http://onceaday.blogsome.com/2006/07/19/hydrogenated-oils-and-you/ at the Once a Day blog, we tell you what's what, when we feel like it. trust us. it's good for you. Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:27:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://onceaday.blogsome.com/2006/07/19/hydrogenated-oils-and-you/#comment-240 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:03:55 +0100 http://onceaday.blogsome.com/2006/07/19/hydrogenated-oils-and-you/#comment-240 I think the first thing they would ask is "Can you teach us bocci?" I think the first thing they would ask is “Can you teach us bocci?”

]]> http://onceaday.blogsome.com/2006/07/19/hydrogenated-oils-and-you/#comment-239 Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:42:52 +0100 http://onceaday.blogsome.com/2006/07/19/hydrogenated-oils-and-you/#comment-239 Hey, Liquor can be good for you in moderation, fermentated foods and liquids do wonders for the body. Also, I heard some guy remark the other day how about 60 years ago (or whatever, the exact number doesn't matter), all food was organic food. I think about that every once a while: It would be great if there were no "organic food markets" cause really, all of our food should be organic. Noam Chomsky always talks about what martians would say if they came down to earth, I think one thing they'd say is, "So, you eat food that was grown with toxins and poisons?" Thanks slingshot Hey, Liquor can be good for you in moderation, fermentated foods and liquids do wonders for the body. Also, I heard some guy remark the other day how about 60 years ago (or whatever, the exact number doesn’t matter), all food was organic food. I think about that every once a while: It would be great if there were no “organic food markets” cause really, all of our food should be organic. Noam Chomsky always talks about what martians would say if they came down to earth, I think one thing they’d say is, “So, you eat food that was grown with toxins and poisons?” Thanks slingshot

]]> http://onceaday.blogsome.com/2006/07/19/hydrogenated-oils-and-you/#comment-238 Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:54:32 +0100 http://onceaday.blogsome.com/2006/07/19/hydrogenated-oils-and-you/#comment-238 I'm with you Slingshot, but Co-Ops are not for everyone, at least yet. For some, they're not accessible, too expensive, or filled with too many new age hippies for comfort. So like it or not, "conventional grocery stores" can't be kicked to curb so easily. Your argument for rallying the mighty dollar behind nutritional change in our supermarkets is right on, and it's already working, as you mentioned (http://www.ingles-markets.com/organic.php). The organic section is no longer a section at many larger chain stores. Organic fruits and veggies are mixed in with conventionally-grown produce, organic milk, soy milk, cheese, & yogurt are in the dairy aisle, blue-corn chips and organic snacks abound, and most surprisingly, Seventh Generation paper goods now sit right alongside Bounty and Charmin. These products are only there because there is a market for them, and they are being *chosen* by consumers who may or may not be having a "pleasant experience" while they shop. I hate those enormous florescents, and I feel like cattle when I'm wandering the aisles, but sometimes Ingles is the best I can do, sometimes heart-attack-laden Fried Chicken is too. It's a choice I make, a conscious process, which I think is what we're after. Liquor sure doesn't do our liver any good, but we still imbibe in Bloody Marys and Vodka Tonics on occasion. It's our choice. Amen to supporting local agriculture, local business, and sustainable farming. But I'm not ready to damn 90% of my neighbors to the devil because they haven't heard the Good News yet. Who knows, "organic" may become the new "low-carb" and then Ingles would start to look a little more like Earth Fare (except for the lights). Money is the honey, indeed, and you catch more flies that way too. Thanks for looking into the science of trans-fats/hydrogenate oils, now we can know what we're talking about. I’m with you Slingshot, but Co-Ops are not for everyone, at least yet. For some, they’re not accessible, too expensive, or filled with too many new age hippies for comfort. So like it or not, “conventional grocery stores” can’t be kicked to curb so easily. Your argument for rallying the mighty dollar behind nutritional change in our supermarkets is right on, and it’s already working, as you mentioned (http://www.ingles-markets.com/organic.php). The organic section is no longer a section at many larger chain stores. Organic fruits and veggies are mixed in with conventionally-grown produce, organic milk, soy milk, cheese, & yogurt are in the dairy aisle, blue-corn chips and organic snacks abound, and most surprisingly, Seventh Generation paper goods now sit right alongside Bounty and Charmin. These products are only there because there is a market for them, and they are being *chosen* by consumers who may or may not be having a “pleasant experience” while they shop. I hate those enormous florescents, and I feel like cattle when I’m wandering the aisles, but sometimes Ingles is the best I can do, sometimes heart-attack-laden Fried Chicken is too. It’s a choice I make, a conscious process, which I think is what we’re after. Liquor sure doesn’t do our liver any good, but we still imbibe in Bloody Marys and Vodka Tonics on occasion. It’s our choice. Amen to supporting local agriculture, local business, and sustainable farming. But I’m not ready to damn 90% of my neighbors to the devil because they haven’t heard the Good News yet. Who knows, “organic” may become the new “low-carb” and then Ingles would start to look a little more like Earth Fare (except for the lights). Money is the honey, indeed, and you catch more flies that way too. Thanks for looking into the science of trans-fats/hydrogenate oils, now we can know what we’re talking about.

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