With the exception of my indulgence of the delicious food at my birthday party, I have been eating very well to help manage the crazy issues I've been having with my weight. Yessiree, eating very well...or so I thought.
Over the past two months, I have worked myself into eating a variety of foods I never used to be fond of, but over time, they don't taste so bad. Cottage cheese, for example. Not my favorite food, but if it's sweetened with some fruit, it's not too bad. I try to eat it a few times a week as a healthy snack. I bought a different kind last week (it has pineapple in it) and the last two times I had some, I felt a little funny within a half-hour of eating it. Not food-poisoning weird, just weird. A little shaky, kind of thirsty, and then really, really tired. And then I remembered--it's how I feel when my insulin levels spike and crash. But it's cottage cheese, right? It shouldn't make my insulin spike.
Unless it's loaded with high fructose corn syrup.
Yup. I took the time to check the label just a few minutes ago and there it was. I'm good at checking other labels, but I never would have thought about high fructose corn syrup in cottage cheese, of all things. I expect to see it in artificially sweet snacks and I avoid those as much as I can, but in a "healthy" snack? Who knew?
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Food Frustration
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First, I hate cottage cheese. There are only two things I make that calls for it in the recipe and I usually only make those items about once each year.
Next, I believe that Catherine told me Trader Joe's does not sell any products with high fructose corn syrup. You could shop there and not have to read the labels.
Finally, there is a friend of our sister who believes high fructose corn syrup is what is wrong with the world. I don't know the whole story though...
DO NOT EAT HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP!
Also, DO NOT EAT PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED OILS!
You don't understand. I have learned so much about what these things do to your body, and it is all BAD.
Trade Joes is a great alternative for shopping, Martha. Margaret has reported correctly that they do not sell things with HFCS, and they are mostly organic on top of it. Most of the time, my grocery bill is the same or less than when I shopped at the regular grocery store, too. It's something to consider.
NO HFCS IN 2008!
(Sorry, I am just very into this crusade)...
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