Is there a list somewhere of the right healthy foods to eat? I went to the grocery store to pick up a few things this morning & EVERYTHING had "modified corn starch" or "HFCS"
Just watched Food, Inc. last night.
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Posts: 6742 (11/08/2009 2:26 PM) |
Is there a list somewhere of the right healthy foods to eat? I went to the grocery store to pick up a few things this morning & EVERYTHING had "modified corn starch" or "HFCS" |
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Posts: 23129 (11/08/2009 2:27 PM) |
I want to watch that, but they aren't showing it around here.
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Dana278 |
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Posts: 75240 (11/08/2009 2:27 PM) Most Generous JJBer '07 |
I haven't seen it yet but I just want to say that I'm eating yogurt as I read this so I looked at the label and now I hate you for making me not want
to finish it.
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bugofgold |
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Posts: 6743 (11/08/2009 2:33 PM) |
- It didn't show anywhere around here - but there was a Telluride Mountain Film Festival here in Florida & they showed it.
What bothers me too is how that HFCS is in almost everything in my pantry. Even if you eat similar things to what you had growing up - it now has HFCS in it. Give me back real sugar, dammit. |
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Posts: 2507 (11/08/2009 2:36 PM) |
I'm dumb; what is HFCS/modified corn starch and why don't I want it in my food?
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Dana278 |
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Posts: 75241 (11/08/2009 2:36 PM) Most Generous JJBer '07 |
It's on DVD now. I have it on my Netflix list and it's on a long wait BUT it's "coming soon" to Watch Instantly so I'll wait for
that.
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StellaXOXOXO |
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Posts: 6914 (11/08/2009 2:37 PM) |
Dana B wrote:High Fructose Corn Syrup..... It's like sugar, only even less healthy... |
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GodsStillSpendinTimeOnJuju |
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Posts: 1509 (11/08/2009 2:53 PM) |
OP, where do you live?
Try eatwild.com and search for your state. It will list local grass fed animal farms for you. Locavores.com also is a good research site and might be able to point you in the right direction. If you're interested in reading about the topic more trythe Food, Inc. companion book or The Omnivore's Delimma by Michael Pollan or Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (my personal fav). There's also a book called Plenty but I forget who wrote it. All very interesting. I'm a bit obsessed with this topic. I'm in culinary school and it's my dream to one day do something with local, organic, humanely raised foods for schools, restaurants or whatever. I could talk about this stuff ALL DAY! |
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bugofgold |
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Posts: 6744 (11/08/2009 2:54 PM) |
GodsStillSpendinTimeOnJuju wrote: ツ thanks! I'm in the panhandle of Florida. |
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Posts: 8759 (11/08/2009 2:56 PM) |
My doctor always recommends following the Canada Food Guide. I'm sure the U.S. has someting similar. I just printed this off and taped on the inside of one
of my kitchen cupboards.
http://www.heartandstroke.com/site/c.ikIQLcMWJtE/b.3484315/k.D9C8/Healthy_living__Eating_Well_with_Canadas_Food_Guide.htm?gclid=CITHlP6J_J0CFU1M5QodETPJqg |
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Dana B wrote: HFCS is used as a subsititute for sugar, as a less costly alternative to sugar. It's molecular structure is very similar to sucrose (table sugar). In reality, HFCS are terrible for your health in high doses, and has been linked to obesity and the development of type II diabetes. The problem is that it's pretty much replaced sugar in every aspect of prepared food, which leads to an over consumption of sorts. Of course, the food industry supports it, as the costs to import sugar from other countries is far more expensive than their profit margins would allow  It doesnt help that we have a trade embargo imposed on Cuba.
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Posts: 1538 (11/08/2009 3:13 PM) |
whole foods is nice
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Jenny Fehr |
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Posts: 4039 (11/08/2009 3:23 PM) |
I was so overwhelmed after I saw that and felt like everything I ate was bad! I think now I'm just much more aware of where my food comes from. Any animal
product I buy is organic. My family is so annoyed by me checking the ingredient list on everything
but the stuff they sneak in there is crazy!
Check out the Food Inc website. In addition to the books already mentioned, I like Marion Nestle's book What To Eat. |
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GodsStillSpendinTimeOnJuju |
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Posts: 1510 (11/08/2009 3:52 PM) |
^Thanks for that. I just added What To Eat to my list of books to read.
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Jenny Fehr |
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Posts: 4040 (11/08/2009 5:10 PM) |
You're welcome!
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Posts: 1765 (11/08/2009 6:22 PM) |
GodsStillSpendinTimeOnJuju wrote:I was just about to do a post on culinary schools when I saw your post. What culinary school do you go to and where do you live? I know there's a few culinary schools and I'm just wondering which ones have the best programs? What is your major? |
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