Patrick--re: your "magic potion"-- Peter has also started with the7:1 'Hearty Balance" drinks and snack bars (granola type) and is on a 2 hr. schedul e with meds (1/2 of 25/250 Sinemet) it seems a good solution for snacks and lig ht lunches,as he had had Ensure with a lot of protein. If anyone isINTERESTE D, THERE'S STUFF IN ARCHIVES ABOUT IT (sorry re:caps) and the company will send free samples to support groups. Ask John Cottingham, jcott@ionefor ArchiveSear ch for topic desired. P prefers the chocolate drink(cans) which is slightly sweeter than choc. Ensure. {no commission to us, BTW ;-) } Camilla Flintermann,cg for Peter,78/7,Oxford.OH