Re: Schools started - suggest me what is good for snack for kids, what type of Lunch should I keep?


"Barbara" <mom_2_one@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> MsLiz wrote:
>> Nan wrote:
>> > On 14 Sep 2005 06:58:12 -0700, Banty <Banty_member@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > >In article <3oqkl6F78sjvU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Stephanie says...
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>"Banty" <Banty_member@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > >>news:dg93a30adb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > >
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>You are kidding yourself. The "salads" at McD's are laden with
>> > >>>>preservatives (except for their side salad). The salad dressings
>> > >>>>are
>> > >>>>laden with sugars - mainly corn syrup (third or fourth ingredient,
>> > >>>>artificial flavorings and preservatives.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> As are most salad dressing ordered in the grocery store.
>> > >>>
>> > >>
>> > >>I have come to either dip my fork into dressing before stabbing my
>> > >>salad, or
>> > >>just skipping dressing altogether. I just don't like it that much.
>> > >
>> > >And the ff places do serve the dressing in a separate pouch. You can
>> > >chuck it,
>> > >use it, use a little of it, take it home and stash it. In that sense,
>> > >they
>> > >could be considered more healthy than services in restaurants, where
>> > >you have to
>> > >know to ask to have the dressing served on the side.
>> > >
>> > >Banty
>> >
>> > Not to mention portion-controlled. I use fat free Catalina (yes, it
>> > still has sugar... it would taste horrid if it didn't), and it's very
>> > easy to pour on more dressing than needed at home.
>> >
>> > Nan
>>
>> My raw foodist sister who runs a health food store, turned me on to
>> stevia which is an herbal sweetener. I have used it in iced tea, cole
>> slaw, spaghetti sauce and vinagrette. I have found it to be a wonderful
>> substitute. I started the South Beach diet last January and of course
>> the first thing to go is sugar and they recommended splenda and a few
>> other fake sweeteners. I had the worst case of guilt using it and my
>> sister almost killed me for using it. Stevia is a wonderful solution
>> to the problem. If you're intersted in more, I'd be happy to send you
>> a link to the type that she recommended.
>
> Cribbed mercilously from a website:
>
> "The U.S. FDA has rejected stevia (or stevioside) for use as a food
> additive. Likewise, Canada has not approved stevia, and a European
> Community scientific panel declared that stevia is unacceptable for use
> in food. Studies found that high dosages fed to rats caused reduced
> sperm production and an increase in cell proliferation in their
> testicles, which could cause infertility or other problems. When
> pregnant hamsters were fed large amounts of a derivative of stevioside
> called steviol, they had fewer and smaller offspring. In the
> laboratory, steviol can be converted into a mutagenic compound, which
> may promote cancer by causing mutations in the cells genetic material
> (DNA). In addition, very large amounts of stevioside can interfere with
> the absorption of carbohydrates in animals and disrupt the conversion
> of food into energy within cells. In sum, small amounts of stevia are
> probably safe, but it is inappropriate to endorse wide use of this
> sweetener."
>
> McD's is criminal. Potato chips will kill you. But we should all be
> downing this stuff?
>
> Barbara
>

I am, apparently, no where near as educated as you on sweeteners. But I
definitely will opt for plain ol' sugar, even refined sugar, over artificial
sweeteners any day of the week. MIL always goes on about the pudding is
sugar free. WHY???? Yuckola. Some weird chemical instead? Now MsLiz says
Stevia is herbal. Ok. But I have a semi-educated aversion to artificial
sweeteners. I suppose it's easy for me since sweet is not really my thing.


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