My mom and I are at the Expo West right now, a natural products trade show with upwards of 5,000 vendors and 70,000 people in attendance. Our feet are sore and we have bags under our eyes. The good news is that we can return to Expo this morning and probably find orthodics for our shoes or, minimally, get a foot massage. We have our choice in eye cream to help treat the bags or in mineral makeup to cover them up. Though we have not actually had a formal meal since sometime Thursday, we are easily meeting our intake requirement with the truckloads of fortified nut bars, oatmeal cookies, peanut butter, orange juice, animal crackers, and soybeans dressed up like chicken nuggets.
The real hunt, of course, is for interesting depression buster foods (not to mention that I am writing about them every day as penance). We have seen some fascinating food items here making various mood claims, but we have seen only a few products that got my attention as “different.” It strikes me that here at this alternative health trade show that the products are fairly typical for places like Whole Foods. I did find a great beef jerky that damage my gums and that tasted great too. You can also find salmon and tuna jerkified here, both on the list of depression buster foods. A California-based producer has developed a tasty pumpkin seed snack. Vendors from the mountain states have gotten our attention with some buffalo products. We may sell one of them right here very soon. If no one buys it, I suppose we will be forced to eat it ourselves.
We head back in this morning to do some follow-ups. I may grab some more eye cream samples if I see them.
