Have you ever looked at the ingredients list in your foods? My goodness, I had no idea so many things were involved? So many of the ingredients I can’t pronounce either! What we have come to learn is that if we can’t pronounce it, we probably should not be eating it! There is an incredibly long list of additives that just don’t need to be in our food and we are learning not only are they unnecessary but they are also interfering in our body’s productivity!
Here is a starting list of additives to avoid:
1. High Fructose Corn Syrup: This is in so many things we don’t even realize it like marinades, salad dressing, fruit snacks, fruit rollups, snack bars, soups, cereals-SODA and CANDY! If you drink soda or eat candy we need to come up with some other solutions…flavored water, zevia, ice tea. If you eat candy, try eating a GOOD piece of dark chocolate or something that has real ingredients in it instead of chemicals. STORY ALERT: In our family we have switched over from cookies to Haagen-Daz Ice Cream bars for a treat (three real ingredients in those HG bars). One day we didn’t have any HD Ice Cream Bars so my husband ran to the convenience store and picked up other brand of Ice Cream bars…dove into eat one and had this crabby look on his face. He said “This tastes like card board and just isn’t very satisfying.” I almost hit the floor - he actually said it voluntarily. Bottom line: HFCS turns straight to fat and our bodies don’t register that we have had enough…it goes completely undetected by insulin receptors (which tell our brains we are full) and so we simply keep eating more and more and more and more…and then we begin to have REAL problems.
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2. Artificial Sweeteners and Preservatives: Sweeteners - again are found in sodas, desserts, packaged cookies, diet foods (big one), table top sweeteners (pink, blue yellow little packages), yogurt, chewable vitamins, and cough drops! How about food colorings? These may make food look and taste better or last longer but these chemicals can cause urges to overeat, headaches, depression, high cholesterol, allergic responses, nausea, skin rashes, high blood pressure, vitamin deficiencies and more.
3. Hydrogentated Oil/Trans Fats: If you see any numbers on the food label after “Trans Fat” - toss it in the garbage or don’t buy it. If you see any “partially hydrogenated” - again, toss it and don’t buy it!
Check out what Dr. Mark Hyman has to say about Hydrogenated and Trans fats: copy this link to your URL: http://drhyman.com/blog/2013/12/05/never-eat-frankenfats/
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4. Processed Foods: Most anything that comes packaged from a store will be processed and contains MSG: Monosodium Glutamate. Honestly, you don’t want to consume MSG as it messes with your brain chemistry and hunger hormones.
Most processed foods will contain; HFCS, artificial sweeteners and preservatives, trans fats, too much sodium….you catch my drift? You can make and freeze you own lasagne and know that is in it. Make and extra and trade with your neighbor- a good way to get to know them! You can add more veggies, less sodium and good meat to it. You can create it however you desire, eat some tonight and save for left overs down the road. Make your own…much better deal!
Written by; Laura Peters - Trumi Training Stillwater, www.trumi.com
