According to www.dictionary.com, to enrich when it refers to nutrition is to restore to (a food) a nutrient that has been lost during processing.
In other words the natural nutririon has been removed and replaced with artificial nutrition. Is this a good thing?
A friend brought this product to my attention-
Quaker Oatmeal to go; natural and artificial flavored fruit pieces
Two questions immediately popped into his mind-
How you choose your multivitamin determines if it is your friend or foe. If you grab the first multivitamin you see off the shelf then you are leaving quality entirely to chance; read the label carefully and you will have a friend for life. I hear you saying there are so many out there how can you possibly know what to choose? Read on. Read More »
Labels are nothing more than slips of paper with words, yet marketing has mastered the art of placing just the right words on those slips of paper. The purpose is to make you feel secure in the knowledge that you do not have to think about what you are buying; all the information you need is in front of you. There are no better examples of this than in your grocery store where there is aisle after aisle of products that would appear to be healthy choices. If only things were as they appeared.
Once consumers started to demand reduced fat and non-fat foods, it was not long before there was an abundance of these products in your stores. The problem is that reducing the fat does not create a healthier product. Whole fat or reduced, they are still hydrogenated fats and are the trans-fatty acids, a leading cause of coronary disease. If healthier eating is your goal, leave these foods in your grocery store.
Years ago, I was taught that ingredients are listed according to the amount in a product; the more of an ingredient the higher on the list it appears. Sugar is certainly an exception to this rule. There are so many different names for sugar that the actual content is easily hidden. Sugar goes by many different names; to list them all would be a column in itself. Look for any word ending in “ose”, fructose, corn syrup, invert sugar. There is a lot of controversy on the sugars that are considered by many to be healthier, such as honey and molasses, so I leave that up to you.
L-gultamic acid occurs naturally in many foods such as tomatoes, mushrooms, and milk. Not only is L-gultamic acids found in many foods, it is also found in the cells of our body and in mother’s milk. Our bodies know exactly how to use L-gultamic acid in this form, so it is harmless. Then it is off to the factory with L-glutamic acid where it becomes D-glutamic acid better known as MSG. Your body thinks of MSG as a foreign object and does not digest it well. As with sugar the statement ”no MSG” can be misleading. In your list of ingredients look for calcium caseinate, yeast extract, or beef flavoring, all of which are still forms of MSG: For those of you who suffer severe reactions these ingredients are dangerous.
If your goal is to eat healthier skip the front of the label, skip the nutritional facts, and go straight to the list of ingredients.
How many of you have purchased an article of clothing with a tag that states “one size fits all”? With the knowledge that the garment is sure to fit, you make the purchase without trying on the clothes. You are home with your purchase, try on your new garment, and realize one size does not fit all. This is the impression given with many of the vitamins, herbs, and supplements on the market today, so allow me to suggest a few questions that you should ask before you buy.
It is important to know which prescriptions, herbs, vitamins, and supplement combinations are safe. Taking the wrong combination may be the equivalent of taking twice the dose of a prescription medicine. There is also the possibility of the reverse: the effect may be the same as not taking anything at all. An excellent example of too much is vitamin E or garlic with a blood thinner may cause your blood to become too thin. Be sure to inform your physician of anything you are taking.
Price is just not always an indication of the quality of the product, so it is important to read the list of ingredients. The cheapest may be nothing more than a sugar pill and the most expensive may contain unnecessary ingredients just to make it appear healthier.
The manufacturer may suggest that you take more than you really need in order to ensure that the product really works for you.
Vitamin D and folic acid are examples of popular additives with manufacturers; it makes their product appear healthy. You may assume your body only uses what is needed of the vitamins and minerals you take and discards the rest, but this is not always the case. Any excess fat-soluble vitamins such as A and D are stored by your body and over a period of time may become harmful. The same is true of certain minerals, such as iron.
Anyone with a thyroid problem should not be taking any product containing kelp.
How much of anything you need in a day is going to be determined by gender, age, lifestyle, diet and any health concerns you may have, so please “know before you buy”.
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Greek yogurt has 1/2 the sugar of American unsweeten non-fat yogurt.
“Let food be your medicine and let your medicine be your food” – Hippocrates
