Comments on: How to make a healthy school lunch

By: Healthy Vending Machines

Healthy Vending Machines — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:11:23 +0000

LOL organic gummy bears….it’s all about semantics. Just because you slap “organic” on a label doesn’t mean it’s healthy or nutritious. It’s so ridiculous what type of marketing people get sucked into and forego common sense!

By: marie

marie — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:48:28 +0000

I totally agree that engineered & artificial sweetners should not be used. I believe small amounts of natural sweeteners are not bad, such as honey maple syrup or even unbleached sugar, in small amounts. I can’t believe all gummy bears are evil. If one uses seawead as the source for the gelatin, it’s has some nutritional value, If natural vegetable colorant is used, it’s not harmful, & you can even add something such as echinacea… A treat is only meant to be consumed in small amounts, you child won’t get to much sweets that way, and the rest is good for them. I fail to see how any one can object to that, makes your child very very happy, and you know he isn’t getting anything harmful.

By: Cynthia1770

Cynthia1770 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:15:05 +0000

Hi,
My google alert for HFCS picked up your post. I preach the treachery of HFCS, so my bias is clear; however, fructose and HFCS are not the same. Fructose contains 100% fructose, whereas HFCS is either one of two variants, HFCS-55 HFCS-42. HFCS-55 is 55%fructose:45% glucose and HFCS-42 is 42% fructose. HFCS-55 is used for sweetening sodas and other beverages. HFCS-42 is used more for dairy and other solid products. There are other names for HFCS. In Canada it is sometimes called fructose-glucose syrup and in Europe, it is known as iso-glucose. You might try StopHFCS.com which has an extensive list of HFCS-free foods.
Ditch HFCS. To your health.