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I like to hear what everyone is doing for dinner... and I don't mean this thread to replace that one. But I was hoping we could have a thread about eating healthy. A place to share ideas and recipes etc. I know Christa is thinking about becoming a vegetarian, I saw her post somewhere earlier but I cant find it now and I bet she will have lots to contribute here in the coming weeks too. So I am giving this a shot and we will see how it goes. What started this was when I read an ingredient list for a product and thought to myself, " I wonder how many people actually read these and understand them? " I did not want to hijack another thread so I am posting my thoughts here. I hope it helps someone out or at least makes you think... This is an ingredient list and it got me thinking about how these things read some times... ------------------------------------------------- Ingredients: Potato ingredients (potato flakes, potato starch), Sunflower, safflower and/or canola oil, rice flour,salt. ________________________________ ,... I am always looking at ingredient lists to see what is out there that I can eat with my diet restrictions. Well this one is a NOT for me because I do not eat corn products. This ingredient list has a few interesting elements to it and I thought I would translate this ingredient list for you all just so you are aware. Reading an ingredient list 101 First of all ingredients lists are in order where the first ingredient is the biggest part of the food, and then it follows down to the last ingredient that would have the smallest amount in the food. Usually when there is a sub title "Potato ingredients" what follows in the parenthesis would not be at the top of the list like this. Note that by doing this they also got the word Potato into the list three times, its all a mind thing. My guess is that oil would be the second ingredient and that would turn most ingredient readers off. Another thing where you see the choice of three oils... Well this just means that they can use any one of the above. But don't believe for a second that they are using anything other than the Canola oil. This and/or is used to get some good oils into the list, and since they can then put the 3 oils in any order, it pushes the canola oil further down the list. It is all a Mind game, we want to feel good about what we consume... Sunflower and Safflower oils are to expensive to use in this manner (see below). Canola oil is just a crappy vegetable oil that is mostly corn oil and it is a cheaper oil to use in bulk. Dont quote me, this is all JMHO... but I bet the igredient list if written accurately without the bells and whistles would look more like this..... ------------------------------------ Ingredients: Potato flakes, canola oil, rice flour, potato starch, salt. ________________________________ This product would be a not for me because I do not eat corn products. It is not a chip, but a processed potato snack that has better ingredients than alot of them. If you do eat these, as far as snacks go, it would be far better than a lot of things out there! A note on the oils.... I have a link below about Safflower Oil and some of the benefits of using it, Sunflower oil also is very good if you want to google that one too. It was always my understanding that all the benefits of using Safflower Oil were lost when you heated it, so I only use it in cold cooking ( salad, hummus, tahini etc. ). Look into it for yourself and make up your own mind but there is some really good reasons to use this and other oils. There is a lot to know about Oils, be careful because some of them are not meant to use for cooking and can be bad for you if you use them for cooking. Always check the temperature range for any oil before cooking with heat. Check out some of the benefits below,,, very interesting. http://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/oils/safflower-oil.html
