What is/are your NOPE ingredient(s)?
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nuttynanners
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You're strolling down an aisle at the grocery store and a new product catches your eye...
Being the avid label reader that you are, you decide to read the ingredients on the product.
What ingredient(s) would make you automatically put that item back on the shelf?
Or, alternatively, did you have a favorite food that you later discovered was loaded with a "toxic" ingredient? Did you stop eating it, or perhaps reduce your intake?
Being the avid label reader that you are, you decide to read the ingredients on the product.
What ingredient(s) would make you automatically put that item back on the shelf?
Or, alternatively, did you have a favorite food that you later discovered was loaded with a "toxic" ingredient? Did you stop eating it, or perhaps reduce your intake?
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Stevia and all artificial sweeteners. I don't believe in any of that 'toxic' stuff, but that crap is toxic to my tongue! More and more things have started to sneak it in, too. Used to LOVE vitamin water. Then one day I bought a nice cold one, took a big gulp... and immediately up-chucked the gulp. Looked at the ingredients: stevia! Looked at the last bottle I'd gotten: no stevia! This was the 'normal' one too -- not low sugar or zero.
Same thing almost happened with instant hot chocolate. Luckily I smelled it soon as I pored it into the cup. Went back to the store: EVERY brand now puts it in, apparently! Only one that doesn't: the publix brand with marshmallows (the one without does).
I don't know if they're trying to make stuff even more sweet, or are trying to lower the amount of sugar, or what... but it's *gross*. This isn't a matter of learning to tolerate it either: my entire life my mom always only had diet drinks in the house. Tried and tried to learn to like it: my stomach immediately retches soon as the taste of ANY of the 'fake' sugar touches my tongue. It should never, ever be a replacement or addition to something sweet, unless it's specifically supposed to be 'diet' and marketed toward such people who need sweet but can't/won't do sugar. Drives me mad. </rant>0 -
Artificial sweeteners - I get horrible headaches from them.
Transfats - hydrolyzed fat- and other terms they use to hide trans fats. We just aren't equipped to handle them.0 -
Anything which has a long list of ingredients on the label or is very high in sodium or sugar (apart from the obvious like soy sauce).0
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High fructose corn syrup, caramel color, brominated vegetable oil0
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Artificial sweeteners - I get horrible headaches from them.
Transfats - hydrolyzed fat- and other terms they use to hide trans fats. We just aren't equipped to handle them.
I just learned that a TON of the foods on the shelves in the store are legally allowed to label their foods as 0g trans fat, but they still contain them!!!
The FDA lets manufacturers get away with having up to .5g trans fat per serving in a food...it's not Trans Fat Free at all!! If you had two or more servings a day of that particular food, it would add up.
It's ridiculous.0 -
Aside from the ones I medically have to avoid, any sugar alcohols that aren't erythritol. There's no way to accurately account for them, so I'd rather not guess and hope.0
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spoonyspork wrote: »Stevia and all artificial sweeteners. I don't believe in any of that 'toxic' stuff, but that crap is toxic to my tongue! More and more things have started to sneak it in, too. Used to LOVE vitamin water. Then one day I bought a nice cold one, took a big gulp... and immediately up-chucked the gulp. Looked at the ingredients: stevia! Looked at the last bottle I'd gotten: no stevia! This was the 'normal' one too -- not low sugar or zero.
Same thing almost happened with instant hot chocolate. Luckily I smelled it soon as I pored it into the cup. Went back to the store: EVERY brand now puts it in, apparently! Only one that doesn't: the publix brand with marshmallows (the one without does).
I don't know if they're trying to make stuff even more sweet, or are trying to lower the amount of sugar, or what... but it's *gross*. This isn't a matter of learning to tolerate it either: my entire life my mom always only had diet drinks in the house. Tried and tried to learn to like it: my stomach immediately retches soon as the taste of ANY of the 'fake' sugar touches my tongue. It should never, ever be a replacement or addition to something sweet, unless it's specifically supposed to be 'diet' and marketed toward such people who need sweet but can't/won't do sugar. Drives me mad. </rant>
I've been trying to limit my intake of artificial sweeteners.
Stevia is the new favorite because it can be marketed as natural, having come from a leaf, but it's still highly processed. While the taste has grown on me, I don't really think it should be considered a whole lot better than its counterparts...it's still highly processed.
Plus, the body doesn't really know what to make of artificial sweeteners, from what I gather. I've heard that people who consume large amounts of artificial sweeteners actual end up eating more. Also these fake sugars can lead to insulin resistance...... hello diabetes!0 -
I am a label reader too. Mostly for sodium, & sugar. I can't say there are particular ingredients I zone in on. But if the list is unusually long, or has too many things I can't easily pronounce, that item gets a second though.0
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Hydrogenated/partially hydrogenated fat0
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Beets...only beets.0
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High Fructose Corn Syrup0
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Stevia is from a plant. You have to research the product to find out if they are using the pure form of stevia. If so, it is a no calorie all natural sweetener. Problem is, most times it is not the pure form of stevia.
Honestly I've been making small substitutions to my "go to foods" for the last two years. Constantly trying to switch to organic, more natural, less ingredient foods. I shy away from long ingredient lists that contain things I can't pronounce. My goal is to get around 90% whole foods or as least processed as possible. Leaving about 10% for the occasional indulgence or eating out.0 -
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Nitrates/nitritees, sulfates/sulfites, high fructose corn syrup.0
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Bought something today that contained Xantham Gum. I've seen it used before, but this time I decided to research it. Turns out it's made from evaporated mold goo. Awesome....
Supposedly the worst that Xanthan Gum can do (so far....) is cause digestive issues in some people, but I'm still kinda grossed out.0 -
nuttynanners wrote: »
Bought something today that contained Xantham Gum. I've seen it used before, but this time I decided to research it. Turns out it's made from evaporated mold goo. Awesome....
Supposedly the worst that Xanthan Gum can do (so far....) is cause digestive issues in some people, but I'm still kinda grossed out.
It's what molecular gastronomy chefs use to make all those foams that were so trendy for a while. The real purpose of it is just a thickener, and it's a safe substitute for people who can't use flour or corn starch to make gravy or cream soups. Cheese is mold, too, so there's that.0 -
nuttynanners wrote: »
Bought something today that contained Xantham Gum. I've seen it used before, but this time I decided to research it. Turns out it's made from evaporated mold goo. Awesome....
Supposedly the worst that Xanthan Gum can do (so far....) is cause digestive issues in some people, but I'm still kinda grossed out.
Do you also avoid antibiotics?0 -
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