out when the nurse called me to tell me what happened and said how he was fine now but I could come get him. Then she put him on the phone and his voice was hoarae as he explained what happened and that he was tired and then said “Mom, please don’t come pick me up, I have a test to take next period.”
Mom : 😶🤚! Thinking Wouldn’t most kids love to be able to get out of taking a test!
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That’s one dedicated student. You should feel proud. But I’m glad your son got out of that jam.
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Haha!
Yes, he was and still is very dedicated when it comes to his studies and yup I am proud. 🙂
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that gives him one free pass to get out of a test at some later date…
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The ol’ PB&J choke trick.
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it seems to work…
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that must have been scary, and I can see why he would never want to eat another PB&J sandwich. I like his commitment to school though! So did he take the test?
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I thought you would like his commitment to school. 🙂
Yup, he took the test.
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I would have milked the choking incident for all I could have…
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I don’t like PB &J sandwiches. Never did. Guess I’m toast! Especially since I enjoy cheddar. It’s quite nice on toast.
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This is a ridiculous waste of time! And not relevant world wide. I think surveys like this give statistics and research a bad name. But like you, I ate a lot of PB&J growing up.
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well then it’s just like my blog – a waste of time! 🙂
but I agree, these sort of studies don’t add any value…
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Add tomato or banana to your PB&J (drop the J if you must). I have had baked salmon on a PB&J. The J is just a glaze and honestly peanut butter goes with anything. I know a couple places that serve peanut butter on a burger. I had no idea I was eating so healthy!
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baked salmon on a PB&J – you are going to outlive everyone! 🙂
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Joey Chestnut has won that hot dog eating contest so many times, he’s only going to live until he’s nine years old. I’ve never eaten more than two dogs in one meal. Who knew when we were kids that competitive eating would actually become a thing?
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maybe after those hot dog eating contests, Joey wolfs down a few PB&J to make up for things. and competitive eating is one of the most ridiculous events I know of, but I guess they’ve been around forever at those country fairs…
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I watched it once, and it made me feel uncomfortable. Of course, I was curious how they did it and how you train yourself ahead of time. I eat for pleasure, and that looked like anything but pleasure.
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I can’t imagine there is any joy felt from eating so many hot dog, except perhaps for the cash prize at the end…
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Yes! Me too!
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I wonder if there will be a run on PB&J at the grocery stores now…
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i’m doomed due to my obsessive love of bacon – i’m probably living on borrowed time at this point, but at least i’m living high on the hog
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well maybe all those endorphins you generate from being so happy from eating bacon counterbalance the effect of eating the bacon…
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I’m going with that!
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always look on the bright side of life…
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The scientists who studied how these foods can effect our longevity, never asked the salmon for its opinion.
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good point. maybe the salmon thought it was going to live forever because of its healthy diet…
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He knows better as he has been hitting the hot dogs too….
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ok, then I don’t feel so bad…
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I feel it only fair to point out that the table in your picture correctly identifies these life-enhancing sandwiches as being ‘peanut butter and jam,’ not jelly. You may be doing it all wrong…
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you mean I may not be immortal?!
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I hate to be the one to break it to you, but…
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well I guess somebody had to…
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Sorry 😂
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When I started reading this post, I stopped and did the Joey Chestnut math so I could leave a clever comment at the end. Sigh. Seems like so many variables go into this that aren’t discussed. Added sugar? Organic? Serving Size? A few years ago, I used to eat a PB&J sandwich every day. Now I’ve switched to hummus with spinach. I find it hard to believe PB&J is healthier, but Science! Guess I’m switching back.
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I am sure the hummus and spinach is adding minutes; maybe you combine it onto a PB&J sandwich… talk about your superfood!
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I’ve never been a fan of jam and definitely not jam with Pb but I do love Pb and Banana on toast so points for me there 🙂
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I’ve never tried PB and banana, but I like each one, so I am sure I would like it. I’m sure that combo adds a few minutes to your lifespan… 🙂
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The longer people live, the worse it is for the environment. Us hog dog eaters are sacrificing for the planet. 🤣
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I appreciate your sacrifice so that others may live longer 🙂
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And the social security actuaries can rest easier. 😉
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I wonder what their idea of resting is…
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No cremation though. Buried in a burlap sack.
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going all in on the envoronment thing…
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Not a big fan of P&J, but I love cheese…I actually found this research interesting. Aggregating different ratings such as production method and nutrition can bring some unexpected results. As snazzy as the graph is, I would have liked to also see the results broken down to its components and before it’s diluted in averages. I do like to add PB to stir fries, so I may gain a few minutes after all!
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I am not a fan of cheese 🙂
and it would have been nice to see the number sofr each component, since I would think bread might have a negative number…
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How is it possible that a PB&J sandwich is better than baked salmon or an avocado? I’m so confused. What if I skip the jam? I know this could spark a heated debate, but the two do not belong together. PB sandwiches. Yes. Jam sandwiches, yes. Jam sandwiches with butter or with cream cheese (or both)? Even better. But jam with peanut butter? No.
Baked salmon and avocados? Yes.
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baked salmon and avocado sounds delicious. and yes, the results are a bit odd. I’m guessing maybe part of the score is the environmental impact of the food, so perhaps growing peanuts is not as bad as salmon fishing…
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I think this is quite a clever way of presenting data. Maybe showing eating habits to people as time lost or gained on their lifeline could achieve a thought process that nothing else could. People don’t seem to react to the idea of clogged veins or high blood pressure but everyone values their life and clings to it for as long as possible. I like peanut butter sandwiches and jam sandwiches, but not together. I wonder if I’ll still get credit …
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it is a unique way to present the data, and in a way that may be easier for people to understand. It seems like PB&J sandwiches might be an American thing… 🙂
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What we need now is a study on which tires are the healthiest. I’m sure there’s been a study.🤣 We know your fans lie in wait for your famous tire posts and then come here in droves.
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That’s what I had for breakfast, along with a chocolate biscotti. PB & J…one of my favorites. I love this study. LOLOL Fries are on it too. How can this be bad science, right?
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that sounds like a great breakfast. It’s my kind of study as well, although I’m not sure how accurate it is…
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One of the wildest blog titles I’ve read in a while.
Entertaining post as well! If only PB&J sandwiches actually tasted good for me…
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thanks! I had fun coming up with the title – it’s my favorite part of blogging. I guess I’m lucky that I enjoy PB&J sandwiches…
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I am less than utterly convinced by the scientific reasoning in this study, but I wholly support your effort to eat 44 PB&Js daily.
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I’d agree that the results are somewhat questionable, but I still feel much better knowing that PB&Js are good for me…
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Absolutely. It’s quite heartening.
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How fascinating. I wonder how they worked it out.
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I didn’t read the details, but it seems like they were just trying to come up with a clever way to show the impact of various food choices. I’m not sure how accurate it is though…
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It’s good to question.
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I agree; it’s important to know exactly how they arrived at their conclusion. But in my case, I saw the headline, and just ran with it 🙂
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And why not? It made for an interesting read.
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Just to finish the pot… I had peanut butter on toast with scrambled egg today it actually was ok 🙂
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peanut butter on toast probably goes with everything 🙂
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I think so I just have haven’t tried jelly(jam) yet …
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where’s your spirit of adventure? 🙂
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I’m so hungry now. I think I’ll stop reading and go get a PBJ sandwich. My doctor just told me to add PB to my toast in the morning. So there you have it – confirmation of another accurate post by Jim Borden. 🙂
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I think would be a fine addition; not sure if the jelly adds any value. Another post by Jim Borden where he just repeats something he read, and adds 20 of his own words to the story… 🙂
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Good technique! Saves a lot of time! 🙂 Great read, though.
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yet somehow I manage to make it take a long time…
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I am already eating peanut butter sandwich everyday 😅
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I wonder if adding jam/jelly would make it healthier or not…
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Cant tell cause Im not a fan of jelly/jam 😅
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I would guess the PB is the healthy part… 🙂
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Interesting.
How many have you eaten so far?
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I’ve got a long way to go…
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🤭🤭
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I like peanut butter and sliced banana sandwiches. Unfortunately I like hot dogs, too.
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seems like a balanced diet then 🙂
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It does!
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