Comments on: Mental Mission: Soybean and Corn, Where Are You?

By: Standard American Diet to Real Food- What I did « Health, Home, & Happiness

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:31:23 +0000

[...] Cut out corn syrup: There’s nothing good in corn syrup. In addition to containing GMOs (in non organic) it’s much more processed than sugar. Jam, fake syrup, and ketchup are some sources of corn syrup that were the last to leave my house. It still makes its way in every once in a while, but I’m generally not the one bringing it in ~grin~ [...]

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:57:33 +0000

I absolutely don’t have all these out of our diets, yet, either. Just being aware helps to make baby steps away! Great tips, thank you Cara!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:52:39 +0000

Thanks for the second link, Katie! And I love the comment you made on my blog!

Soy is in everything these days, it is so hard to avoid. I think we do a very good job by not buying pre-made products, and those we do buy are organic (therefore avoiding GMO corn and corn syrup – things like ketchup, etc. is easy to swap out) but it is still hidden in certain foods that are nearly impossible to avoid. Soy lecithin and soy oil are in so many things, even if you do buy the “purest” of the pure (i.e. buying pure hot chocolate, like Ghiradelli, it’s still made with soy lecithin, or even buying an olive oil pan spray – still has soy in it! I have one of those misto’s, but it tend to clog or empty more often than it really works well so I occasionally cheat and buy the olive oil cooking spray instead.) ANYWAY . . .

Looking forward to Monday’s post!

Best,
Sarah
.-= Sarah´s last blog ..Best of the Best =-.

By: Cara @ Health Home and Happiness

Cara @ Health Home and Happiness — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:14:56 +0000

It took me a long time on my ‘journey to better eating’ to get the soy and GMO corn out of our diet. It was hard for me to get in the habit of doing that, but now that I am, it’s easy enough. I’ve found it’s more about finding things that we can eat and like rather than a list of everything we can’t. For instance, sometimes I don’t want to deal with the solid coconut oil, so I have grapeseed oil as an alternative when I need it, rather than ‘vegetable’ oil. And Costco sells ‘real fruit’ fruit leather that’s a quick snack for the kids w/o corn syrup (though pricey, we just use it in ‘emergencies’)

We still have corn syrup solids in our hot cocoa mix, guilty pleasure that I need to find a replacement for.
.-= Cara @ Health Home and Happiness´s last blog ..Imitation: Spinach Artichoke Parmesan Dip =-.

By: Melodie

Melodie — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:59:38 +0000

What a great idea for a blog post! I was just reading my salad dressing bottle tonight wondering why I didn't have any homemade dressing on hand and why the only good tasting commercial ones are full of the worst ingredients. .-= Melodie´s last blog ..Super Foods Recipe Round-Up =-.