The Sad Truth

First it was the awful truth about Santa Clause, then we moved on to the "Easter Bunny," and as if that was not enough to extinguish the flames of imagination in most children, parents finally took aim at the "tooth fairy." With our beliefs in shambles, we grew up as kids knowing that there was indeed at least one thing still sacred in our ever expanding universe...the pleasures of candy. More specifically, CHOCOLATE. Yes, the candy bar was king! With nuts, with out, with caramel, with nougat or perhaps even just a plain ol' chocolate candy bar, you have to admit, those were good times. However, last week I sensed a "great disturbance in THE FORCE." I couldn't quite pin down the reason for my uneasiness until I stumbled upon a news story that once again, stirred those old feelings of something else being "stripped away" from my youth. It wasn't a long news story, or even one worthy of a big "BREAKING NEWS ALERT" flashing across my T.V. screen in bold red letters, however the "sting" was just the same. Apparently, according to the news article, a recent study done at U.C. Davis (in California) now links chocolate to depression. What!? I couldn't believe what I was reading! The article continued...people with depression appear to consume more chocolate than people who don't, according to new research appearing in the Archives of Internal Medicine. So, does this mean eating chocolate make you depressed, or does depression make you want to eat chocolate? My confusion only lead me further into despair. I couldn't help but to think of all the people on SSRI medications for depression who were now going to be held accountable (leading to even further depression) for depleting the earth of it's once plentiful resources of Snickers, brownies, hot chocolate, rocky road ice cream, and anything else sold to us as being "Fudge-a-licious." No Virginia, there is no Santa Clause, no bunny, no fairy, and to make matters worse, we now know that chocolate is linked to depression. So what's left to believe in? You tell me. At least we still have our world political leaders to look up to. As long as they don't disappoint us, everything should be just fine...in a big, heaping, 2 pound box of Sees Candy kinda way.
But the GOOD NEWS....Oranges are still good for you! Filled with rich Vitamin 'C' and always fat and cholesterol free! Now that's something we can all believe in. So when your depression over chocolate lifts, go for the orange! Check us out on the web at www.pearsonranch.com. And any orange farming questions or anything else, please e mail me at tony@pearsonranch.com. If you want to become a fan and follow us on FACEBOOK, just Click Here

Thanks for reading. -Tony