Speaking as a diabetic, diagnosed 1996 and on modest oral medication, I never set foot on an airplane unless I have (1) extra supply of all my meds, (2) various food items including low-carb snack food, high-carb snack food, and emergency sugary stuff, and (3) at least 1 liter of water, usually 2. Even for a short flight. Airlines are unreliable about food service, and you never know if you're going to be stuck on the tarmac for a few hours due to flow control, gate shortage, or a security flap, or possibly otherwise delayed or diverted. I can't imagine that anyone for whom food timing is a serious health issue would consider doing otherwise. -- Michael C. Berch mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Sep 22, 2004, at 9:18 PM, Alireza Alivandivafa wrote: > My mom is a diabetic, and if she saw "meal" listed on a 6 hour flight, > then > she would think she would be getting something that would keep her > sugar from > hitting rock bottom. A small cup of ice cream would not qualify > > In a message dated 9/22/2004 7:46:37 PM Central Daylight Time, > shibumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > Not offering meal service is one thing; I, for one, won't miss the > lack > > of meals on any flight under six hours. However, saying that you're > > offering lunch and calling ice cream 'lunch' verges on fraudulent. > > There are people to whom the timing and availability of food is a > > matter of life-and-death; while some may argue that 'they deserve to > > die', i think diabetics are a reasonable percentage of air service > revenue.