Tips
by Michael Ma
Here are a few tips to get you started off right.
Don't cook high heat in extra virgin olive oil. Although olive oil itself has a high smoke point, the stuff in the oil has a VERY low burn temp. So when you do any kind of frying with olive oil, you will have oil loaded with carcinogens. For stir frying, cook with extra light olive oil, then add extra virgin olive oil (toss it in) for flavor.
Costco has a 4lb bag of almonds for $7. Much better than a 1/2 lb of almonds for $7 at Ralphs.
When buying sandwich meats, buy from labels that are sold by pro healthy labels. I recommend Healthy Choice sandwich meats which has much less sodium, tastes much better than cardboard textured Deli Select. General, when it comes to packaged foods, brands by pro healthy companies like Smartones, Healthy Choice, Lean Cuisine are required to have much less sodium.
Buy fruits and veggies from Henry's. You really can't beat Henry's prices on produce.
Read ingredients before you buy. To my surprise, Yoplait yogurt has HFCS. All I can say is that I'm shocked that a company like Yoplait (who's trying to make it seem like they are increasing breast cancer awareness and weight loss by more consumption of calcium) can't seem to spend a few fractions of a penny to substitute some sugar instead of HFCS.
The lowest price I've seen on chocolate flavored whey protein is at Costco. You can buy 5 lb of if for $20. Fantastic deal.
Just a added note, I had an ultimate smoothie today, and it was awesome. :)
Don't cook high heat in extra virgin olive oil. Although olive oil itself has a high smoke point, the stuff in the oil has a VERY low burn temp. So when you do any kind of frying with olive oil, you will have oil loaded with carcinogens. For stir frying, cook with extra light olive oil, then add extra virgin olive oil (toss it in) for flavor.
Costco has a 4lb bag of almonds for $7. Much better than a 1/2 lb of almonds for $7 at Ralphs.
When buying sandwich meats, buy from labels that are sold by pro healthy labels. I recommend Healthy Choice sandwich meats which has much less sodium, tastes much better than cardboard textured Deli Select. General, when it comes to packaged foods, brands by pro healthy companies like Smartones, Healthy Choice, Lean Cuisine are required to have much less sodium.
Buy fruits and veggies from Henry's. You really can't beat Henry's prices on produce.
Read ingredients before you buy. To my surprise, Yoplait yogurt has HFCS. All I can say is that I'm shocked that a company like Yoplait (who's trying to make it seem like they are increasing breast cancer awareness and weight loss by more consumption of calcium) can't seem to spend a few fractions of a penny to substitute some sugar instead of HFCS.
The lowest price I've seen on chocolate flavored whey protein is at Costco. You can buy 5 lb of if for $20. Fantastic deal.
Just a added note, I had an ultimate smoothie today, and it was awesome. :)
posted by Michael Ma at
9:09 AM
3 Comments:
Yeah, the don't cook with olive oil thing is right on. My dad came across a great tip a while back: use grapeseed oil for cooking instead. It's just as healthy as olive oil but it doesn't degenerate under heat. Both my parents and I have been using it ever since and it works great.
Plus I'm sure everyone has seen the "No Trans Fat" butters at the store - I can testify to those being tasty too.
By
Al, at 1:00 PM
I've been buying the stuff at Trader Joes. There is some added sugar, but no HFCS.
By
Travis, at 10:07 AM
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Article here:
The Devil's Candy
By
Travis, at 1:56 PM
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