Apologies for the quality of the pics on this site.
I don't have a digital camera at the moment, or indeed funds to buy a reasonable one, so I have been using the camera on my phone.
Of course, if I did have a digital camera, I would have no excuse for the fact that I would still probably take poor quality pictures. ;o)
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Monday, January 8, 2007
Sunday, January 7, 2007
So What Am I Avoiding?
In order eat more healthful vegan foods, I will be limiting the amount of processed foods that I will be eating for two reasons; solid fats and too much added salt.
The current guidelines in the UK put the acceptable daily intake of sodium at the equivalent of 6g of salt. In reality the body only needs about 1/10 of this amount, which can be achieved through naturally occurring salt. Be aware when sodium content is listed, the level needs to be multiplied by 2.5 to give the salt equivalent.
So what foods do I specifically avoid:
All Fry's foods (high salt levels over 2.8g salt in one regular sausage!)
Fake cheeses (palm or hydrogenated fat, salt)
Biscuits (palm or hydrogenated fat, salt)
Bran flakes and many other cereals (high salt levels)
Pure and other vegan spreads (palm oil, salt)
Canned veg in brine (salt)
Pasta sauces (salt)
I still eat products with salt in such as baked beans, bread, canned soups, but I have smaller portions and choose the varieties with the least salt in them, and try and reduce how often I have them.
The current guidelines in the UK put the acceptable daily intake of sodium at the equivalent of 6g of salt. In reality the body only needs about 1/10 of this amount, which can be achieved through naturally occurring salt. Be aware when sodium content is listed, the level needs to be multiplied by 2.5 to give the salt equivalent.
So what foods do I specifically avoid:
All Fry's foods (high salt levels over 2.8g salt in one regular sausage!)
Fake cheeses (palm or hydrogenated fat, salt)
Biscuits (palm or hydrogenated fat, salt)
Bran flakes and many other cereals (high salt levels)
Pure and other vegan spreads (palm oil, salt)
Canned veg in brine (salt)
Pasta sauces (salt)
I still eat products with salt in such as baked beans, bread, canned soups, but I have smaller portions and choose the varieties with the least salt in them, and try and reduce how often I have them.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
No Palm Fat
New year. New blog. New ideas for healthy vegan food.
What is specifically out this year is solid fats. There are 3 vegetable based solid fats: hydrogenated oil, palm fat, coconut fat. Hydrogenated fat contains a lot of trans-fat - which is bad. Coconut fat tastes of coconut and is very expensive. There is nothing much unhealthy with palm fat, probably. There is something wrong with the fact that rainforest is being cleared and orangutans are dying so that it can be produced cheaply. So I am investigating creating replacements for foods that usually need solid fats.
Should be an interesting journey :o)
What is specifically out this year is solid fats. There are 3 vegetable based solid fats: hydrogenated oil, palm fat, coconut fat. Hydrogenated fat contains a lot of trans-fat - which is bad. Coconut fat tastes of coconut and is very expensive. There is nothing much unhealthy with palm fat, probably. There is something wrong with the fact that rainforest is being cleared and orangutans are dying so that it can be produced cheaply. So I am investigating creating replacements for foods that usually need solid fats.
Should be an interesting journey :o)
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