Faux Food vs. Real Food
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Faux Food vs. Real Food
We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons. - Alfred E. Newman
On the table before you sits a spoon, a new and improved lemony flavored food product, and a glass of cold water. To the right of that is another glass of cool water, a sharp knife, and a fresh lemon. You are so very thirsty. Which lemon water would you choose to drink? Unfortunately, Alfred E. Newman is right. Many of us would end up choosing the product made with artificial flavors. Why? Convenience is usually the given answer.
If you are going to choose to eat prepared food products because it is convenient, you really had best arm yourself with some information about what you are eating. So many of us at Calorie Count are professional label readers, but, if you don’t know the legalese involved in what you are reading you are at a serious disadvantage. According to the FDA, “The term artificial flavor or artificial flavoring means any substance, the function of which is to impart flavor, which is not derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof.”
Does that sound delicious?!
Why eat a product containing ingredients that are so intentionally not food? Eating real food made in your kitchen instead of a product designed in a lab keeps you in control of your health. There are so many tasty dishes to be made that all you will need are recipes that suit the way you live. If you don’t have 30 minutes after work, get up a little earlier and put that crock pot to good use. If you are too rushed to spend time in the kitchen at the end of the day, then cook on the weekends and freeze servings so all you have to do is reheat. Alternatively, prep the night before. Then it's a matter of assemble and cook the next day.
Lemon, the real kind, and chicken are perfect together. Here are a few recipes to help you cook with lemon – most only take between 30-45 minutes to prepare.
Lemons with Chicken
Meryl’s Sticky Lemon Chicken is as delicious as its name implies.
BBQ sauce with Lemon is the perfect baste for Chicken whether it is grilled, oven baked, or pan seared and simmered. Make it a few days before you need it so it is conveniently waiting for you in the fridge.
Crazypotato98’s Baked Lemon Chicken takes about an hour to make and is worth every minute.
From the recipe search bar at Calorie Count, I found this recipe for Greek Style Lemon Chicken. Only 40 minutes from start to on the table.
Lemons with Tempeh
Zesty Lemon Tempeh, is a terrific new recipe from my friend Mireya with My Healthy Eating Habits. It's quick to make because the steps overlap. The tempeh marinades while you are preparing the rest!
Vegetarian Times Tempeh Triangles with Piccata Sauce is ready to serve in under 45 minutes.
I’d like to give you one more recipe. This one doesn’t contain lemon, it has lemongrass! If you love the aroma of lemons but not so much the pungency and bite, try flavoring food with lemongrass. Lemongrass has a distinct citrus aroma and tastes milder than a lemon which makes it nice for those that cannot tolerate the sharp bite of a real lemon.
By jannid on Jan 13, 2012 04:00 AM in Recipes
We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons. - Alfred E. Newman
On the table before you sits a spoon, a new and improved lemony flavored food product, and a glass of cold water. To the right of that is another glass of cool water, a sharp knife, and a fresh lemon. You are so very thirsty. Which lemon water would you choose to drink? Unfortunately, Alfred E. Newman is right. Many of us would end up choosing the product made with artificial flavors. Why? Convenience is usually the given answer.
If you are going to choose to eat prepared food products because it is convenient, you really had best arm yourself with some information about what you are eating. So many of us at Calorie Count are professional label readers, but, if you don’t know the legalese involved in what you are reading you are at a serious disadvantage. According to the FDA, “The term artificial flavor or artificial flavoring means any substance, the function of which is to impart flavor, which is not derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof.”
Does that sound delicious?!
Why eat a product containing ingredients that are so intentionally not food? Eating real food made in your kitchen instead of a product designed in a lab keeps you in control of your health. There are so many tasty dishes to be made that all you will need are recipes that suit the way you live. If you don’t have 30 minutes after work, get up a little earlier and put that crock pot to good use. If you are too rushed to spend time in the kitchen at the end of the day, then cook on the weekends and freeze servings so all you have to do is reheat. Alternatively, prep the night before. Then it's a matter of assemble and cook the next day.
Lemon, the real kind, and chicken are perfect together. Here are a few recipes to help you cook with lemon – most only take between 30-45 minutes to prepare.
Lemons with Chicken
Meryl’s Sticky Lemon Chicken is as delicious as its name implies.
BBQ sauce with Lemon is the perfect baste for Chicken whether it is grilled, oven baked, or pan seared and simmered. Make it a few days before you need it so it is conveniently waiting for you in the fridge.
Crazypotato98’s Baked Lemon Chicken takes about an hour to make and is worth every minute.
From the recipe search bar at Calorie Count, I found this recipe for Greek Style Lemon Chicken. Only 40 minutes from start to on the table.
Lemons with Tempeh
Zesty Lemon Tempeh, is a terrific new recipe from my friend Mireya with My Healthy Eating Habits. It's quick to make because the steps overlap. The tempeh marinades while you are preparing the rest!
Vegetarian Times Tempeh Triangles with Piccata Sauce is ready to serve in under 45 minutes.
I’d like to give you one more recipe. This one doesn’t contain lemon, it has lemongrass! If you love the aroma of lemons but not so much the pungency and bite, try flavoring food with lemongrass. Lemongrass has a distinct citrus aroma and tastes milder than a lemon which makes it nice for those that cannot tolerate the sharp bite of a real lemon.
By jannid on Jan 13, 2012 04:00 AM in Recipes
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I will take the real thing! I do not trust what labels say either. That's why it's so important to research everything!!0
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I'm not fully there yet, but I am working on it.
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Me neither.I will take the real thing! I do not trust what labels say either. That's why it's so important to research everything!!
If man makes it, don't eat it.0 -
This is "twaddle" as they call it in the UK.
"Eating real food made in your kitchen instead of a product designed in a lab keeps you in control of your health. "
That's the core statement of the article. It is complete nonsense and offered, like the rest of the article, without a shred of medical evidence to back it up. And of course there is no medical evidence to back it up because it's a completely absurd statement.0 -
I am definitely trying to eat more real foods! What always kills me on here is when someone says they're craving something - chocolate, for example, they'll get so many people recommending that they eat sugar free pudding or a cardboard Fiber One brownie. Ew! I always hope they listen to the people who tell them to eat some actual chocolate! I think if we ate more real stuff, we'd need less of the fake.0
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I've been working toward this idea, but still have a ways to go. For me, it was reading the book The Fat Fallacy. The author gave little game/quizzes. He'd list the (horribly fake, unappetizing) ingredients of popular foods, and you could guess what it was. It was so hard! The ingredients for many things make them unrecognizable.
I do cook mostly from scratch several times a week. I use a ton of fresh fruits and veggies, and make my own bread (in a machine). I use real butter instead of any low-fat stuff. I would rather stick a pin in myself than use fake creamers instead of half and half in my coffee.
Whether or not there is scientific evidence to back it up, the food, for me, tastes better. I love to cook, which helps. But I find it hard to believe that the frozen low-cal, low-fat weight watchers-approved meal in my freezer is as nutritious and healthy as the homemade soup I have packed in my lunch today.
I had a freak cancer, a bad one, a year and a half ago. Of course, there is no way to know what caused it (there are no known risk factors), but I find that I am trying to eat more natural things, and minimize the chemicals that I put into my body unnecessarily. It just seems like common sense to me.0 -
hehe...I came her thinking to post a question about using protein powders to supplement your diet. And saw this. I am rally trying to balance my nutrition. I want to lean more to the side of protein and less carbs--but, still staying in the healthy guidelines. Trouble is --I can't seem to reach that protein goal no matter how much protein I try to eat and stay within my calorie limit. Every where I look --it says protein powder. So, what are your thoughts about this??? I am already eating the highest protein foods I know about.0
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This is "twaddle" as they call it in the UK.
"Eating real food made in your kitchen instead of a product designed in a lab keeps you in control of your health. "
That's the core statement of the article. It is complete nonsense and offered, like the rest of the article, without a shred of medical evidence to back it up. And of course there is no medical evidence to back it up because it's a completely absurd statement.
I'm with you on this. What's a healthier choice, 600 calories of homemade chocolate cake or 200 calories of packaged protein bar? Yes, eating "real" food is usually preferable if you have the choice, but I think it's a mistake to imply that choosing real foods alone is enough to make you healthy, or that it's the only way to get healthy.0 -
Have you read "The Perfect 10 Diet"? I don't follow the "diet" part of it but the information regarding nutrition and additives has been invaluable to me and my weight loss / health. A good read fer sure
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I am in the process of reading "The Perfect 10" and it confirms what Dr. Mercola and Dr. Agaston (South Beach Diet) promote. Sugar and manufactured fats are the culprits for obesity, diabetes and heart disease, not natural fats. It's sad that we have been duped by the American Heart Association for so long to believe that a low fat diet is the way to go. Obesity rates have shot up since low fat was popularized. I haven't finished the book, have only gotten as far as the insulin effect, so I'm sure I have a lot more to learn about the affect of food on hormones.0
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