There is just as much mis-information via the media as there is
reliable information, and the claims that industrial foods are
allowed to attach to their products -- e.g., healthy, vitamin rich,
cholesterol lowering, all natural, etc. -- are also very confusing to shoppers.
I will get off this soap box before the moderator decides to remove
me from the list, but I agree with the person who longs for healthier
recipes that don't rely on hydrogenated fats, cream of whatever
canned soups, and packaged mixes for cakes and other foods.
Penny
At 05:18 AM 11/16/2010, you wrote:
I think they're well enough informed. It's all over the media.
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Penny Reeder
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 10:32 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [CnD] healthy
Perhaps, this being America, there should be choices, but people
should definitely be better informed. People should be aware that,
corporate advertising notwithstanding, choices like shortening and
margerine and hydrogenated vegetable oils, and biscuit mixes, and
cake mixes, and all of those industrial food products with
unpronouncable and undiscipherable ingredients included, are not the
healthy choices. Then, I guess, if people are still willing to put
their own health and that of their loved ones at risk, then we should
pass aLONG THE RECIPES FROM THE 1960S AND THE 1970S THAT include the
industrial ingredients, but it would be better if we substituted the
canned soups and the biscuit mix and the cake mixes with reasonably
healthy ingredients so that people could learn about choosing
healthier alternatives, substituting butter, and, yes, even lard, for
the hydrogenated fats, and how to choose the foods that are natural,
seasonal, grass, not grain, fed, and healthier than their industrial
faccimiles.
If I could encourage Americans to read only one book during the next
several months, it would be Michael Pollan's "the Omnivore's Dilemma
(It's available from the NLS BARD web site as well as from
BookShare)." As Americans we are bombarded with advertising that
promotes so much so-called food that is just not good for us; it's
important to help people figure out how to choose the foods that are
natural, unadulturated, unpreserved, and, if we send recipes that can
do that, so much the better!!
Penny
At 06:13 PM 11/15/2010, you wrote:
>I don't agree. I think there is a good balance of both. And what may be
>"healthy" for some people isn't for others. People have different
>tastes and that difference should be catered to. There are enough
>proposed "health laws" I think there should be choices.
>
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>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of beverly
>heninger
>Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 10:57 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [CnD] healthy
>
>
>Hi,
>
> I agree, I would really like to see more healthy recipes.
>
> Bevie
>
>--------------------------------------------------
>From: "Nancy Knight" <[email protected]>
>Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 5:07 PM
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [CnD] healthy
>
> > Hi Jael,
> > Thank you for your note! I am just hoping that we can all become
> > healthier through good home cooking! best,
> > Nancy
> >
> > On Nov 14, 2010, at 7:24 PM, J Espinal wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Nancy,
> >> That's wonderful you are wanting to be healthy and are concerned
> >> about everyone else's health. I think it is pretty safe to say that
> >> most of us, if not all, know that butter can replace margarine and
> >> such. You can make the same arguement for some fruits and
> >> vegetables some of us can't have a lot of for health reasons. Not
> >> only that, but
>
> >> for stevia versus sugar, wheat flour versus white, and so on and so
> >> forth. We post recipes here to share, enjoy, and to promote the
> >> independence of the blind being good and confident cooks. I think I
> >> am safe in saying that when one posts a recipe, the contents in
> >> said recipe are to be used in descression to each individual's
> >> health and well being. I am sorry if I offended anyone by posting
> >> this response.
>
> >> Thanks again Nancy for your concern, and it is taken in friendship
> >> by
>
> >> me and others as well. Jael
> >>
> >> On 11/14/10, Nancy Knight <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> Dear friends,
> >>> I am really disturbed by all the recipes that include margarine or
> >>> shortening. These foods are very unhealthy! They contain
> >>> artificially-derived hydrogenated fats and are terrible for our
> >>> arteries and our hearts. Most of the time, butter is a much
> >>> better alternative unless a person has a dairy allergy.
> >>> Thanks everyone!
> >>> - a healthy cook
> >>>
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