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I have read so many tips on how you can be frugal these days. You will find tips on groceries bills to clothing and everything in between. But when it comes to groceries I’m not frugal enough. I buy foods that are mostly made with natural ingredients. I can see blogs that are telling you are saving this much or that much by buying certain items, but most of the food they bought has High Fructose Corn Syrup, Fully & Partially Hydrogenated Oil and glycerin and the like. I’m sorry but I’d rather freeze my behind at home to save money on electric bills than eating this crap. Right now we have our thermostat set at 55 degrees.

But, I can definitely save some money buying eyeglasses from Zenni Optical. For 8 dollars a pair, I can easily buy reading glasses and sunglasses for driving around. I hate it when it’s bright outside. I can’t see very well without shades and with the sun shine is the worst for me. But believe it or not, I still have 20/20 vision for my age, because I wear sunglasses every time it’s bright outside. Plus I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables that are good for my eyes.

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Slice Bread

Are you having hard time locating slice bread with all natural ingredients at your local grocery store? (no high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and (PHO/FHO) partially or fully hydrogenated oil

It took me a lot of reading before finding them.

1. Arnold Natural 100% Whole Wheat
2. Pepperidge Farm 100% Natural (they few choices like; whole wheat, 9 grains, german dark wheat, honey flax, and sprouted wheat)

I know there are a lot more at your local organic store but this is for people like me to buy everything at one stop. Specially with the fuel prices these days, I rather do it in one place. But if my local grocery store don't have this breads I don't have any choice but to drive and find one.

As of now, I still can't find hot dog and hamburger buns that are made with all natural ingredients. I don't really check my local organic store, I'm scared of seeing the prices on them. I know, health should come first but I am cheap. If I can get it for less why should I pay full price?


And the best thing to do is make your own bread. I do make my own dinner rolls (pandesal) once in a while. I should try experimenting with honey instead of sugar as the sweetener for my home made rolls. And maybe trying to make my own slice bread too. I don't have a bread machine and having 4 little ones is not easy either. Making bread is hard work. Anyway here is my home made dinner rolls, Pandesal as we call it back home.

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Trans Fat On Food

A type of trans fat occurs naturally in the milk and body fat of ruminants (such as cattle ans sheep) at a level of 2-5% of total fat. Natural trans fat, which include conjugated linoleic acid and vaccenic acid, originate in the rumen of these animals.

Animal-based fat were once the only trans fats consumed, but by far the largest amount of trans fat consumed today is created by the processed food industry as a side-effect of partially hydrogenating unsaturated plant fats. These partially hydrogenated fats have displaced natural solid fats and liquid oils in many areas, notably in the fast food, snack food, fried food and baked good industries.

Partially hydrogenated oils have been used in food for many reasons. Partial hydrogenation increases product shelf and decreases refrigeration requirements. Because baking often requires semi-solid fats to suspend solids at room temperature, partially hydrogenated oils can replace the animal fats traditionally used by bakers. They are also inexpensive alternative to other semi-solid oils such as balm oil.

Food containing artificial trans fat formed by partially hydrogenating plant fats may contain up to 45% trans fat compared to their total fat. Baking shortenings generally contain 30% trans fat compare to their total fats, while animals fats from ruminants such as butter contain to 4%. Those margarines not reformulated to reduce trans fats may contain up to 15% trans fat by weight.

It has been establish that trans fat in human milk fluctuate with maternal consumption of trans fat, and the amount of trans fats in the bloodstream of breastfed infants fluctuates with the amounts found in their milk.

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Trans Fat

Trans Fat is the common name for a type of unsaturated fat with trans-isomer fatty acids. Trans fats can be monounsaturated or polyunsaturated.

Most trans fats consumed today are industrially created by partially hydrogenating plants oils - a process developed in the early 1900s and first commercialized as Crisco in 1911. The goal of partial hydrogenated is to add hydrogen atoms to unsaturated fats, making them more saturated. These more saturated fats have higher melting point, which makes them attractive for baking and extends their shelf-life. Another particular class of trans fats, vaccenicacid, occurs naturally in trace amounts in meat and dairy products from ruminants.

Unlike other dietary fats, trans fats are neither essential nor salubrious and, in fact, the consumption of trans fats increases one's risk of coronary heart disease by raising levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol and lowering levels of "good" HDL cholesterol. Health authorities worldwide recommend that consumption of trans fat be reduced to trace amounts. Trans fats from partially hydrogenated oils are more deleterious than naturally occurring oils.

Chemically, trans fats are made of the same building blocks as non-trans fats, but have a different arrangement. In trans fatty acid molecules, the hydrogen atoms bonded to paira of doubly bonded carbon atoms (characteristics of all unsaturated fats) are in the trans rather than the cis arrangement. This result in a straight, rather than kinked, shape for the carbon chain, more like straight chain of a fully saturated fat.

From Wikipedia

And why are using this stuff? Because they are cheaper than non-hydrogenated oil. But why are they banning all these herbal medicine out there and they can't ban something that has nothing good to bring in our body?

They are very concern about the health/obesity in this country. But they are the source of it all. Right now, I only use vegetable and corn oil for deep frying. And I make sure I don't heat it up past 350 degrees F. I use virgin coconut and olive oil with everything else. Take care of your health.

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