Adding fructose glucose to everything not right

I know hard to eat teh same veggie all the time

I did pick up some beans and some Chinese frozen vegetables today. That will lend a little variety to everything. Cannot have peas all the time. Salad yes, but peas no.

I usually buy frozen and fresh, but sometimes I will pick up a can of pork and beans to have something in case I do not have time to cook because we were out. Now that I got the microwave we do not have to worry about waiting for something to defrost, but before that I had to take the food out the freezer and put it on the counter in the morning in time. I cannot stand canned vegetables. I do wish however that my husband liked more then frozen peas. Then I could buy some more varieties.

I buy fruit juice rather then the drinks, but then I have to be careful. But I hate having to read labels all the time and also having to pay more money for the healthy food. Why is it not the reverse, with the unhealthy food costing more?

It is hard to stay healthy. I find that the salad stuff only lasts a week while the preserved stuff lasts forever. sometimes you just cannot win.

I think that unhealthy food is cheap because it the unhealthier we are, the less fight we have in us, the more dependent we are on medical care and thus, they can control us. Yep, I guess I'm a conspiracy theorist but what else would any sane person think, especially with all that's going on nowadays? Do the best you can to stay healthy. It's not easy these days but we have to try.

It is just as bad as the trans fat and is also known as high fructose corn syrup. If you ever watched Unwrapped on the Food Network, you know they add it to all or most of their candy recipes, even the ones that have enough sweetener. I do a lot of shopping at the Bulk Market and if I buy candy, I will check for the ones that do not contain this high fructose corn syrup and have you noticed that people are getting a bit larger lately? I am sure that they are supposedly eating healthier then what my grandmother ate,lots of suet puddings, sausages, bacon, etc. with all the nitrates and yet she did not get fat. Connection?

I hear it is worse then just adding cane sugar or sugar syrup which is what the English do (they have golden syrup). I always check for the high fructose corn syrup and the trans fat and even if they are farther down on the list, I get nervous. I have no idea if they are cumulative and also have no idea if the manufacturer separates the corn syrup ingredients to make it appear just simple sugars, but I do not like taking chances. As for weight gain, I feel that much of it was due to this high fructose corn syrup then eating lots of pasta, pastries, sausages, etc. and I do not think that exercise has any effect on it. I used to eat food with that added to it, before they warned us about them and even though I tried to be careful of what I ate and exercised, I wondered why I did not lose any weight. But since I have checked, I have lost weight. Of course, I also added chromium to my diet. That helped.And I have not increased my exercise routine either.

It is not just sugar, it is high fructose corn syrup that they disguise by separating the ingredients in the list of the box and saying frutcose on part, and sucose the other part. I would suppose just adding regular sugar syrup would not be as bad. It is that combination that makes it dangerous. i mean when we were young we just used simple cane sugar but now they add corn syrup to everything or most everything. Bad idea.

I check the glycemic level and pasta has a lower glycemic index then bread and potatoes. So I will check the glycemic value as well as if the product contains corn syrup in it. This makes choosing cereals rather risky and I am usually limited to all Bran or rolled oats.

Oh it must have taken you a while to go to my profile page and go through my discussions about tomato sauce, as well as go to the other sites about recipes that I answered. Sarcasm was very much intended. The point is I use canned tomatoes and I go for the ones that say no salt added. i am not going to tell if I add salt or pepper to them as it would be a horrible crime and the food police would be knocking on my door. Again sarcasm was very much intended. I have three tomato sauce recipes, one with just basil, one with basil, oregano, and bayleaf, and the second one but with mushrooms. I start them all with chopped onions in olive oil. And I try to use fresh herbs as they taste much better. But I do not use sugar in any of them, although if I am making a marina sauce I will add a little cayenne pepper. Yes that was the pepper I was talking about if you had found one of my recipe suggestions here on myLot. AS for salt, if I were to add salt, it would be a few sprinkles of Kosher salt as you do not need that much and besides even a few sprinkles would be too much for me. However, my husband likes things a little salty. That could be the reason for adding fructose glucose corn syrup into recipes as if you do not add salt the tomato sauce is sweet enough, but since they add too much salt in the commercial recipes, they need the added sweetness.