Need Food Info

NFH

I have been advised to stay away from these foods for my skin and I just want to be clear as to which foods they are. Here are the catagories I'm unsure of and just want to know exactly what foods the include -
1 - MSG
2 - Hydrogenated fats/oils
3 - Iodine
4 - Animal lard
5 - Yeast
6 - Sugars
7 - White flour

All I'm lookin for is your basic examples of what foods these catagories include, cheers.

rubadub

1 - MSG- this is used sort of like salt, it is used in a lot of chinese cooking, and in crisps and snacks, monosodium glutamate. Just read the packs and it will be listed or not. it is E621

2 - Hydrogenated fats/oils- in lots of cakes, biscuits ice cream, speads. again just read the packs, many will now state that there are no hydrogenated fats in their products.

3 - Iodine http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=69
4 - Animal lard, I have seen it used in some cakes, should be listed on teh ingredients.
5 - Yeast, bread, cakes, beer,
6 - Sugars, - can be listed as glucose syrup, maltose, fructose, sucrose
7 - White flour, will be listed as wheat flour.


The info is all on the packets really, if one brand has no info try and find the most similar product which does have it.

ali.c

Rubadub bet me too it!

Anyhow most of those foods can be avoided by cutting out most processed foods really, mc cambridges do a yeast free bread wholewheat soda that is not bad also wholemeal pittas are great too very short list of ingredients is usually a good sign!

NFH

Thanks very much for that. I'm gonna start havin whole grain pasta and brown bread instead of white pasta and white bread.

Can I have butter or mayonaisse?

EileenG

Butter is fine, mayo may have hydrogenated fats.

Brown bread has yeast unless it is made with bread soda (bicarb) and buttermilk. Some brown breads also have sugar or hydrogenated fats. I'd even cut out the pasta, maybe stick to brown rice or lots of vegetables.

rubadub

Be careful with "brown" bread. Many is a mixture of wholemeal and white flour. White flour will usually be listed as "wheat flour". Just read the ingredients list. Ingredients are listed in the order of greatest.

Even mc cambridges has "wheat flour" listed, I am not sure if that is white flour, wheat flour could describe wholemeal but is usually white. It is best to presume the worst if you are not certain. Most brands will shout about the fact their oils are not hydrogenated.

The order of listing is important, when growing yeast a bakery could use white flour, this would mean it has to appear on the ingredients for wholemeal bread, even though it is trace amounts. e.g. you might see ingredients listed with "salt, wheat flour". This means there is more salt in the bread than wheat flour. you can then check nutritional info to figure out how much salt is in it, and it must be less than that.

Most beer & wine has only trace amounts of yeast in it. Yeast would be cloudy, there is far more yeast in a few crumbs of beer than in a clear pint. Some pubs do have bottle conditioned fancy beers now, that are loaded with yeast, e.g. erdinger.

Same goes for the sugar. Sugar can be used to grow out yeast so could appear on the list. The nutritional info will say carbs and usually "of which sugars" but this can include natural sugars which are fine.

NFH

ali.c wrote: »

Rubadub bet me too it!

wholemeal pittas are great too very short list of ingredients is usually a good sign!

Pittas would be really good for sandwiches but any wholemeal pittas I found had yeast in them.