dittos on ww, need to get back, shock at serving sizes, etc.
it is very hard to cut out the HFCS and get any food outside of a health food store. one trick that we have found is that organic food cannot have HCFS. we *grow* organic vegetables, but rarely purchase them as the price difference is quite severe - but we are starting to buy organic foods such as ketchup. i keep thinking that i've gotten it all only to be hit with new surprises:
dry roasted peanuts - which contain msg, hfcs, salt, paprika and 8 other ingredients. next to them on the shelf are unsalted peanuts which come only in jumbo size and have one ingredient. any logical person looking at the shelf would think that here are peanuts with and without salt, but the differences are huge.
ice cream - breyer's natural, that's it. not even all breyer's are hfcs free. (sore throat is all the ice cream excuse that i need)
crackers: um, haven't found any, but pita chips are pretty good. i suspect that i should not look too closely at my baked cheetos.
on the upside, there are more and more 100% juice options and avoiding preprocessed foods has its own advantages. my hungry-now snack is peanuts and dried blueberries. it has a fat/calorie whallop, but it stops the cravings cold and has some good nutrients as well.
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it is very hard to cut out the HFCS and get any food outside of a health food store. one trick that we have found is that organic food cannot have HCFS. we *grow* organic vegetables, but rarely purchase them as the price difference is quite severe - but we are starting to buy organic foods such as ketchup. i keep thinking that i've gotten it all only to be hit with new surprises:
dry roasted peanuts - which contain msg, hfcs, salt, paprika and 8 other ingredients. next to them on the shelf are unsalted peanuts which come only in jumbo size and have one ingredient. any logical person looking at the shelf would think that here are peanuts with and without salt, but the differences are huge.
ice cream - breyer's natural, that's it. not even all breyer's are hfcs free. (sore throat is all the ice cream excuse that i need)
crackers: um, haven't found any, but pita chips are pretty good. i suspect that i should not look too closely at my baked cheetos.
on the upside, there are more and more 100% juice options and avoiding preprocessed foods has its own advantages. my hungry-now snack is peanuts and dried blueberries. it has a fat/calorie whallop, but it stops the cravings cold and has some good nutrients as well.