The Health industry is so smart with their food labeling. Label "Organic" on a package of cookies and a lot of people will think it's healthy. Even though it's organic it still has a lot of simple carbs combined with saturated fats. Saturated fat on itself doesn't have to be bad (more on that later), but the combination of the two is bad news. Just the fact that Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, or Natural Grocers sells it doesn't mean that it's good for you. Watch out for deceitful labels like:
- "added vitamins and minerals"- "no added sugar"
- "fat free" (weight watchers dieters... I'll have to write a blog about that soon)
- "low carb"
- "all natural" (seriously?)
- "wholesome" (tell me what that means...)
- "contains real fruit"
When claims like the above are on the packaging it's most likely not going to be all that healthy...
Here's an interesting youtube video about the food industry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BdFkK-HufU&feature=em-share_video_in_list_user&list=UUVNyZUMykNKrK70JC_Q1qug
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