The Front Porch Swing

[donrae]

I buy 2lbs of butter all the time and never get a second look....maybe it's cause I'm heavy anyway

Or maybe I just don't pay that much attention to the cashiers. Bought 10lbs of ground beef yesterday, no reaction, she just rang it up. I shop sales and stock up on things all the time so those types of purchases aren't unusual for me at all.

 

[browncow15]

I buy 2lbs of butter all the time and never get a second look....maybe it's cause I'm heavy anyway   Or maybe I just don't pay that much attention to the cashiers. Bought 10lbs of ground beef yesterday, no reaction, she just rang it up. I shop sales and stock up on things all the time so those types of purchases aren't unusual for me at all.

I'll buy 4 or 5 boxes of stick butter at a time, they must just figure I bake a lot.

When we were on college I would get our meat from the ag schools butcher shop, they did give me funny looks about buying 10 lbs of ground beef at a time. I suppose most 19/20 year old college students don't buy in bulk though

 

[wyoDreamer]

With all the multi-vitamins being popped in America, you think they would mention that many vitamins are fat soluble and with a no-fat diet you will not get full benefit from those pills you are buying. Also, you need Vitamin D to properly absorb calcium.

 

[perchie.girl]

partially hydrogenated fat.... The process makes fat solid at room temperature.... it also changes the molecular structure in a bad way for health.

so any vegitable fat that stays pretty much stable and not melting at room temperature is a bad guy....


The only one that is good is Coconut oil...

the following is from http://www.coconutresearchcenter.org/

Coconut oil is composed predominately of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA), also known as medium-chain triglycerides (MCT). The vast majority of fats and oils in our diets, whether they are saturated or unsaturated or come from animals or plants, are composed of long-chain fatty acids (LCFA).

coconut oil melts at 76 degrees farenheit

this article explains the history and what they are

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat

deb

 

[bruceha2000]

With all the multi-vitamins being popped in America, you think they would mention that many vitamins are fat soluble and with a no-fat diet you will not get full benefit from those pills you are buying. Also, you need Vitamin D to properly absorb calcium.

And I read recently that you should take Vitamin D after you eat because it doesn't absorb well otherwise. Really messes me up. I used to pop all my pills in the morning but not necessarily eat for an hour or two. So now I don't do the "D" and I forget later.

 

[drumstick diva]

If you drink milk it is generally fortified with Vit. D, same with calcium pills. I see some orange juice brands include vit. D also.

 

[tjo804]

You can also get Vitamin D from the sun.
Every now and then when I am out in the yard I hold out my arms and look up to soak in some Vit.D I know they say bad bad bad but everything in moderation and our bodies were designed to produce vit D from sun rays.
Non believer? Google it. And then go take your Vitamin D....

Any way you can!

 

[LindaB220]

partially hydrogenated fat....   The process makes fat solid at room temperature....  it also changes the molecular structure in a bad way for health.

so any vegitable fat that stays pretty much stable and not melting at room temperature is a bad guy....


The only one that is good is Coconut oil... 

the following is from http://www.coconutresearchcenter.org/

Coconut oil is composed predominately of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA), also known as medium-chain triglycerides (MCT). The vast majority of fats and oils in our diets, whether they are saturated or unsaturated or come from animals or plants, are composed of long-chain fatty acids (LCFA).

coconut oil melts at 76 degrees farenheit

this article explains the history and what they are

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat

deb

I'd like to be able to only keep coconut oil and olive oil in the house. DD buys veggie oil. Grrr.

 

[tjo804]

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Im with you on that!
but DH has an aversion to anything healthy. I could wrap a wopper from BK in a paper that said *lower in fat, *whole grain bun,or the big yuck for him *Organic and he would throw that wopper away!

 

[lazy gardener]

I'm headed off to Guatemala tomorrow on a mission trip. We'll be doing feeding programs, eye glass clinic, teaching hygiene, and working with the children, and I will be doing soil testing, assessing their gardening routines, teaching intensive gardening and composting. Any of you who are so inclined, please pray for: safety, health, team unity. Specifically, my needs: I don't do heat well. Am just getting over pneumonia. Taking a soil test kit. Hoping it passes through customs without being confiscated. And Hubby who is so not a farmer will be taking care of my flock of 43 birds and my garden, fruit trees, etc. Between that and work, he'll have a very full schedule. He's my rock.