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bean
Yep, I agree. Go w/the light next time.;-)
SoWal ExpertAuthor
I will. I'm even afraid to give it to the dog. :shock:
SoWal Insider
I will. I'm even afraid to give it to the dog. :shock:
It's like a cheese product but without the cheese
Beach Fanatic
That the makers are allowed to call it cheese should leave them open to litigation.
SoWal Insider
We could think of uses for the "cheese"
say....packing material...
say....packing material...
SoWal Expert
...and Cranberry Juice "Light," tastes terrible!
Beach Lover
...and Cranberry Juice "Light," tastes terrible!Yeah but doesn't that have Splenda in it? Splenda and juice don't mix.
Fat free cheese is okay if you can get used to it, but it's still gross.
SoWal ExpertAuthor
It's like a cheese product but without the cheese
Exactly!
That the makers are allowed to call it cheese should leave them open to litigation.
Hmmmmm...I need some Florida money....hmmmm......
We could think of uses for the "cheese"
say....packing material...
Kitty litter.......and Cranberry Juice "Light," tastes terrible!
Oh my, yes! How can they mess that up?SoWal Insider
...and Cranberry Juice "Light," tastes terrible!
I like the pure Cranberry juice, no sugar. Then I kinda use it like a mixed drink. Put a splash of the real stuff and add water and ice. Very refreshing.
As far as imitation products, I had a Dr. of Biology at OWC 20 years ago tell me of the dangers of Trans fats and to stop using margarine. To use real butter instead. He said our bodies didn't understand how to break down the partially hydrogenated particles. Some of the microbiology students thought he was a nut, but now time has proved his theory right. If I eat cheese it's the real stuff. I'm partial to sharp cheddar. A little goes a long way.
picky
Fat free cheese is disgusting. It is really plastic.
Add fat free sour cream and fat free ranch dressing to the list. Although there is one good thing that's low everything that doesn't taste too bad--the Breyers 100 (or maybe 90?) calorie sugar free churned vanilla ice cream. Not anywhere in the same league as Costco's vanilla ice cream, of course, but at least it's not rot gut, which is more than we can say about some other take-all-the-goodness-out food products.
Beach Fanatic
I agree AL...I switched to real butter after my SIL pointed out to me that alot of times butter is more healthy and has alot less fats than some brands of margarine. And I am sorry but I am not eating fake cheese. I honestly think you might as well just eat the wrapper. I dont eat as much as I used to but when I do, its the real thing.
EDIT: I TOTALLY agree about the sour cream.. it doesnt even have any where near the same consistency of sour cream.
EDIT: I TOTALLY agree about the sour cream.. it doesnt even have any where near the same consistency of sour cream.
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Beach Fanatic
Fat free cheese is disgusting. It is really plastic.
Oh God yes...even the cheeses with 50% reduced fat are horrid! The only ones that works are the ones with halepinos that help masks the tastlessness.
SoWal ExpertAuthor
And, it doesn't melt. It just sorta morphs into a hard blob. Mermy, I can actually do the sour cream if it's ON something--well, maybe not.
SoWal Expert
aleonard said it well, use the good stuff, but a little goes a long way. I don't care what it is, the fat free, sugar free stuff all tastes like crap compared to the regular. Moderation or total abstinence of the real stuff is the key, regardless of whether it is cheese, butter, cranberry juice, cookies, etc.
Beach Fanatic
aleonard said it well, use the good stuff, but a little goes a long way. I don't care what it is, the fat free, sugar free stuff all tastes like crap compared to the regular. Moderation or total abstinence of the real stuff is the key, regardless of whether it is cheese, butter, cranberry juice, cookies, etc.
I have found that low fat milk, and other milk products taste better than the whole fat, except butter. I missed the whole fat at first..but I now like the lite stuff better. Even the cranberry juice lite. Maybe it's just a matter of letting your taste buds get used to it.
Forget the fat free stuff...I ditto the fatless cheese...my dog won't eat it.
SoWal Expert
The weird tastes doesn't come from a lack of sugar, but rather from the artificial sweeteners. Fat is critical to our diets, and also keeps the brain going strong, however, too much is not good for one's health. It's all about balance. Same thing for sugars. I wish that instead of companies using artificial sweeteners, corn syrup, sucrose, fructose, etc, as their way of saying "no sugars," they would simply reduce the amount of sugars they put in their products. Whether or not the ingredient is sugar or nutrasweet (TM), the mind is hooked on the sweet tastes. The mind can quickly adjust that addiction to the sweet taste, by cutting back over a short period of time, thus, not wanting all of that sweet stuff.
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Beach Fanatic
The weird tastes doesn't come from a lack of sugar, but rather from the artificial sweeteners. Fat is critical to our diets, and also keeps the brain going strong, however, too much is not good for one's health. It's all about balance. Same thing for sugars. I wish that instead of companies using artificial sweeteners, corn syrup, sucrose, fructose, etc, as their way of saying "no sugars," they would simply reduce the amount of sugars they put in their products. Whether or not the ingredient is sugar or nutrasweet (TM), the mind is hooked on the sweet tastes. The mind can quickly adjust that addiction to the sweet taste, by cutting back over a short period of time, thus, not wanting all of that sweet stuff.
Absolutely agree with that....most of the stuff in any processed food is poison! So is refined sugar. If you must do sugar...use unrefined raw sugar that looks like brown crystals. Stay away from Splenda, etc. (except for Stevia) it raises your blood sugar just like sugar.
Beach Fanatic
There was a book I read back in the 80's:scratch:I think.. any whoo, the Sugar Blues ... any who... awesome read about Sugar;
"A multitude of common physical and mental ailments are strongly linked to the consuming of 'pure', refined sugar. Sugar taken every day produces a continuously overacid condition, and more and more minerals are required from deep in the body in the attempt to rectify the imbalance. Finally, in order to protect the blood, so much calcium is taken from the bones and teeth that decay and general weakening begin. Excess sugar eventually affects every organ in the body. Initially, it is stored in the liver in the form of glucose (glycogen). Since the liver's capacity is limited, a daily intake of refined sugar (above the required amount of natural sugar) soon makes the liver expand like a balloon. When the liver is filled to its maximum capacity, the excess glycogen is returned to the blood in the form of fatty acids. These are taken to every part of the body and stored in the most inactive areas: the belly, the buttocks, the breasts and the thighs.
The weird tastes doesn't come from no sugar, but rather from the artificial sweeteners. Fat is critical to our diets, and also keeps the brain going strong, however, too much is not good for one's health. It's all about balance. Same thing for sugars. I wish that instead of companies using artificial sweeteners, corn syrup, sucrose, fructose, etc, as their way of saying "no sugars," they would simply reduce the amount of sugars they put in their products. Whether or not the ingredient is sugar or nutrasweet (TM), the mind is hooked on the sweet tastes. The mind can quickly adjust that addiction to the sweet taste, by cutting back over a short period of time, thus, not wanting all of that sweet stuff.
Beach Fanatic
There was a book I read back in the 80's:scratch:I think.. any whoo, the Sugar Blues ... any who... awesome read about Sugar;
"A multitude of common physical and mental ailments are strongly linked to the consuming of 'pure', refined sugar. Sugar taken every day produces a continuously overacid condition, and more and more minerals are required from deep in the body in the attempt to rectify the imbalance. Finally, in order to protect the blood, so much calcium is taken from the bones and teeth that decay and general weakening begin. Excess sugar eventually affects every organ in the body. Initially, it is stored in the liver in the form of glucose (glycogen). Since the liver's capacity is limited, a daily intake of refined sugar (above the required amount of natural sugar) soon makes the liver expand like a balloon. When the liver is filled to its maximum capacity, the excess glycogen is returned to the blood in the form of fatty acids. These are taken to every part of the body and stored in the most inactive areas: the belly, the buttocks, the breasts and the thighs.
Lablady...are you reading this......NO MORE SNICKERS!!!!!
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
The weird tastes doesn't come from a lack of sugar, but rather from the artificial sweeteners. Fat is critical to our diets, and also keeps the brain going strong, however, too much is not good for one's health. It's all about balance. Same thing for sugars. I wish that instead of companies using artificial sweeteners, corn syrup, sucrose, fructose, etc, as their way of saying "no sugars," they would simply reduce the amount of sugars they put in their products. Whether or not the ingredient is sugar or nutrasweet (TM), the mind is hooked on the sweet tastes. The mind can quickly adjust that addiction to the sweet taste, by cutting back over a short period of time, thus, not wanting all of that sweet stuff.
I totally agree with these statements SJ.
For the last 2 years I have been addicted to Diet Mt. Dew. I started cutting the carbs 2 years ago and figured that Diet Dew, and Splenda, and Sweet n Low, and the rest of the fake sweetners was the way to go. Let me tell you about what has happened to me since I did that. First, I started having bad headaches and short term memory loss. I know I am getting older, but the memory loss came on about the time that I started putting the fake sugars in my body. I did some research and lo and behold they have found that the fake sugars do cause short term memory loss, and headaches. So, for the last week I have weened myself off of them. I like a little sweetness in my coffee and so I discovered Stevia. It is all natural made from a plant. It is way sweeter than sugar and a little goes a long way. A friend of mine told me about it. You can get it at Health Food stores. If you use to much it tends to have a slightly bitter taste, so you have to experiment to get the correct amount for you. OH, and I really like carbonated sodas, and I don't want to drink the high calorie real ones so here is what I did as well. I got me some sparkling water and some unsweetened Juice and put a little Stevia in it, mixed it up and made my own soda. It actually is pretty good. OH, and I do the real butter, real sour cream, real cheese...just in moderation. I have learned that is the key.
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
There was a book I read back in the 80's:scratch:I think.. any whoo, the Sugar Blues ... any who... awesome read about Sugar;
"A multitude of common physical and mental ailments are strongly linked to the consuming of 'pure', refined sugar. Sugar taken every day produces a continuously overacid condition, and more and more minerals are required from deep in the body in the attempt to rectify the imbalance. Finally, in order to protect the blood, so much calcium is taken from the bones and teeth that decay and general weakening begin. Excess sugar eventually affects every organ in the body. Initially, it is stored in the liver in the form of glucose (glycogen). Since the liver's capacity is limited, a daily intake of refined sugar (above the required amount of natural sugar) soon makes the liver expand like a balloon. When the liver is filled to its maximum capacity, the excess glycogen is returned to the blood in the form of fatty acids. These are taken to every part of the body and stored in the most inactive areas: the belly, the buttocks, the breasts and the thighs.
Yes, and I like to save my liver capacity for alcohol.
Beach Fanatic
Yes, and I like to save my liver capacity for alcohol.
Beach Fanatic
I eat everything full fat, butter, Fago yougurt, olive oil, blue cheese, cream cheese, fatty steak but quit eating refined carbs, no sugar and avoid the slpenda thing when I can. I weigh 115 and am 5 ft 3 in. 48 years old. Best thing is I'm never hungry When I used to eat low fat I felt hungry all the time.
Once you get used to eating food without sugar everything taste so much better. Fruit taste really sweet.
Once you get used to eating food without sugar everything taste so much better. Fruit taste really sweet.
SoWal Expert
Kathydwells, my Mom has a similar story. She has been hooked on Diet Coke since the stuff came out. This past year, my sister yelled at her enough, because of Mom's health problems, and made Mom promise to stop drinking those damn Diet Cokes. She agreed, and is now drinking Diet Dr Pepppers. (bang head here for my sister) I don't think my Mom wants to get off the sugar bubbles. I haven't heard about the artificial sweeteners causing the problems you mention, but there are studies showing that there is potential short-term memory loss associated with aluminum, in which many of the drinks are contained. As a kid, I consumed more sodas than my mom, but have weened myself off, and probably drink less than a 6 pack in a given year. I'd rather drink water.
I know that making your own beverage isn't convenient, but your body will appreciate you. I've known about Stevia for a long time, and used it for a while. I never liked the taste, and don't need the sweetness any more, so I don't use it, though I do believe that it is much better for you than all of the other sweeteners which they put in our beverages. For me, a ripe banana or a glass of cranberry juice is sweet enough for my occasional taste of sugar.
I know that making your own beverage isn't convenient, but your body will appreciate you. I've known about Stevia for a long time, and used it for a while. I never liked the taste, and don't need the sweetness any more, so I don't use it, though I do believe that it is much better for you than all of the other sweeteners which they put in our beverages. For me, a ripe banana or a glass of cranberry juice is sweet enough for my occasional taste of sugar.
SoWal Expert
Kathydwells, my Mom has a similar story. She has been hooked on Diet Coke since the stuff came out. This past year, my sister yelled at her enough, because of Mom's health problems, and made Mom promise to stop drinking those damn Diet Cokes. She agreed, and is now drinking Diet Dr Pepppers. (bang head here for my sister) I don't think my Mom wants to get off the sugar bubbles. I haven't heard about the artificial sweeteners causing the problems you mention, but there are studies showing that there is potential short-term memory loss associated with aluminum, in which many of the drinks are contained. As a kid, I consumed more sodas than my mom, but have weened myself off, and probably drink less than a 6 pack in a given year. I'd rather drink water.
I know that making your own beverage isn't convenient, but your body will appreciate you. I've known about Stevia for a long time, and used it for a while. I never liked the taste, and don't need the sweetness any more, so I don't use it, though I do believe that it is much better for you than all of the other sweeteners which they put in our beverages. For me, a ripe banana or a glass of cranberry juice is sweet enough for my occasional taste of sugar.
I know that making your own beverage isn't convenient, but your body will appreciate you. I've known about Stevia for a long time, and used it for a while. I never liked the taste, and don't need the sweetness any more, so I don't use it, though I do believe that it is much better for you than all of the other sweeteners which they put in our beverages. For me, a ripe banana or a glass of cranberry juice is sweet enough for my occasional taste of sugar.
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