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Connie Lemmincakes's avatar

I wonder if RFK’s goal is the same as mine? Never to need to read a food ingredients list again.

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

I would sometimes buy a cereal at Trader Joe's called Crunchy Cinnamon Squares.

Turns out one of the ingredients is trisodium phosphate which is actually a cleaning agent. But it is also put into food to extend shelf life.

https://www.healthyandnaturalworld.com/trisodium-phosphate-in-cereal-or-in-food/

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Dr Linda's avatar

It used to be the major cleaning agent before it became environmentally unsound. Now it’s in food.

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Jeff S's avatar

Haha. Not funny, though.

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Connie Lemmincakes's avatar

Not ok for the environment but ok for your body. Ugh.

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Connie Lemmincakes's avatar

It’s really sickening what is “allowed” in food. The iron fortified cereals actually have iron shavings in them. Blend up some dry cereal and put a magnet in the dust. You’ll see. And for the record, no cereal is actually food. Look into the extruding process that the sludge has to go through. You’ll never eat cereal again.

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Maureen ODH's avatar

Connie Lemmicakes…Same for “kibble” dog and cat food… yet people look at you like you have two heads when given the opportunity to explain WHY you feed real food, preferably raw to yourself dog(s)….

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Connie Lemmincakes's avatar

I agree. I’ve tried to transition the cat to raw food, but he’s not interested.

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carily myers's avatar

Have 2 big dogs/1 medium, make their food. Got the receipe from my old vet. They've been on it for years. They're happy/healthy/shiney and don't have any vax's. It's actually cheaper than buying commercial food.

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CitizenA's avatar

Carily- We have been making home cooked meals for our dogs for years, but I’d be interested in seeing your recipe from your old vet

…. IF you have the time to post it. I give you my thanks in advanced. 🤗

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carily myers's avatar

I use a 30C roasting pan. 6C cooked pinto beans, 2 large cans of green beans or carrots. 2 chicken leg qtrs, 4C cooked rice. I use dried beans, frozen chicken-throw them into a pressure cooker w/ a good bit of H2O, voila, 40 min later cooked. Tear up the chicken, mix everything up.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

I use TSP and bleach when I have to prepare an exterior surface for painting.

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

And Old Bay is apparently being reformulated

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Kitkat's avatar

Yes, commonly known as TSP. And that's in food?!!! That's insane.

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Emumundo's avatar

Did you see the video of the man trying to purchase TSP at Home Depot. Turns out it’s not real TSP and you get get the real one but it’s too toxic to put on the shelf. I’m shocked it’s in there. I remember buying vitamin C at a store and reading the ingredients and propylene glycol had been added! I had purchased this brand before so it had recently been added. What is going on? Want some vitamin C with a side of radiator fluid?

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Patti's avatar

😬 have you seen the new thing turning plastics into nice cream 🙄 why can’t we just eat real food???

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Renea Buchholz's avatar

Well yes...but no...we do not want to be trained to let down our guard. Always always be aware and looking. And train the next generation to always be on guard.

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Connie Lemmincakes's avatar

I agree, but in my dream world, that would be the case.

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Juju's avatar

I simply switched to a low carb, no processed, whole foods only diet three years ago. The only labels I have to read now are like on cheeses or heavy whipping cream.

I noticed a few weeks ago ALL the brands of heavy whipping cream around me now add carrageenan and ploysorbate-80 to them. 😡 As a “thickening agent”. Why?? Why why why?? You don’t need it! It whipped beautifully without it for my entire life!!

And I’m having such a hard time finding unadulterated whipping cream now. We switched to half and half for non-whipping uses until I can. The same good value brand doesn’t add those ingredients to their half and half.

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Mini-mum's avatar

Yes! The thickening agents added to heavy whipping cream drive me crazy too! There’s no need for that. We finally found a source for raw milk and I can scoop the beautiful unadulterated cream off the top and not worry about added ingredients.

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Connie Lemmincakes's avatar

Hopefully, in the future those additives will be discontinued.

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Juju's avatar

I think I’m going to call/write cust services to complain.

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Based Florida Man's avatar

search for a raw milk producer in your area. there's a couple of index websites that list per state.

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Roger Beal's avatar

Have you tried buying liquid heavy cream and whipping it yourself, by hand? It's not as hard as it may sound, and the results are deee-licious!

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Juju's avatar

That’s what I’m talking about. I have never bought pre-whipped. Always heavy whipping cream and whip myself. But use it in other ways too wherever milk would be used (lower carb). It’s just they recently snuck these ingredients into the liquid and it’s so unnecessary. Was never needed before. Grrrr

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