February 13, 2013

My Boys' Toxic Lunches

Since attending the South Georgia Sustainable and Local Growers Conference in Reidsville, Georgia, last month, my husband and I have been paying more attention to the ingredients in our food.  Yesterday, I was reading posts from Food Babe,  100 Days of Real Food, and stopkillingmykids.com.
This morning, I started looking at foods from my pantry that we regularly eat.  I did not know until yesterday that we were eating such horrible things:  MSG, also known as yeast extract;  Partially or Fully Hydrogenated Oils, also known as trans fats; High Fructose Corn Syrup;  Soybean Oil; ...

Today, in my kids' lunches, I sent sandwiches made with
Hydrogenated oils, Mono- and Diglycerides
 and
Corn syrup, HFCS, maybe Sodium Citrate is bad and
I just haven't figured that out yet!


They also have this for a snack

Animal Crackers - Soybean oil, HFCS, Soy Lecithin,
Natural flavor - I'm suspicious of that not, too.

 Furthermore, I looked at the bottle of ketchup.  I love ketchup, and this is my favorite.
HFCS, Corn syrup. I suppose I'll be learning to make
my own ketchup this summer!

I am so mad right now.


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7 comments:

  1. dragonswingFebruary 18, 2013 at 12:43 PM

    We all need to re-evaluate what we eat and go back to growing our own gardens, canning our own veggies. Why would a company need to use a "high fructose corn syrup" and then another "corn syrup" is listed right after it. Too many preservatives!!! Too much junk added to our food!!!

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  2. Plan, Prepare, and ProvideFebruary 18, 2013 at 8:50 PM

    Have you ever looked at sauce packets you get from fast food restaurants? I threw all of mine away after reading the ingredients. I wrote about it here: http://www.planprepareandprovide.com/2013/01/throwing-out-sauce-packets.html

    I'm also going to make my own ketchup once my bottle of organic runs out!

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  3. Kathy Shea Mormino, The Chicken ChickFebruary 19, 2013 at 9:35 AM

    Hi! New follower by way of

    The Homestead Barn Hop and I’d like to invite you to join me at my weekly Clever Chicks Blog Hop:

    http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2013/02/clever-chicks-blog-hop-22.html



    I hope you can make it!



    Cheers,

    Kathy Shea Mormino

    The Chicken Chick

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  4. UnknownFebruary 19, 2013 at 5:12 PM

    Isn't it infuriating?? I learned I have a corn allergy a couple of years ago and started reading labels and was totally in shock!! I was very upset with myself for feeding this stuff to my kids. It's been a slow process getting this yucky stuff out of our diet and I'm still learning....but it's worth it.

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  5. Lisa LynnFebruary 26, 2013 at 2:27 PM

    Thanks for sharing this on The HomeAcre Hop!!! Can't wait to see what you share this coming Thursday :) Here's the super easy link to the next hop!
    http://www.theselfsufficienthomeacre.com/2013/02/the-homeacre-hop-8.html

    If you haven't checked out Wildcrafing Wednesday yet, please do! :) It's a hop I co-host for herbal remedies, natural living, real food recipes, and self sufficient living. Here's the link for tomorrow's hop:
    http://www.theselfsufficienthomeacre.com/2013/02/wildcrafting-wednesday-10.html

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I would love to know what you think about this. My policy: Keep it family-friendly.

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