🧬 Decoding what's wrecking your health + non-toxic swaps
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The front of the box is the ad
Nature Valley Oats 'n Honey says honey on the front. Sugar is the 2nd ingredient. Honey is 5th.
Here are the 4 things I check on every label, takes about 10 seconds
Penn State says over 99% of grocery turkeys are the same breed
It's the Broad Breasted White. Before you buy one for Thanksgiving, here's how to read what the label is actually telling you 🧵
ALT Grocery store freezer case full of whole frozen turkeys
Thawing a frozen one takes longer than you think
USDA says about 1 day in the fridge for every 4 to 5 pounds. A 20 lb bird needs 4 to 5 days
In a hurry? Cold water in a leak-proof bag, change the water every 30 minutes, cook it right after. Never on the counter
ALT Wrapped turkey thawing on a tray in the refrigerator
If you keep waking up tired, look at how much caffeine you're drinking and when you're having it
A big coffee in the morning can still affect your sleep that night. In a sleep trial, a 400mg dose made people take longer to fall asleep even when they had it 12 hours before bed
That doesn't mean you have to quit coffee. Try a smaller serving, keep it early, and see whether you fall asleep easier and feel more rested
FDA lets yogurt makers kill off the live cultures after the yogurt is made
If they do, the front has to say "does not contain live and active cultures"
That matters if you're eating it for your gut. Stanford ran a 10-week trial on 36 adults, and the group eating more fermented foods like yogurt, kefir and cultured cottage cheese saw gut microbe diversity go up and 19 inflammatory proteins go down
Grab plain full-fat, look for "contains live and active cultures" and add your own honey
ALT Glass of plain yogurt
ALT Two jars of homemade milk kefir
ALT Plain Greek yogurt with honey being drizzled in
Nature Valley Oats n Honey looks like a "healthy" lunchbox bar
One 2-bar pouch has 11 grams of added sugar and only 3 grams of protein
If you want a higher-protein snack, hard boiled eggs or leftover meat are simple swaps
IHOP omelettes are made with a splash of buttermilk pancake batter
Their own nutrition FAQ says that's why omelettes list wheat and gluten. Scrambled eggs do not get the batter
The FAQ also says the same batter goes in their burritos, tacos, savory crepes and Jr. Breakfast Quesadilla (confirm those items are still on your local menu)
Want eggs without the pancake mix? Ask for scrambled, or crack a few at home in butter. Scrambled without batter is not a gluten-free kitchen guarantee
Butter is basically 1 step. Canola oil is about 5
To make butter you churn cream. To make regular canola oil you heat and flake the seeds, press them, pull more oil out with a chemical solvent, refine it, filter it through clay, then steam it
Here's the process 🧵
Then the crude oil gets refined
Color comes out by filtering through natural clay. The industry sometimes calls that "bleaching," but it's clay, not chlorine bleach
Last step: steam distillation to strip smells and leftover compounds
UK Kellogg's just changed Rice Krispies
The cereal is now made with rice flour instead of whole rice grains, and wheat gluten is listed as an ingredient
Current UK label: rice flour, sugar, barley malt extract, wheat gluten, salt, then the vitamins
That's the UK and European recipe. US boxes are a different product, so check your own bag before you assume anything
Guerrero, Mission and Old El Paso flour tortillas still lean on industrial oils
Guerrero Soft Taco: vegetable shortening made with interesterified and hydrogenated soybean oils
Mission Soft Taco: same shortening line
Old El Paso Soft Taco: palm oil, plus hydrogenated vegetable oil further down
Clean pick: Rise and Puff. Flour, water, avocado oil, sea salt
Better-than: La Banderita Soft Taco now lists palm and/or olive oil, no hydrogenated oils. Still has dough conditioner and preservatives, so read the bag
