tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34953284.post8946279154923825033..comments2023-09-09T09:35:53.171-05:00Comments on The Divine Low Carb: Home-made Processed FoodPJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391277875371518678noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34953284.post-43973346654310907972007-05-20T18:53:00.000-05:002007-05-20T18:53:00.000-05:00I agree with Sparky's Girl - pretty much everythin...I agree with Sparky's Girl - pretty much everything we cook/combine/take a knife to becomes "processed".<BR/><BR/>My take on what would be a real frankenfood is when something is processed in such a way that essentially nothing in it resembles the original food. For instance, twinkies... refined sugars, refined flour, artificial flavors, artificial colors (aren't those derived from coal tars, of all things?!), and a million chemicals and preservatives. On the other hand, a cheesecake made from cream cheese and sour cream (which of course have been processed from the original milk, but still looks and tastes recognizable as a dairy product), vanilla (an alcohol based extract of vanilla beans, which means it's processed too), some eggs (something that's not processed, at least not until we crack open the shells to actually use them) and something to sweeten it (in our case, usually an artificial sweetener, obviously a processed food, which could be considered the only frankenfood in this mixture). Then we're going to mix all those together and bake them until they don't really look like the original ingredients... but they do taste like a combination of the foods we used.<BR/><BR/>I was reading somewhere or other... if it's a food that your grandmother wouldn't recognise (or your great grandmother, I suppose, depending on how old a person is), then it's a frankenfood or overprocessed.Caliannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00055882170095208056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34953284.post-49275565559378309002007-05-18T12:56:00.000-05:002007-05-18T12:56:00.000-05:00I am a big fan of low-carb versions of "junk food"...I am a big fan of low-carb versions of "junk food". Because my low-carb versions usually have nut meal and flax instead of flour and lack the sugar, I think they are actually quite healthy. The problem is that I am developing the habit of eating lots of snack-type foods. If I were to drop the low-carb diet today and continue eating tons of desserts then I'd no doubt double my weight within a year..... but if it is truly a lifestyle change, then I can find comfort in the fact that I can still have cinnamon roles for breakfast as long as I make them with low-carb ingredients. The key is to understand how various ingredients effect you and to remain aware of what you are eating.Daronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531762907459171427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34953284.post-81267806827401346602007-05-18T10:36:00.000-05:002007-05-18T10:36:00.000-05:00I agree, what matters most is what helps you stick...I agree, what matters most is what helps you stick with it, at least for now. And pretty much everything is processed, since cooking itself is processing. I shoot for avoiding overly chemically, long-ingredient list packaged goods most of the time. <BR/><BR/>BTW...I betcha you do have some sort of dairy intolerance...cravings are a humungo sign ;) You may want to try more goat cheeses and see if you notice a difference...or skip dairy entirely for a week, then add it back? Fun stuff!Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268626403040745983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34953284.post-64228650545858301172007-05-18T09:12:00.000-05:002007-05-18T09:12:00.000-05:00What really matters is what will make you happiest...What really matters is what will make you happiest and help you stick to your diet for life. I really get sick of the term "frankenfoods" because in all reality, isn't anything we "put together" unnatural? I mean broccoli with mealted cheese didn't come that way... we had to combine them. It just seems like a lot of hallaballoo over nothing, ya know?Amy Dunganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06125706233425564277noreply@blogger.com