Posts Tagged ‘saturated and trans fat’
Friday, May 8th, 2009
- For the most part, today’s society looks for convenience and simplicity when it comes to the next meal. Along with such convenience and simplicity come processed foods to satisfy the appetite.
- Potatoes didn’t come in a box in the old days. Mashed potatoes were actually peeled, washed, cut up, and boiled until ready to add the fresh whole milk and butter. Yes, that was butter – not the imitation spread in a tub labeled with a promise of unsaturated fat.
- With cancer and heart disease all around us, researchers are now studying the dangers of processed foods which are more of a staple in our home than a loaf of bread or carton of milk.
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Tags: counting food calories, dangers of processed foods, saturated and trans fat
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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
- Gaining recent popularity in our health conscious society is a tasty and wholesome alternative to the old standard of potato chips. The vegetable chip, a recipe of thinly sliced vegetables deep fried or sometimes baked, is a flavorsome snack as well
- Although vegetable chips were created as far back as the potato chips, they have been getting some recent recognition from those looking for healthy alternatives to the old standards
- Vegetables can be made into chips with different textures, thickness, and seasonings
- If it comes down to choosing a product based on the fat used to make it, saturated and trans fat, the healthiest party snack would be the vegetable chips either baked or made in trans fat free oil
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Tags: saturated and trans fat, trans fat free, vegetable chips
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