Yummy! Think I'll just fry me up some of those anemic store bought eggs in some plastic for supper.
uke:The Foods We Eat and what they can do.
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Yummy! Think I'll just fry me up some of those anemic store bought eggs in some plastic for supper.
Yep, and make sure you heat those yolks right up so you can transform the fat in them right into artery-clogging bad fat. (Or maybe just poach or boil them, which means the yolks can only get as hot as boiling water - about 200 or 300 degrees (F) lower than a hot frying pan. And guess what? The fats don't turn lethal on ya'! Just make sure the chickens were fed something other than growth hormones, ground up animal parts & rendered blood, and of course, those super bug-producing antibiotics. Woo, those fried eggs are sounding worse all the time!
Well, that's somewhat my point. For sometime now, we have had what is referred to as "The Easy Aisle". It's right at the front of the store (in mine it's right beside aisle one). It contains things like milk, chocolate milk, water, health drinks, pop etc. Things that people just want to pop in quick for. It's right next to the bread aisle (sort of a part of the same aisle), it's next to the produce, the newspapers etc. It truly is the Easy Aisle. I suggested to the last lazy customer that she may want to pick her milk up there but she said "No, she would like someone to get it for her".
Of course they want people to go to the back of the store and see all the store has to offer but when you're in a rush, the Easy Aisle is there. The back of the store is interesting. It has all the 4X4's that contain all the neat things we sell that you may not find elsewhere (although not so much this year), along with a zillion different kinds of Christmas candy. People have been leaving the store for the past 10 days with great bargin gifts for their kids for Christmas and they are feeling good. We had a lovely sunny day all day today and people were in great moods. It was nice as they have been cranky. It rained so much for so many days I'm sure everyone that lives here thought for sure we'd step onto the ark anyday! Tonight is a different story. It's cold and frosty out there.
Night all.
Yeah. We used to hit Armstrong Cheese when we went through Armstrong, BC. That was before that giant jackass Saputo bought it, moved it to AB, and screwed up the flavor. Used to be local range fed cow milk that Armstrong used, but I bet now it's grain fed cow milk.
I thought the queen never left the hive unless there were two queens. Oh, well, I'm not an apiarist. I just love honey and bees. lol
It wouldn't surprise me in the least. It's artificially saturated or hydrogenated veggie fat. It isn't easily broken down by the body's enzymes and I think I read somewhere where it releases free radicals into the body, too. Les calls it yellow grease.
Yes, that is sad bordering on tragic. Saputo is a 'mini-Kraft' and now we're talking not good. Gort's Gouda has their own grass-fed herd in Salmon Arm, and at least one of their cheeses is made with unpasteurized grass-fed milk. And it's not good, it's GREAT!
Yep, and when you add in the artifical colours, stabilizers, and flavourings you have a real greasy chemical mixture totally unfit for human consumption. But hey, as long as the manufacturer paid for their "Heart Smart" logo on it, people will buy it, right? And they call this stuff "food?"
I almost forgot...the "what they can do" part of the story...well, margarine can do a lot of damage to a body. I recommend www.naturalnews.com as a good starting point for learning about this one and many other "foods." It's a big website but you can search it and find some eye-opening facts. It's also a good site in that it is not connected - financially or otherwise - to any food or chemical giant company.
Ten years ago eggs were the villain, not anymore, doc says now eggs are good for you, now he didn't say 35 eggs a week are good for you so I eat them within reason 6 or so a week. Two docs when I asked them which was better between margarine and butter, both said margarine and of all the different brands Becel is supposed to be the best. Getting back to eggs, the cholesterol in eggs is a little different from that in animal fat. I htink it's all rather a moot point if you get lots of exercise, laying on the couch will kill you faster than any food. Too much obsession these days over food talk and too little action, and then there's these Johnny come lately vegetarians who now all of a sudden after 50 years of abusing themselves decide they can't eat a speck of anything that the shadow of an animal has fallen on.
Ha, ha...I like the way you worded that one. A 'good run' - are you referring to the fibre? 'For your money'...you bet! They're cheap and really good for you. The drawback for many is the time to prep and cook beans from a raw (dry) state, but I conquered that one by getting a pressure cooker. Talk about shortcutting the cooking time and it's easy.
My older brother maintains that if you eat beans regularly, you won't have any 'gas' problems. I tend to agree, because I eat them regularly and...oh, oh, what was that noise? Just kidding...they are great. EAT MORE BEANS! (And read the label on the can carefully if you have to buy the ready-made ones - if there is a name on the ingredients list that you don't recognize, don't buy it!)
They never said and I never asked not realizing there was more than one kind (I never buy it, just make sure to get "non hydrogenated") Olive oil is actually good for you, the best cooking oil, but you have to be careful not to burn it.
The average doctor (not the naturopaths) doesn't get a lot of training in nutrition...a few days at best, out of all those years in school. A doctor would be about the last person I'd listen to on food and nutrition, unless - once again - he/she is a trained naturopath...that's different...they do understand food and its impact on health. You still have to make your own decisions of course, but it's always good to gather good advice when doing so.
Never mind the pretty labels...you can take perfectly good olive oil and wreck it by overheating it. And a processed 'food' (like margarine) is very processed.
I tend to ask the dieticians that I know. Most of the GPs that I know do not, as you've said, have any special knowledge about nutrition. Some even drink alcohol!
...or worse. The day I saw an internal specialist munching on a Wendy's Baconator and a large order of fries with a giant diet cola, I knew there was something wrong with the picture. This guy (I know him) is the first one to reach for a prescription pad when the patient walks through the door. His unwritten philosophy must be: Eat whatever you want and take drugs when things go wrong. Do you think he has made the connection between food and health? Naw...
I'm not painting all doctors with the same brush...I'm just saying their training isn't really pointed in the "you are what you eat" direction, based on what I've seen...
Good point on the heating of olive oil, JLM! Have you looked into some substitutes that aren't as sensitive to overheating? I'm thinkin' pure coconut oil, rice bran oil, or even grapeseed oil. Pure coconut is probably the best as it'll withstand very high temps without turning ugly (bad for you)...it's not cheap but it goes a long way. I used it for things like hash browns when I need my Sunday morning fried breakfast "fix."
I'm a believer in the 'moderation' concept; junk food once in a while won't kill you.