> Second, is this really the right place to discuss nutrition? Yes. As long as one uses an [OT] tag. Which I did not, in error. It's ALMOST [EE] :-). But I certainly wasn't going to put it there. Weight gain, desired and undesired, is a bit of a black art. In his case he has ongoing diarrhoea which doesn't help weight gain at all :-(. Russell -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist