In my quest to shed these extra pounds I have managed to pack on in recent times, I’ve done some serious diet and meal restructuring and the husband has already lost 12 lbs. Me? Not so much. And that drives me -nutz- because in years gone by, I had no trouble dropping the weight when I wanted to. And I WANT TO!!!.. While we are eating primarily Paleo foods (think hunter gatherer)… we do still consume some dairy but it’s limited. I realized after talking to several friends that I am eating too much fruit (natural sugar) and that’s slowing the weight loss down. One of the “snacks” recommended was nut butter..and I immediately thought Peanut butter, which I’ve loved all my life. But in the healthier foods sections of most stores and whole food markets you will also find nut butters I never paid attention to before… Almond, Pecan, Hazelnut, Cashew, Macadamia, etc. So I did some research in that department because damn, I need a healthy snack that won’t pack on the pounds. A Healthy fat kind of snack.. you can bake with nut butters too, but I’m looking to eat a teaspoon of the stuff to tide me over now and then.
First let me show you something I could not believe…. It looks delicious at first glance…
Until you read the ingredients.
Ingredients: Sugar, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed And Palm), Hazelnuts, Cocoa Process With
Alkali, Skim Milk, Whey Powder, Contains 2% Or Less of Sunflower
Lecithin, Natural Flavor. May Contain Almond, Cashew, Pistachio, Soybean and WHEAT INGREDIENTS
Alkali, Skim Milk, Whey Powder, Contains 2% Or Less of Sunflower
Lecithin, Natural Flavor. May Contain Almond, Cashew, Pistachio, Soybean and WHEAT INGREDIENTS
*if you have a wheat allergy or are trying to avoid it and gluten..
well that’s a sneaky additive, isn’t it.
When SUGAR is the first ingredient and you’re not holding a bag of Domino Sugar in your hand? … walk away. Holy cow.
Compare to Justins – which I bought…
| Ingredients…Dry roasted hazelnuts, dry roasted almonds, organic cane sugar, organic cocoa, organic cocoa butter, palm fruit oil*, vanilla, sea salt. |
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Now, there is still sugar in this product, although much much less… and you can buy raw nut butter with NO sugar at all, and even NO SALT… which is best… but it’s a heck of a lot better than JIF. The other big difference? Jif is less than $4.00 for the jar.. whereas Justins was $14.00 for close to the same amount.
Ouch.
You know… it shouldn’t cost MORE money to eat healthy… and it’s often said that low income families tend to eat crap. Because it’s affordable! All consumers should have better options.
Shame on the makers of JIF… now Smuckers Company bought from Procter and Gamble.. for making a NUT butter that’s first ingredient is SUGAR. *sigh*
-Just Sayin