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Originally posted by tmdiva
They're voluntarily switching out those bad ingredients? Would someone please let me know when they do that for Skippy peanut butter and Nabisco crackers? We're suffering from withdrawal here in the Diva/Companion household since giving up trans fats. It's just heartbreaking when Magnus looks up at me with those saucer blue eyes and says, "We need to get some Wheat Thins at the store."
We've also been cutting back on the simple carbs--well, the starches anyway, if not the straight sugars. Damned if I'm going to give up my premium ice cream--but that's not so bad because the carbs are balanced by lots of fat and some protein (I did, however, cut back to one scoop--about the size of a "serving"--per sitting). No more white rice (risotto as an occasional treat), potatoes, pasta, or white bread.
We've also been trying to get more and better protein--grass-fed organic beef, pork, chicken and lamb, wild salmon. I feel lots better, am very gradually losing weight, and I break out less.
The other day I made Rice Krispie treats for the first time in years (surplus marshmallows from a family reunion campout), and was amazed at how sluggish and blah I felt after eating them. There's a small amount of butter, but otherwise they're straight simple carbs.
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I started eating real peanut butter a few months back and now I like it more than Jif/Skippy, etc. Try it. It takes a little getting used to and costs a bit more, but once you get to like it, Jif/Skippy seem gross/almost candy-like.
Salmons might be the wierdest fish available. It tastes fantastic raw and great smoked, but utterly awful cooked. I've tried every method of cooking salmon and found the only tolerable one to be poaching, but that's a pain in the ass...
S(so now I just eat close to a qaurter pound of it smoked every night, which is probably great for my skin and heart, but probably not good for my kidneys or blood pressure...)D
