From
the Publisher's Desk
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Natural or Processed? Just Glad
to be Back!!
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I recently went on a five week vacation with my
family to the States and while there we went from hotel to hotel
and restaurant to restaurant. When we returned to Mazatlan my back
was sore and my blood sugar level was unusually high. The doctor
said: Too much processed food!¨ We actually ate at only two ¨fast
food¨ franchises, and the majority of the time at family style,
sit down restaurants such as Bennigans, TGIFridays, The Olive Garden
and the like, thinking that the food would be healthier and prepared
in a more home style preparation. Was I surprised! When we left
one particular restaurant I noticed by the dumpster a suspicious
looking package and I picked it up, realizing within seconds that
that was what I had just eaten…
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Ingredients to Potato White
Fish
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| White Fish, Water, Enriched bleached wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitirite, riboflavin, folic acid), modified corn starch, potato blend (dehydrated potato(potatoes, mono and diglycerides, sodium acid pyrophosphate, citric acid), Dry potato mix (potatoes, corn starch, guar gum, salt, methylcellulose, sodium bisulfate (preservative), BHT (preservative), potatoes, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, Dextrose), salt, cheddar cheese powder (cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey, salt, disodium phosphate, yellow 5 and yellow 6), yellow corn flour, potato sticks (potato, partially hydrogenised soybean oil, salt, TBHQ (preservative), citric acid, Inpropylene, glycol (preservative), white corn flour, disodium inosonate, disodium Guanylate, egg white, natural cheese flavors, soybean oil, dried chives, flavor (contains autolyzed yeast extract, thiamine hydrochloride, corn syrup solids), torula yeast, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), onion powder, dextrose, garlic powder, natural lemon flavor, (ethyl alcohol, water, natural flavor), vinegar, monoglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate (as an emulsifying agent), spices, spice extractive (rosemary), yeast, lactic acid, carmel color, yeast nutrients (ammonium chloride, calcium sulfate), extractive of paprika (color), dough conditioners (L-Cystene monohydrochloride, ascorbic acid, Azodicarbonamide), sodium, tripolyphosphate (to retain moisture prepared in partially hydrogenated soybean oil. |
| Upon returning to Mexico we usually stop in a small town along the way, get a room and something to eat. Stopping in a small, local family run restaurant, I ate a delicious bowl of tortilla soup and chicken fajitias. Immediately I felt that I was eating ¨real food!¨ The smell, taste, and even body/mind response to the food were all positive and I realized that it was because I was eating natural stuff! The point here is that most foods that are prepared in Mexico (non-chain food restaurants) are made fresh everyday. For the same fish dish here the label would have read: white fish, potatoes, cheddar cheese, flour, salt and pepper and spices, no preservatives and no hard words to pronounce! It is great being back in Mexico and eating healthier food again. So if it tastes a little strange you’re most likely tasting natural. Buen Provecho! |
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Michael J. Veselik
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