Hackerman
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It's a curse being a cynic. It's even worse being an inquisitive cynic. Add the World Wide Web and all the availability of information and it just makes my world a living hell. LMAO
I consider myself a kind of a health nut. Not a maniac about it but I definitely feel I'm pickier about what I eat and drink than most. I have not had fast food in 30+ years. I read labels (and, try to understand them LOL). I bake my own bread from flour I make myself from whole grains. Same with pasta. My diet is mostly fresh fruits and veggies. I eat plenty of meat so I'm not a vegan or anything but..... well, in short, I just try to be aware.
And, it's hard because everything in the world is a lie (how sad) and you really have to dig to find the real truth. PASTEURIZED milk, ENRICHED flour, FORTIFIED milk... and all the other stuff we were brought up to believe was good is, in reality, very bad.
One thing I have learned (at least for me) there's a huge difference in the way my body responds to natural vitamin sources like fruits and vegetables vs a one-a-day vitamin. LOL Or, whatever other artificial, overly processed source. And, I think most people are the same way.
Pasteurizing milk is a heating process that removes all the vitamins and minerals from the milk until it's as nutritious as water. Then, they toss some powdered vitamins in it and call it FORTIFIED with A and D. LOL
ENRICHED rice will say right on the bag that the vitamin efficiency will be reduced if you rinse the rice before cooking. LMAO. OMG, are they just sprinkling powdered bone meal on it. LMAO Yep.
OK, enough PRE-RANT... LOL Let's get down to it, Brutus.
We all know white sugar is poison, right? The chlorination, the impurity, the cholesterol jump, the unknown sources (it's not all CANE sugar, you know. LOL), whatever. Pick your reason.
I don't use much sugar and when I do I always used a Turbino sugar that was all from CANE. No sugar beets, or other blends. Pure CANE sugar.
And, generally speaking, you want to buy it in as big a chunks as possible (same with salt, especially Himalayan salt) which often indicates less filler.
It's still sugar and it's all not great for you but I like a little in my coffee in the morning and I often use it in recipes when I cook (I love to cook).
In short, whether it's fully processed white, or minimally processed brown, I am still using sugar and my health freak buddy says I only have hours left to live if I don't stop. LMAO
So.... OK, I ask him. What do I use. He says He always uses honey.
No problem. I have always been a honey user anyway. When I was a hippy I drank tea and honey like the rest of the hippies. LOL I use it for breakfast often with a number of different breakfast foods.
So, I start reading about honey. OMG!!!!!
I am soooo disappointed. I wish I had never read about processed honey. That cute little bear with the big smile on his face. Sure he's smiling because he's pouring poison in the form of lead, mercury, antibiotics from ultra-filtered honey from China with a mixture of High Fructose Corn Syrup and any one of 13 other sweeteners right out of his cute little pour top hat, right on to my pancakes .
The little bastard. I'm gonna go over there right now and punch him right in his little Pooh Bear nose. LMAO
I just don't understand why they lie. On the jar it says, "100% PURE HONEY". How an I supposed to know it has HFCS and 4 or 5 other sweeteners in the mix. And, according to most of what I read, almost everyone is guilty. Almost 100% of honey sold in America is not honey at all.
I posted 2 links below that I thought we well informed. I had no idea that you could track the origin of honey by analyzing the pollen. Very cool.
So, in order to smuggle illegal honey around the world, it is "filtered" to remove the pollen. How about that, almost 100% of the honey in America has NO pollen. Duh, the pollen is where all the health benefits come from. LOL
You can pick the site of your choice or the search engine of you choice and simple search, "processed honey vs raw honey" and you'll see.
Here's a nice quote that I found common among the articles that I read....
Processed honey is not honey at all and if you desire any kind of health benefits, you must stick to the real stuff. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration says that any product that's been ultra-filtered and no longer contains pollen isn't honey
https://permaculturenews.org/2014/0...ocessed-golden-honey-found-grocery-retailers/
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/11/tests-show-most-store-honey-isnt-honey/#.WU8WDFG1uCg
So, I went to the store tonight to look for "unfiltered" honey and whatever other sweetener I might find.
I did find one jar of unfiltered. I have no idea if it's really any better but, I'll look into it. I must say, it's really sweet and vert tasty. Not a syrup at all. It's more like a wax. I couldn't spoon it. I had to twist the spoon to just get the tip covered.
I also picked up some coconut sugar. I have never heard of it so I grabbed a small bag to try. It's not as sweet as the honey but it seems about 1:1 with regular sugar.
OK, rant off. Thanks for listening.
I was just so disappointed to learn the truth that I had to vent. After all these years to find out they have been lying to me my entire life.... My little Pooh Bear friend..... Et Tu Brute.
LOL
I consider myself a kind of a health nut. Not a maniac about it but I definitely feel I'm pickier about what I eat and drink than most. I have not had fast food in 30+ years. I read labels (and, try to understand them LOL). I bake my own bread from flour I make myself from whole grains. Same with pasta. My diet is mostly fresh fruits and veggies. I eat plenty of meat so I'm not a vegan or anything but..... well, in short, I just try to be aware.
And, it's hard because everything in the world is a lie (how sad) and you really have to dig to find the real truth. PASTEURIZED milk, ENRICHED flour, FORTIFIED milk... and all the other stuff we were brought up to believe was good is, in reality, very bad.
One thing I have learned (at least for me) there's a huge difference in the way my body responds to natural vitamin sources like fruits and vegetables vs a one-a-day vitamin. LOL Or, whatever other artificial, overly processed source. And, I think most people are the same way.
Pasteurizing milk is a heating process that removes all the vitamins and minerals from the milk until it's as nutritious as water. Then, they toss some powdered vitamins in it and call it FORTIFIED with A and D. LOL
ENRICHED rice will say right on the bag that the vitamin efficiency will be reduced if you rinse the rice before cooking. LMAO. OMG, are they just sprinkling powdered bone meal on it. LMAO Yep.
OK, enough PRE-RANT... LOL Let's get down to it, Brutus.
We all know white sugar is poison, right? The chlorination, the impurity, the cholesterol jump, the unknown sources (it's not all CANE sugar, you know. LOL), whatever. Pick your reason.
I don't use much sugar and when I do I always used a Turbino sugar that was all from CANE. No sugar beets, or other blends. Pure CANE sugar.
And, generally speaking, you want to buy it in as big a chunks as possible (same with salt, especially Himalayan salt) which often indicates less filler.
It's still sugar and it's all not great for you but I like a little in my coffee in the morning and I often use it in recipes when I cook (I love to cook).
In short, whether it's fully processed white, or minimally processed brown, I am still using sugar and my health freak buddy says I only have hours left to live if I don't stop. LMAO
So.... OK, I ask him. What do I use. He says He always uses honey.
No problem. I have always been a honey user anyway. When I was a hippy I drank tea and honey like the rest of the hippies. LOL I use it for breakfast often with a number of different breakfast foods.
So, I start reading about honey. OMG!!!!!
I am soooo disappointed. I wish I had never read about processed honey. That cute little bear with the big smile on his face. Sure he's smiling because he's pouring poison in the form of lead, mercury, antibiotics from ultra-filtered honey from China with a mixture of High Fructose Corn Syrup and any one of 13 other sweeteners right out of his cute little pour top hat, right on to my pancakes .
The little bastard. I'm gonna go over there right now and punch him right in his little Pooh Bear nose. LMAO
I just don't understand why they lie. On the jar it says, "100% PURE HONEY". How an I supposed to know it has HFCS and 4 or 5 other sweeteners in the mix. And, according to most of what I read, almost everyone is guilty. Almost 100% of honey sold in America is not honey at all.
I posted 2 links below that I thought we well informed. I had no idea that you could track the origin of honey by analyzing the pollen. Very cool.
So, in order to smuggle illegal honey around the world, it is "filtered" to remove the pollen. How about that, almost 100% of the honey in America has NO pollen. Duh, the pollen is where all the health benefits come from. LOL
You can pick the site of your choice or the search engine of you choice and simple search, "processed honey vs raw honey" and you'll see.
Here's a nice quote that I found common among the articles that I read....
Processed honey is not honey at all and if you desire any kind of health benefits, you must stick to the real stuff. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration says that any product that's been ultra-filtered and no longer contains pollen isn't honey
https://permaculturenews.org/2014/0...ocessed-golden-honey-found-grocery-retailers/
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/11/tests-show-most-store-honey-isnt-honey/#.WU8WDFG1uCg
So, I went to the store tonight to look for "unfiltered" honey and whatever other sweetener I might find.
I did find one jar of unfiltered. I have no idea if it's really any better but, I'll look into it. I must say, it's really sweet and vert tasty. Not a syrup at all. It's more like a wax. I couldn't spoon it. I had to twist the spoon to just get the tip covered.
I also picked up some coconut sugar. I have never heard of it so I grabbed a small bag to try. It's not as sweet as the honey but it seems about 1:1 with regular sugar.
OK, rant off. Thanks for listening.
I was just so disappointed to learn the truth that I had to vent. After all these years to find out they have been lying to me my entire life.... My little Pooh Bear friend..... Et Tu Brute.
LOL