Margarine and Hydrogenated Peanut Butter
It has been a long time since I wrote about the harm in
certain foods. When companies take an oil and add an atom to the oil to make it
a solid and pass it off as food, it is called hydrogenation. This is not good
for your body. If your peanut butter does not have the word "natural"
on the label and you are still using margarine instead of butter because it's
cheaper or you think it's better for you, please switch to butter and natural
nut butters. Your heart will thank me later. And so will your taste buds.
Refined
sugar is another place where we tend to just look the other way. I read a while
back that if refined white sugar were to have to pass through the stringent
testing food has to go through to get on the market these days, it would never
pass. It is basically poisonous to the body. There are no good qualities to
white sugar.
There
are, however, some really good substitutes that are great for you. I use Agave
Nectar. One really good attribute about agave is that it's a fruit sugar, which
processes in the body completely different than other sugars. It processes
slower. If you are diabetic or sensitive to sugar, Agave is a good substitute.
I have exchanged agave for all my sugar intake, and I couldn't be happier with
the taste.
MSG...
look for it on the ingredients list of all the things you buy that are
pre-made. It is a silent killer and most us are allergic to it.
Monosodium Glutamate was create to make meat more tender, but has been used to
flavor many foods and also used as a preservative. MSG can cause anything from
gastro intestinal disorder to mimic symptoms of diseases with muscular
disorders. People also tell me that it can keep them wide awake at night if
they are allergic to it.
In any case, stay clear of it, especially for your
children's sake.
I'd
love to hear stories today of how any of the above foods effected your body.
These
are just a few things you can be looking for this week. I hope you have a
pleasant and blessed week. Namaste.
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