It’s all good this morning. I didn’t wake up with a sugar hangover although my tummy is a little unsettled. But my mind is clear, and I’m sitting down with a cup of tea to start the day.
I did pause for a moment when I put the leftover Russell Stover candies up, and there was a momentary wish that I could have one of the Hot Fudge Sundae Pop-Tarts my aunt brought over yesterday. But that moment has passed, and I think I am back on track.
Speaking of the Pop-Tarts, it always amazes me that they can be passed off as breakfast food. I guess they are good for breakfast if you are into having a sugar rush at 7am. Out of the seven main ingredients, five are sugar products: sugar, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose and corn syrup solids.
The really scary stuff is when you get to the “contains two percent or less” list. I realize that these ingredients don’t make up the bulk of the tarts, but there are a whole lot of two percent or less ingredients on the label. Some of these things I don’t think I want in my body in any percent. There are no less than nine artificial colors listed on the label. Add to that mono-and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl, lactylate, datem, carnauba wax (sounds like something you’d put on your car), and pyridoxine hydrochloride. And that’s only about half the list.
So I guess you might be wondering why I even have Pop-Tarts in my house. Well, my wonderful aunt, of her own volition, brings them when she comes to watch the kids after school, along with bread, rice milk and other food she thinks we might need. She is very generous and has been such a blessing to our family. However, she doesn’t always bring foods that I would buy and despite conversations, hints and requests, she continues to bring these items. In the spirit of family peace, I no longer try to change my aunt’s buying habits. So I keep the Pop-Tarts and have regulated them to a weekend treat for the kids.
I did pause for a moment when I put the leftover Russell Stover candies up, and there was a momentary wish that I could have one of the Hot Fudge Sundae Pop-Tarts my aunt brought over yesterday. But that moment has passed, and I think I am back on track.
Speaking of the Pop-Tarts, it always amazes me that they can be passed off as breakfast food. I guess they are good for breakfast if you are into having a sugar rush at 7am. Out of the seven main ingredients, five are sugar products: sugar, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose and corn syrup solids.
The really scary stuff is when you get to the “contains two percent or less” list. I realize that these ingredients don’t make up the bulk of the tarts, but there are a whole lot of two percent or less ingredients on the label. Some of these things I don’t think I want in my body in any percent. There are no less than nine artificial colors listed on the label. Add to that mono-and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl, lactylate, datem, carnauba wax (sounds like something you’d put on your car), and pyridoxine hydrochloride. And that’s only about half the list.
So I guess you might be wondering why I even have Pop-Tarts in my house. Well, my wonderful aunt, of her own volition, brings them when she comes to watch the kids after school, along with bread, rice milk and other food she thinks we might need. She is very generous and has been such a blessing to our family. However, she doesn’t always bring foods that I would buy and despite conversations, hints and requests, she continues to bring these items. In the spirit of family peace, I no longer try to change my aunt’s buying habits. So I keep the Pop-Tarts and have regulated them to a weekend treat for the kids.
1 comments:
Dude..if I were going to break an important diet, poptarts would NOT be what would tempt me!! lol I lusted after those things growing up, cause my mom wouldn't ever let us eat them, and then when I finally grew up, and could get them myself, they were DISGUSTING!! rofl
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