Pre-prepared Foods to Avoid

The food industry would have you believe that natural fats like butter, lard, whole milk, etc. are bad for you.  There's been a very large fortune spent in trying to make us believe that manufactured oils are better for us.

This campaign has been hugely successful as evidenced by the fact that soybean oil was virtually non-existant in early 1900.  Sales topped over 70 million tons this year and appears in over 90% of our packaged foods.

The incidence of heart disease and obesity have also gone up proportionately since manufactured oils have been foisted on us.

This is a very, very small, random sampling of some of the packaged foods found on a grocery shelf near our home.

Food companies are trying to outwit the savvy buyers by calling this substance "Vegetable Oil Shortening".  Sounds impressive doesn't it?

Packaged foods containing Hydrogenated Oils.

• Instant pudding
• Peanut Butter (except natural)
• Hot chocolate mix
• soda crackers
• pancake mixes
• popcorn - pre packed microwavable
• butterscotch chipits
• cool whip
• pizza - frozen
• eggos
• chicken nuggets and wings (frozen)
• michelina frozen entrees
• quaker yogurt bars
• hamburger helper
• scalloped potato mixes
• uncle ben's rice mixes
• dentyne gum

Packaged foods containing Soybean Oil. 

• Lipton Sidekicks
• Instant noodles
• teddy grahams
• graham cracker crumbs
• lean cuisine entrees
• salad dressings
• granola bars
• oreo cookies
• chef boyardee canned paste
• heinz canned pasta
• cake mixes
• dentyne gum
• ice cream cones
• chicken wings (frozen)
• yogurt (some brands)