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02-22-2008 2:01 PM

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Redflame

Beware of Fat Free butter and oil replacements

If the label sounds too good to be true you are probably right! Fake butter sprays and oil sprays tell you they are fat free, but PLEASE realize that is because they can get away with listing what ever size portion they choose! The FDA has no regulation over that aspect.

Just WHO uses 1.25 sprays of I can't believe its not butter? and HOW can you get .25 of a spray???? Something to think about. It may seem trival amounts of fat, but personally I want to know what I am putting in my body!

1. Fat-Free Non-Stick Cooking Spray

The lie is so blatant its comical . . . or . .. . . criminal. Read the side of a can of Mazola Non-Stick cooking spray. It says right on the can, "for calorie-free fat-free cooking." Notice how the nutrition label says there are 0 calories in a serving and of course 0 grams of fat. Then read aloud the ingredients. The only significant ingredient is liquid corn oil. Read a container of Mazola Liquid Corn Oil. See a very different nutrition label. This one says 120 calories per serving, 120 calories from fat! It's not only not Fat-Free, it's 100% Fat! Here's how they get away with it . . .The FDA labeling law says that if there's less than 1/2 gram of fat in a serving, a food can be labeled "Fat-Free." The catch is, nobody regulates what the food companies refer to as a serving size. If you look at the spray can, it refers to a serving as .2 grams. That's 2/10 of a gram. Is there less than 1/2 a gram of fat in .2 grams of fat? Of course! There's less than 1/2 a gram of anything in .2 grams. To show you how absurd that referenced serving size is, .2 grams would equal 1/3 of one second of spray! (there have been many studies done on this, and I am stealing information from those studies) It's complete and total deception that allows pure fat to be labeled "Fat-Free."

2. Fat-Free Butter Substitutes

There are many butter substitutes claiming to be "better than butter." As an example . . . I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! It says "fat-free" all over it. You know what to do. Go right to the ingredients. Hydrogenated oil. That's fat. Pure fat. Better check out the FDA regulated nutrition label. 5 calories per serving. How many calories from fat? 5! Another example of the reliability of our friends at the FDA in delivering "truth in labeling." I Can't Believe It's Not Butter . . . but it is FAT! As a matter of fact, from a health standpoint, hydrogenated fats are more harmful than the saturated fats butter would provide. That doesn't make butter a good choice, but if you're trading it for something that contains just as much fat but gets its fat from a source that can cause cell damage . . . I'd have to say butter's better. One teaspoon had 2 grams of fat, and I KNOW many people pour this stuff on their veggies and potatoes, not spray it on!

Smart Squeeze by Smart Balance is a product that has the main ingredients of water, food starch, and salt. The serving size is one TABLESPOON which is much more realistic and it had 5 calories and zero fat. You can confirm that by looking at the ingredients. At least this product is using realistic serving sizes and not trying to get one over on us!

Best Wishes!Annette

02-22-2008 2:25 PM

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RenaeIsOnAlli

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Redflame .. I was looking for the best butter solution the other day... "I Cant Believe It's Not Butter" had 3 fat grams MORE than regular butter!

An elementary teacher in Knoxville asked her students who their favorite team was for the big game coming up. Jimmy said- Well.. daddy is a tigers fan.. mama is a tigers fan.. so that makes me a tigers fan The teacher went to him and said- Jimmy.. if your daddy was a moron and your mom was an idiot.. what would that make you? Jimmy replied- A vols fan

02-22-2008 3:17 PM

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sylph1221

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Wow! Great points about the content in those sprays! I hadn't even thought about that! THANK YOU!

Dee...aka: Sylph1221 Started Alli Plan January 2008 45 yrs old Height= 5'0" SW= 124-128??? (My Scales were really inaccurate - I thought I was 118!!!) :...( CW= 113 GW= 100

02-22-2008 4:34 PM

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Redflame

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I feel our best solutions is moderation, whole foods (avoiding highly processed foods) and healthy choices (in this case healthy oils)

We just need to set up healthy habits now. We can easily get sucked into 'diet foods' and end up eating more quantity and poor quality, all at the same time fooling ourselves that we are making good choices.

Let's take care of ourselves,

Annette

02-23-2008 9:23 AM

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sugarmaple120

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You are right. You have to use the serving suggested for it to be fat free. I have read somewhere that there are 1,000 calories in a can of fat free cooking spray, wow! Cant remember the fat but you can imagine. I personally like the non stick spray for cooking only. Just to keep food from sticking in the pan or baking sheet. I use it to to bake fries, onion rings or chicken. I spritz one or two sprays to baked fries and baked onion rings and it makes the food crisp up a little to taste more like the fried version.

Always got to be watching out for hidden calories and fat everywhere.

02-23-2008 9:28 AM

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RenaeIsOnAlli

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Fries...? Onion rings...? Oh my.. my mouth is watering.. it's been so long since I've had either!

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