Infographic: How to Decode Food Labels & Ingredients
(It's never too late!)


printable copy here:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/...-ingredients-5901938

Perfect example of why I keep my meals simple...

I highly recommend the Yuka app. I think I heard about it from Shawn Ryan the podcaster. You scan the bar code and it tells you all the stuff that are additives and the big thing is find you better options. I believe its free and you are allowed to donate if you like the app. My wife uses it so I can't confirm completely.

https://yuka.io/en/

90% of what is in the grocery store is poison.

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Originally posted by Deqlyn:

https://yuka.io/en/

Just downloaded that app, works great tried it out on some labels in the pantry....

One of the nice benefits of the Yuka app is the offering of recommended alternatives that are healthier than the item originally inquired about. My wife has done more shopping lately at “Sprouts” due to the number of healthier products they carry which were recommended by the app. We have been pleased as they taste very good with less salt and other “bad” additives.

Been trying to keep things simple with meat, eggs, fruit, and veggies, but it’s amazing how much junk they sneak into stuff you’d think was clean. Definitely giving that yuka app a try.

Just installed the app and found what I thought to be my healthy breakfast of "Great Value Apples & Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal" had a poor rating of 26/100.

Now to find the recommended product, Overnight Oat Apple Cinnamon Mush, with a 90/100.

Great app and thanks Deqlyn.

Ya, the only bad thing is you realize how bad stuff is. Lot's of 20s. Sometimes you just want those sour creme and onion chips. Most of the issue is in the flavoring. Some of the stuff that comes up is scary.


We instituted a new rule out our house. If you want dessert, it has to be made. Leverages laziness over desire for sweets .


This crisp recipe I used when we had a ton of cherries from our tree I have modified to other fruits with chatGPT. It's pretty darn good and relatively additive free.

Apple Crisp Recipe (8×8 pan)
Apple Crisp Recipe (8×8 pan)

Apple Filling

4 cups peeled, sliced apples (Granny Smith or Honeycrisp work best), I use HCrisp

½ cup sugar

¼ cup apple cider or apple juice

2 tablespoons cornstarch

½ teaspoon cinnamon (optional, but highly recommended)

Oat Topping

¾ cup quick oats

¼ cup flour

⅓ cup packed brown sugar

¼ cup butter, softened

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F.

In a saucepan, combine apples, sugar, cider/juice, cornstarch, and cinnamon. Stir until cornstarch is dissolved.

Place over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until bubbly and slightly thickened (sauce will cling to the apples).

Pour apple filling into a greased 8×8 baking dish.

In a bowl, mix oats, flour, and brown sugar.

Cut in softened butter with a fork until crumbly.

Sprinkle oat topping evenly over the apples.

Bake 40–45 minutes, until topping is golden brown and apples are tender.

Let cool at least 15 minutes — filling will thicken as it sets.

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream

Just so’s you know, many (if not most) oats have been soaked in Roundup. Fortunately, with the artificial maple and brown sugar flavoring substitute, you can’t taste it.

I have a couple of rules: I try to grow my own when possible, I try to buy and eat organic/whole food when possible, and if I can’t pronounce nor have any idea what the ingredient is? Nope.

Until some regulatory agency (cringe) gets a handle on this, we’re all stuck. They dump this crap into our food with no repercussions. Some of it is useful to preserve shelf-life, and some (if not most) is arguably harmless. But…I don’t want it (mostly) if I don’t know.

Yes, I still chow down on the Smoked Gouda Cheezits and BallPark franks, but I’m trying to be better (I put the dog on homemade (organic) whole wheat buns with homemade ketchup, mustard, and sweet relish).

Problem is, there’s 350,000,000 people to feed. They want it tasty and they want it now. If we’d cut the population down a third, and most folks had backyard gardens like when I was a kid, a lot of these issues could be solved. I remember one year when I was a kid, my brother and I raised meat rabbits. Our whole family (of seven at that time) ate off of that protein (and some wild game) for the whole year. At the time we had a little 1/4 acre city lot. Fruit trees in the back yard, along with a garden with the essentials. It can be done with a little effort and desire.

Other problem is, 90% of people are lazy and would rather drive-thru Chik-fil-a, or grab a truck stop corn dog.

Hey. I made a top 10%! I always dine in and not drive through.

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I highly recommend the Yuka app. I think I heard about it from Shawn Ryan the podcaster. You scan the bar code and it tells you all the stuff that are additives and the big thing is find you better options. I believe its free and you are allowed to donate if you like the app. My wife uses it so I can't confirm completely.

https://yuka.io/en/

I have pradtically eliminated white sugar and corn syrups.I use Monkfruit for sweetners My protein shakes consists of protein powder, collagen, fresh, spinach, avocado, broccoli, banana. Once or twice a week I will have eggs, Belgian waffles, or pancakes. I do not use box mixes for anything.

Start by reducing the amount of processed and pre-made products purchased, I don't need a decryption chart to tell me that products have a large number of stabilizers, sodium and sugar in them. Even the 'meat substitutes' that come with a paragraph worth of multi-syllabic ingredients, probably best to avoid, just buy the real thing, meat. Then knock-off the flavored drinks and snack food.

Then increase your daily activity level, for all the diets that Americans do the biggest component missing towards better health is activity, get outside and move.

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Oat Topping
¾ cup quick oats

Use regular rolled oats. They are less processed and have a lower glycemic index. Or give rolled oats a few pulses in a food processor to get the same thing.

Yup, the Yuka app.

Love that thing. Have some sausage in the freezer that scored a "1". Bad as it gets. Gonna eat it anyway. Just won't buy it again.

Onward and upward!

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Originally posted by 229DAK:

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Oat Topping
¾ cup quick oats

Use regular rolled oats. They are less processed and have a lower glycemic index. Or give rolled oats a few pulses in a food processor to get the same thing.

good to know! Thank you.

Try to eat everything that comes in its own wrapper.
Cows, venison, elk are wrapped in hide, fish has a scaled wrapper and bananas, apples and oranges all come naturally wrapped.
Love the idea of the Yuka app!

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Originally posted by Deqlyn:
I highly recommend the Yuka app. I think I heard about it from Shawn Ryan the podcaster. You scan the bar code and it tells you all the stuff that are additives and the big thing is find you better options. I believe its free and you are allowed to donate if you like the app. My wife uses it so I can't confirm completely.

https://yuka.io/en/

I like and use that app so much that I purchased a subscription. I've always taking pics of labels in the store. Some things you think aren't horrible for you, really are.

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Originally posted by KMitch200:
Try to eat everything that comes in its own wrapper.
Cows, venison, elk are wrapped in hide, fish has a scaled wrapper and bananas, apples and oranges all come naturally wrapped.
Love the idea of the Yuka app!

Another great rule of thumb is to not buy anything from the middle aisles in a grocery store.....only from the outside egdes......raw meat, produce, dairy sections etc. etc.......

I was here yesterday.


I thought it was very nice of them to offer coffee and nutritious snack snacks for patients waiting for treatments and Dr care.
This is what they offered to Cancer Patients:



Looks healthy.

11gr of SUGAR! Perhaps the single worst ingredient for Cancer Patients! (That is more than 3 eight-balls in a SINGLE snack bar!)

The "Cancer Industry" knows EXACTLY what they are doing!