Posts Tagged ‘HFCS’
Posted by terrepruitt on January 19, 2013
According to an article on Shape.com there are 13 ingredients that are banned in “many other developed countries” but are still allowed to be used in food in the United States of America (U.S.). A lot of the ingredients are in foods that are considered highly processed and for many of us these foods can be easily avoided. But some of the things that are allowed in the food in the U.S., but are not allowed in other countries are things that are not listed on the ingredient list when you purchase the product.
Two of the ingredients that are banned according to the list are Synthetic hormones (rBGH and rBST) and Arsenic. I am pretty confident that if you looked at a food product that listed arsenic as one of its ingredients you would not purchase it. But when it is not listed, but still could be present in the product that becomes very confusing and a health concern. The Synthetic hormones (rBGH and rBST) is not listed on the ingredient list of dairy products. The hormone is something that is injected into the cows to ensure they produce more milk than they naturally could and should. This hormone is something that was created in a lab making it genetically engineered. Because this hormone causes the cow to produce more than is natural the cows often end up with infections of their udders. When they end up with infections in the udders they have to be given antibiotics. You might have heard the theory about the more we use antibiotics, the more the things we use them against grow to be resistant. So we keep having to have stronger antibiotics. Also you might be interested to know that some milk has been documented as having pus from the infected udders in it. Just a few things to think about when purchasing milk.
Again, this is because of the hormone that is put into cows and is BANNED in some other countries, but allowed here in the United States.
And the arsenic I mentioned, according to the Shape article, is allowed in the chicken feed. It sounds as if it is just for coloring of their flesh. Which goes back to the first ingredient on the list in the article. The artificial coloring. Seems we want our food to be a certain color when we eat it.
I remember hearing about an experiment where people were fed a nice turkey dinner in a dimly lit room. They were enjoying the food. Then once the lights were turned on and they saw that all of the food was green some people actually got ill. The food was not green because it was bad, it was just green because it had been dyed green, but because it did not have “normal” coloring some people got ill. So it seems as if consumers prefer food that is pretty, even though some research is showing that dyes are not healthy. Some studies even report that dyes cause health issues.
Here is the list (copied from the article):
Ingredients: Coloring agents (blue 1, blue 2, yellow 5, and yellow 6)
Found In: Cake, candy, macaroni and cheese, medicines, sport drinks, soda, pet food, and cheese
Ingredient: Olestra (aka Olean)
Found In: Fat-free potato chips
Ingredient: Brominated vegetable oil (aka BVO)
Found In: Sports drinks and citrus-flavored sodas
Ingredient: Potassium bromate (aka brominated flour)
Found In: Rolls, wraps, flatbread, bread crumbs, and bagel chips
Ingredient: Azodicarbonamide
Found In: Breads, frozen dinners, boxed pasta mixes, and packaged baked goods
Ingredients: BHA and BHT
Found In: Cereal, nut mixes, gum, butter, meat, dehydrated potatoes, and beer
Ingredients: Synthetic hormones (rBGH and rBST)
Found In: Milk and dairy products
Ingredient: Arsenic
Found In: Poultry
Please keep in mind this is not a complete list of foods that these ingredients are found in. So if you are interesting in avoiding the ingredients check the labels of the food you purchase.
And check out the article, it states reasons as to WHY the food manufacturers use the ingredient.
Right now my avoid list consists of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), partially hydrogenated oils/trans fat, and Canola oil. In actuality Olestra too, but I haven’t seen that on an ingredient list in so long I don’t think of it as being on my avoid list. But I am going to be on the look out for the items on this list. I have recently been avoiding the dairy hormones, but I will have to work on the rest.
So, what do you think? Do you think you could eliminate some of these ingredients from your diet? Do you want to?
Posted in Food | Tagged: antibiotics, Arsenic, artificial coloring, banned ingredients, Canola Oil, cereal, dairy products, Fat-free potato chips, flatbread, frozen dinners, HFCS, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Olean, Olestra, Partially Hydrogenated Oils, pasta, rBGH, rBST, Shape.com, sports drinks, Synthetic hormones, Trans fat | 6 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on October 27, 2012
Awhile back, March 2010, to be more accurate, I posted about one of my favorite condiments. I use Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce in almost all of my marinades and whenever I cook meat. Sometimes I even splash it in my vegetables. I was upset back in March of 2010 when I realized that it had High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) in it. This sweetener is being used in way too many products. I actually think that people recognize it to be an awful sweetener and so some companies are removing it from their products. I believe HFCS to be awful because it is made from corn and there is too much corn in too many products. One of the main problems with corn is that at least 88% of the corn produced in the United States (in 2011) was from Genetically Engineered seed. So, corn is an altered vegetable. Next the processing in which the corn has to go through in order to create HFCS involves many additional chemicals making it, in my opinion, a double-whammy of things I don’t want to eat. So annoyed was I that there was HFCS in the Worcestershire Sauce that I gave feedback on the Lea & Perrins site. Their response was that HFCS does not cause obesity. That was very odd to me since I never mentioned weight or fat or anything. I just asked if they could make their sauce without HFCS. Well, they are.
I am not saying that it was my doing at all, but I am just here to report that Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce does come in versions without High Fructose Corn Syrup. In my opinion it is only fair of me to report that. If I complain about something in a 
post on my blog and it gets changed, then it is only right that I post something about it being fixed. I am very excited that it no longer contains HFCS.
However it does contain “sugar” and the general rule with “sugar” is that if it just says “sugar” and not PURE CANE sugar then it was made from sugar beets. Sugar beets is another highly genetically engineered food. Ninety Five percent of sugar beet acres in the US were planted with the genetically engineered seed in 2011. Sugar Beets are “Round-up ready”. While sugar from sugar beets is from a genetically engineered food, I believe there is a lot less processing involved. With less processing the chances are there are less chemicals being used. So it is a whammy, but not a double-whammy, although it is a BIG whammy!
The less our food is processed with chemicals the better. The closer to natural it is the better. But again, when the vegetable has been genetically engineered it probably isn’t close to natural at all. But again, I for me, I would rather eat sugar beet sugar than High Fructose Corn Syrup.
Anyway . . . Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce now lists sugar as an ingredient instead of High Fructose Corn Syrup. Now if we could just get them to use Pure Cane Sugar . . . .
Or what I really need to do is try the kind that my Nia friend told me about. It is organic. But it doesn’t have anchovies (ewww, I know) and that is what makes worcestershire sauce worcestershire sauce.
Have you tried another brand of Worcestershire Sauce?
Posted in Food | Tagged: anchovies, condiments, genetically engineered food, Genetically Engineered seed, genetically engineered sugar beets, HFCS, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Lea & Perrins, marinades, Nia, PURE CANE sugar, Round-up ready, sugar beets, sweetener, Worcestershire Sauce | 9 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on June 12, 2012
I mentioned in my Stuff Happens In Life As Do Moments that I had to rearrange my Nia class schedule because of “stuff”. The stuff that was happening required me to be visiting someone in a hospital. There was surgery involved in the situation and the situation required a “nutrition plan”. As with all surgeries and most medical situations the patient should be eating healthy food. The word HEAL is even in the word HEALthy. One of the “food stuffs” the patient was given to consume was “Health Shake”. I was curious as to what kind of health could be delivered in a carton. Well, after reading the ingredients it was confirmed that there is none – at least not in this carton.
The first ingredient is skim milk. At this point, I will not comment on that. Skim milk and dairy in general will probably be a topic of separate post, but for now, I am sticking to this “Health Shake”. The next ingredient is actually a good one: water.
The next five ingredients and/or additives were what caused me to have a conniption fit in the hospital room. I could not and cannot believe this carton of disgusting stuff is fed to people who are ill and need to receive nutrients to heal their bodies.
This to me is a huge glaring prime example of why so many people are sick in America. If this is what is consindered healthy and nutritious we are truly doomed.
CORN SYRUP, CORN OIL (WITH BHA/BHT), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SOY PROTEIN ISOLSATE!!!!
There isn’t actually any nutritious food in this carton. I didn’t even look at the “nutritional value” because to me there is none. NOT ONE IOTA! Genetically engineered sugar, with genetically engineered oil — that contain preservatives that most counties have banned, with more genetically engineered and further chemically altered sugar, with some genetically engineered protein.
The ice cream they served later was much healthier than this “Health Shake”. I really am completely disgusted with this item. I am disgusted that they are feeding it to a person who needs nutrients. I am even more disgusted that it is called a “Health Shake”. If they called it a chemical shake or liquid crap, I don’t think I would be so upset.
I was even more upset when later on I saw a straw in the carton — meaning the patient actually drank it. Now, let me remind you that I am not a perfect eater. I eat processed foods. I work to avoid food with high fructose corn syrup and corn syrup in them, but I do eat processed foods. But to say that these ingredients are healthy is shameful. To feed a body that needs healing a carton of chemicals is sad.
I just saw this statement:
“The U.S. does not have a healthcare system. Rather, it is a ‘Sickness System’ where the system thrives on people being sick. Far more profit is generated by sickness than health.”
And with this “Health Shake” being given to people in the hospital I am thinking it could actually be evidence that the statement is true.
Many of us have different ideas of what we think is healthy, but I am guessing that most people could look at this list of ingredients and agree that this is nothing but a cacophony of chemicals that really have no nutritional value.
Would you choose to drink this? If you were in a hospital and given this to drink would you think to read the ingredients? What do you think about this?
Posted in Food | Tagged: BHA, BHT, chemically altered, corn oil, corn syrup, genetically, heal, health, health industry, health professionals, Health Shake, healthcare system, healthy food, HFCS, High Fructose Corn Syrup, hospital, hospital food, hospital visits, Nia, Nia class, Nia Class Schedule, nutrition, nutrition plan, preservatives, processed foods, skim milk, soy protein, surgery | 4 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on July 26, 2011
You might have read that I was asked to do a Nia demo at a somewhat local Fitbloggin‘ MeetUp on Fitbloggin’ World Meetup Day. I had stated that there was a lunch. The lunch was a wonderful potluck lunch. There was a lot of yummy food on the table. One thing that was on the table that Foodie was sharing was containers of Chobani Yogurt. I had never tried that, but I had wanted to because I remember seeing it on her blog. At the end of the meeting they were all still in the bowl she had them in. At first I grabbed one, one I knew I would like. Honey. But there was more left and she was generously pushing all the leftovers off on people, so I grabbed another one. One I probably wouldn’t buy because I wouldn’t think I would like it. I am not a fruity yogurt person. It was mango. Ok, guess what? I am now a fruity yogurt person.
When I first opened it I thought, “Yuck! Fruit on the bottom.” Not only do I not like the fruity yogurt flavors, I do not like the fruit on the bottom. But I wanted to try it. So I stirred. It was really good. Mango can be a mushy fruit when it is really ripe, or after I am done cutting it. But typically it is not a mushy fruit to begin with so it held up well in the yogurt. That is one reason I don’t like fruit in yogurt is gets mushy. I am not a fan of super mushy fruit. Another reason I am not a fruity yogurt person is that it is usually too sweet. This was not too sweet. It was really good. I had a little tartness to it, I think. The combination of the crunch of the fruit and the not-too-sweet made it really good.
After my first bite I thought, “This is why they give this stuff away.” Because once people try it they will more than likely buy it. I know that I have purchased a large variety of products that I normally would not have had I not been able to try them in the past few years. For some products a free sample is awesome.
This morning I tried the honey, which turned out not to be honey. It is vanilla. Honey or vanilla is usually the flavor I buy or lemon. But I have not seen a lemon flavor in the Greek yogurt. And the yogurt I used to buy has HFCS in it. Not something I want to eat. Besides I love the protein in Greek yogurt. There is such a great amount, it is awesome. In addition to be so much thicker and creamier. Yum.
Well my verdict on the vanilla is, no thanks. At least not to eat plain. Maybe if you at it as a dip or put honey in it, it would be ok. But I would not grab a container of that to eat just by itself. It tasted like the PLAIN non-fat yogurt of the brand I used to buy, except with a bitter kick to it. I only ate a portion of it. I will stick to the mango flavor.
Posted in Food | Tagged: Chobani Yogurt, Fitbloggin' World Meetup Day, Foodie McBody, free sample, Fruit on the bottom, HFCS, High Fructose Corn Syrup, local Fitbloggin‘ MeetUp, Nia, Nia class, Nia demo | 2 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on April 23, 2011
You know that the body being in a constant state of inflammation is not good, right? Research and studies are relating this state of being to many diseases. You know there are foods that have an anti-inflammatory effect on the body. Do you know that there are foods that cause an inflammatory response in the body?
It is thought that foods that cause an allergic reaction are related to inflammation. Since inflammation is an immune response. One of the food groups to be avoided when on a nutrition plan to reduce inflammation in the body is dairy. Dairy is a big allergy culprit so milk, cheese, and yogurt would not be included in this type of diet. Although I love dairy this seems like one of the easiest things to avoid.
Another allergy food is peanuts. This food is definitely not on the list of “can eat” if following an anti-inflammatory eating plan. This food seems like it might be a little bit more difficult to avoid. I would imagine if it is just being avoided with the idea to reduce inflammation it would not be so imperative to avoid things that are made in plants with peanuts as one has to do if they are highly allergic.
This diet also excludes caffeine and alcohol. Strict adherence would entail no fried foods, no processed foods, and no corn. I think the really difficult allergen to avoid is gluten. It seems to be in so many things. Things I wouldn’t have even thought of. Since so many people are participating in gluten-free diets I have since learned a few of the things, but still. It is in so many things it seems difficult to avoid. Just like the items on my list*. It is difficult to avoid them. I keep wondering what there is so eat on a diet like this.
This diet is thought to help so many health issues. Again from what I have seen it is thought that a constant state of inflammation is bad for the body. It is thought that this state is a state in which diseases can infiltrate the body and its systems. So if there are health issues I can see following this if it help relieve some of the symptoms of a particular disease. But this type of diet is also used as a detox and to see if any of these foods cause a reaction in the body. The plan is to not eat these foods for about two weeks then introduce them back into the diet and to check the reactions of the body.
I want to try this detox/elimination diet to see if there are some food that I should definitely cut out of my diet. I can live without all of this for two weeks, but the gluten. It is in so many things. Well, I am going to research it further. I am sure I will be posting more about this in the future, but I wanted to see what you think.
I know some of you follow gluten-free diets? So if you follow a gluten-free diet, why? And what do you notice, what differences in your body? And what do you eat instead of bread? Are they any of you that follow an anti-inflammation diet? Please share.
*Currently my list of ingredients to avoid: High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) or Corn sugar, partially hydrogenated oils, and Canola Oil
Posted in Food | Tagged: allergen, allergic reaction, allergy, and Canola Oil, Anti-Inflammation Diet, anti-inflammatory, Cheese, corn sugar, dairy, detox, elimination diet, gluten, gluten-free diet, HFCS, High Fructose Corn Syrup, immune response, Inflammation, milk, nutrition plan, Partially Hydrogenated Oils, reduce inflammation, state of inflammation, yogurt | 11 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on April 7, 2011
Ok, so I haven’t made it yet, and I didn’t make up the recipe, but I plan on making it. I found my instructions for my immersion blender. It is an old one. It is a Thane Thunder Stick Pro. I can’t find the year on the instructions, but I know that I bought it since I’ve lived here. That has been within the last 12 years. Ha! I know they have improved since then. If I end up using it as much as I hope I will just have to get a new one.
Anyway, the recipe for teriyaki sauce is as follows:
I will definitely experiment with this because I will avoid the “artificial sweetener” and MSG. I might just try the below recipe from allrecipes.com.
2/3 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup cooking sherry
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 clove garlic, minced
I am sure someone has mentioned to me to make my own teriyaki because I LOVE teriyaki and I don’t like the High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) used in the brand I normally by. I had a friend call me recently to tell me of a brand that didn’t have HFCS but the choices were spicy and ginger or something.
So, I will just try to make my own. Not that I have to use the blender, but why not?
Do you like teriyaki?
Posted in "Recipes", Food | Tagged: artificial sweetner, cooking sherry, emulsion blender, ginger, HFCS, High Fructose Corn Syrup, immersion blender, MSG, teriyaki, teriyaki sauce, Thunder Stick Pro | 1 Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on March 8, 2011
Yay! There is a grocery store in Willow Glen in the neighborhood where I have my San Jose Nia Classes. This means I can pick up some things on the way home. I can anyway because my regular grocery store is not that far past my house, but sometimes I take the exit for my house before I remember I wanted to go to the store because I start thinking of all that I have to do. Once I am off the freeway and I actually have to pass my house to get to the store, I can easily talk myself into NOT going to the store. Ya know? So this store is pretty much right on my way home.
It is a tiny little market. The isles are so small two carts can barely fit down the same row. Just like the bigger stores they have so many extra bins and displays in the aisles (on the ends) there is no way to have two carts going down that way either. So it is kind of a place where you can actually run into your neighbors. 🙂 I was excited when I saw that there was no added trans fat and high fructose corn syrup. I had walked by the sign quickly so I had thought that all products in the store were like this. But as soon as I saw some products I am familiar with having those ingredients I realized that the sign said that Fresh and Easy products don’t have those ingredients. But they DO have Canola Oil so depending on what you believe in regards to that oil you will have to take that information with a grain of salt.
I did have a yummy sample of vanilla yogurt and granola. I was going to buy some of the granola because it tasted really good in the yogurt. Even though it didn’t have HFCS in it, or any partially hydrogenated oil, it did have canola oil in it so I didn’t buy it. Canola oil is not easy to avoid so when I don’t need the product I am not going to buy it. I am not going to buy a product new to me that has Canola oil in it.
They do have their own brand of Teryaki without HFCS. YAY! I have had teryaki in months because I’ve only seen kind with HFCS in it. It doesn’t taste very “teryaki-y”. Its first ingredient is soy sauce and that is pretty much what it tastes like. But it is not bad.
I think they have a lot of interesting looking prepared food. I didn’t look at all of them to see the ingredients, but I will check it out as I have the need. They did have water crackers about $3.00 cheaper than my regular store. I was excited to try them. The box I open is very crumbly. They are dry. They are not as good as the water Crackers at Trader Joe’s that are the same price.
One thing that will keep me from filling up my cart and doing ALL my shopping at this new little neighborhood market is self-check out. I don’t want to spend my time shopping and checking out the ingredients, looking, deciding, menu planning and thinking—-just to have to spend even MORE time checking myself out. I only had a few items and it took me what seemed like forever to just find the bar codes on the items. I understand that this is one way that a store can keep the prices down, but I did notice and I heard other people say that many items in the store were MORE expensive than other stores we frequent. I don’t have to check my own groceries at the other stores.
And I don’t need to mention how great the checkers at Trader Joe’s do I? I love the checkers at Traders Joe’s.
Anyway . . . I am excited to have a little market to stop in on my way home to pick up a few things. As I said, I won’t be doing the bulk of my shopping here but it really is a great thing that this area of Willow Glen has a grocery store.
Posted in Misc | Tagged: Canola Oil, Fresh and Easy, granola, grocery store, HFCS, High Fructose Corn Syrup, neighborhood market, Nia, Nia Classes, partially hydrogenated oil, San Jose Nia classes, self-check out, Trader's Joe, Trans fat, water crackers, Willow Glen Nia class | 4 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on February 22, 2011
I believe that movement, like Nia, can help keep our bodies mobile and balanced. I also believe foods can give us nutrients to help our bodies function better. I believe there are natural ways to help stave off disease. But I do also believe that at anytime our cells can malfunction and cancer can occur. I don’t try to eat healthy with the idea that if I do I won’t get cancer because so many things can contribute to cancer. So many people have it. I was just remembering the days when I didn’t know anyone that had cancer. Now I know too many. There are so many different types. There is no guarantee one will not get cancer. On a commercial recently for a show I saw a doctor asked who gets lung cancer, her response was, “Anyone with lungs can get lung cancer.” That is the truth. Anyone can get it. Unfortunately.
What I DO really believe is that a healthy body can fight it better. A lot of the treatments for cancer kill off good stuff in our bodies as well as the cancer. So if we have a strong healthy body it can combat the offending cells and treatment. Healthy people get sick, but they can often recover faster because they have a base of good health. A body can only handle so much. It is not able to fight off everything thrown at it. There is too much now-a-days. So the healthier the start, the better.
I know a lot of foods claim to decrease the risk of cancer but that is usually not what I am thinking about when I eat it. I am thinking about how the food is thought to assist in the function of the body. I am thinking about how I believe that the ingredients on my avoid list* interfere with the body’s healthy functions, which could very well result in a decrease risk of cancer, but will definitely result in your body FEELING better. Plus I believe that when your body feels better you will actually FEEL better emotionally.
None of us want to get cancer so foods thought to decrease the risk are worth consuming, but I think it is unwise to think that we will not get cancer because we are eating foods “proven to fight”/”shown to decrease the risk”. We should concentrate on eating well to feel well and stay healthy.
*Ingredients I avoid: High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), Partially hydrogenated Oils, Canola Oil
On somewhat of a side note: I have joined a Team for the American Cancer’s Society Relay for Life. The walk is May 14, 2011. If you would like to contribute, please do. I am walking in memory of a friend who succumb to cancer and family and friends that are survivors or are in current battles. Also on April 30, 2011, I’m walking in the San Jose MS Walk: http://bit.ly/terremswalk
Posted in Food | Tagged: American Cancer Society, cancer, Canola Oil, food nutrients, HFCS, High Fructose Corn Syrup, lung cancer, MS Walk, Nia, Partially Hydrogenated Oils, Relay For Life, San Jose MS Walk, San Jose Nia | 5 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on February 10, 2011
The other day I mentioned something about a particular food being poison, my friend “pishawed” me saying it really WASN’T poison. So I started thinking that maybe I had been a bit harsh so I looked up the definition of poison. What came up was wiki and it states, “In the context of biology, poisons are substances that can cause disturbances to organisms”. So now I don’t think I was being harsh.
In the context of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)*, Canola Oil, partially hydrogenated oil, and so many of the CHEMICALS that make up our food, I think it is pretty accurate calling them poisons —- if you are of the belief they disturb our natural healthy body functions. If you believe that HFCS actually does interfere with the production/the release of leptin which is the agent that helps notify the body it is full; if you believe genetically modifying a rape seed so is has “less” than the normal of the bad acid AND includes a pesticide so the insects won’t eat it; if you believe partially hydrogenated oil aka trans fat increase the LDL** levels and LOWERS the HDL*** levels; then I believe it is perfectly reasonable to say it causes disturbances to organisms or in short is poison. But that is only IF you believe any of that stuff.
There are a lot of things that we COULD call poison if we want and be accurate; alcohol, antibiotics, medicines, etc. These things also interfere with our bodies systems, but they are not consumed ALL the time. If they are . . . there are issues, as you can agree in the case of an alcoholic. An alcoholic’s body does not function properly and a lot of health issues generally arise. Too much antibiotics without the proper counter measures can lead to OTHER types of infections or issues. So it is, we ingest these types of “poisons” with care, caution, and infrequency. But it is difficult to do that with our food.
There are so many chemicals, our food is sooooo over processed, so much of our food is genetically altered a lot of it can be considered poison . . . in my opinion. So, was a I being harsh? No, I don’t think so. Could be that if we start looking at what our food is doing to us we might see the need to change things. Food is supposed to be NUTRITION, but ours is not so much any longer.
As I always say, I don’t eat perfect. I am working hard to reduce my consumption of overly processed foods, things with HFCS, Canola Oil, and partially hydrogenated oils in them. I believe by reducing my intake of these things cause disturbances to organisms, I am allowing my body to get more out of the food I eat.
What do YOU think? Was I being harsh by calling something that has HFCS, Canola Oil, AND partially hydrogenated oil in it poison?
*HFCS or the new name “corn sugar”
**LDL = Low-density lipoprotein, commonly thought of as “bad” cholesterol
***HDL = High-density lipoprotein, commonly thought of as “good” cholesterol
Posted in Food | Tagged: Alcohol, antibiotics, bad cholesterol, Canola Oil, corn sugar, food being poison, food CHEMICALS, good cholesterol, HDL, HFCS, High Fructose Corn Syrup, LDL, leptin, nutrition, over processed food, partially hydrogenated oil, rape seed | 6 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on January 15, 2011
Just a short follow-up on the Horseradish root. The root is basically odorless and flavorless until it is grated or crushed. As part of the mustard family it has a bite or heat to it. The grated or crushed root is mixed with vinegar to make the condiment. Other ingredient and spices can be added to make it creamy or more flavorful, but the vinegar helps keep it from turning dark.
There is a lot of medicinal uses for horseradish. It is thought to aid in digestion when mixed with vinegar. Which is great because that is what is contained in most of the prepared versions, and most often eaten with meat. Since it aides in digestion that could be why it is sometimes considered a laxative.
It is also thought to help with circulation. It is also on record as an antiseptic and a diuretic.
Horseradish is a good source of Vitamin C. There is a site on horseradish that has some great information about processing horseradish. It says that if you cry when cutting onions process your horseradish outside.
One website states that milk infused with horseradish can actually help with skin clearness and color. I have to remember this site because it also says that a horseradish eaten throughout the day can help get rid of a cough following the flu.
I don’t eat horseradish but after reading some of the benefits I think I should start . . . or at least use it to improve my skin color. I would consider learning how to prepare it since the “hot” versions of prepared horseradish I found contain High Fructuose Corn Sryup. I think if my hubs is going to eat Prime Rib HFCS is something that could be avoided.
Do you eat horseradish? How do you eat it? What do you eat it with?
Posted in Food | Tagged: clear skin, HFCS, High Fructose Corn Syrup, horseradish, hot horseradish, prepared horseradish, Prime Rib, process horseradish, root, spicy horseradish | 2 Comments »
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