[blparent] Healthy foods

Tue May 1 20:16:39 UTC 2012

I've learned that you really have to pay attention to the labels and not the 
advertisements. Also, I try to stay away from processed foods and make 
things from scratched. For instance homemade mac and cheese may contain the 
fat and such that kraft or velveta do, but it's healthier for you because it 
doesn't have added preservatives and sodium. You can also do things like use 
whole wheat pasta flour and bread. Try to pair lean protein with fiber.
If something advertises that it is all natural, super healthy for you and 
the likes, chances are that it really isn't.
I've noticed that the raisins in cereal have a bit of a sugar coating to 
them.
I've really started paying attention and trying to make small healthy 
changes in my house. So if I can help in any way Jo Elizabeth, feel free to 
let me know. :)
Pipi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Healthy foods


> What's wrong with Nutella?  I've never tried it, but it's advertised on TV 
> as a healthy food--as much as you can believe what's advertised anyway. 
> The problem with trying to choose healthy foods for me and my family is 
> that something is billed as great for you one month, and horrible the 
> next.  For example, Special K is touted as a healthy food that can help 
> with weight management, but if you look at the nutrition label, it's got 
> nearly as much sugar as Frosted Flakes.  And Raisin Bran, which you would 
> think of as healthy, has more sugar than most of the no-no kid cereals 
> because the raisins are coated in sugar.  What's up with that?  Raisins 
> are sweet and good by themselves.  It gets so frustrating, trying to keep 
> ahead of what's healthy and what's the latest scam.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
> of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been 
> all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>
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> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 11:53 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] Healthy foods
>
>>        Pop tarts are miserable.
>> And now they say nutella is bad too. That's another food that just tasted 
>> funky to me.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Bridgit Pollpeter
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 1:35 PM
>> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [blparent] Healthy foods
>>
>> Totally, grin. I could make home-made, real fruit tarts that would taste
>> better. Whenever we want baked goodies around here, I typically make
>> home-made from scratch. Not necessarily any better for you, but at least
>> they taste better.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
>> Read my blog at:
>> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>>
>> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
>> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>>
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:05:10 -0700
>> From: "Erin Rumer" <erinrumer at gmail.com>
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>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Healthy foods
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>> Yuck, I don't even think those things taste good anyways!  If I'm going
>> to be naughty with a treat it's at least got to taste great or it's not
>> worth the calories. GRIN
>>
>> Erin
>>
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