Every day at about 10:30 in the morning and then about 3:30 in the afternoon, I need a little snack to keep me going. A cookie or some pretzels, some quick and easy snack to get rid of a growling stomach; something to give me a boost so I can get my work done. If I go too long without some snack food, I get to feeling run down. I even become grumpy and irritable. Then I can't do my work because I'm thinking about food.

Eating food is, of course, a necessity of life. We need food to live, to do our work; we even need food to be sociable, likeable people. Have you ever tried to eat with someone you didn't like or with whom you were angry? You can't do it! It is like eating stones and with a stomach twisted up in knots. Food is not just protein, vitamins and minerals; eating food is a way of…