Almost Bamboozled!

As you most likely know, I’m obsessed with making wholesome decisions and like to share inspirational, optimistic messages. However I spotted that currently I’ve not been posting sufficient about meals and strong consuming decisions. Two issues occurred just lately which have triggered me to refocus at the very least a few of my writing with a “again to the fundamentals” mentality. First, I’ve been working with a few new purchasers and explaining what I name “Label Studying 101,” and I used to be pondering that this is perhaps a superb matter to deal with extra broadly. The second cause, which bolstered the primary, concerned a fast Starbucks cease the place I observed a package deal for Tazo Chai Latte focus. It gave the impression of a enjoyable, spiced tea drink that I may make at residence. The entrance of the label has the phrases: black tea, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom and spices. What may very well be dangerous about that, you may ask? As is my behavior with all merchandise new to me, I flipped over to the dietary data. And even I used to be shocked!!!

I’ll bounce on to what shocked me concerning the Tazo Chai Latte. On this seemingly innocent drink lurked 16 grams of sugar per serving. Tazo defines a serving as a 1/2 cup, which is okay since this drink is a focus and meant to be made with 1/2 to 1 cup of milk.

I’ll clarify why this product is extraordinarily unhealthy, and its label is kind of deceptive. For starters, a serving measurement of this tea (1/2 cup!) has 16 grams of sugar. However wait – there’s extra! The serving measurement doesn’t account for the sugar that’s within the milk itself, which can add one other 6-7 grams when you had ½ cup and double that (12-14 grams) when you add a whole cup. In consequence, this little afternoon drink nearly hits the low finish of sugar consumption that I like to recommend for an ENTIRE DAY (24-40 grams is an efficient goal, and with a full cup of milk, we’re at 30 grams!).

It goes with out saying that I handed on the Tazo Chai Latte, like I do on most issues with lots of sugar. That’s to not say I’ll by no means eat a dessert – for me, it signifies that I need to pay attention to the gadgets that I eat that include sugar and select once I wish to eat them. The sugar on this drink was what I name hidden since you would by no means anticipate it to be there within the first place. Sadly this occurs on a regular basis and I’m SURE you may be stunned at what number of of your on a regular basis substances or meals decisions have an excessive amount of sugar.

Anyway, you may be listening to extra from me about frequent meals misconceptions. I wish to share a again to the fundamentals method with you in an effort to encourage you otherwise. Your physique is sacred. What you place into it issues – rather a lot. You wouldn’t put unbranded, doubtlessly crappy, gasoline in your new automotive. However discovering top quality, branded gasoline is simple. Discovering the Exxon or Shell equivalents for meals is rather more tough, which I spotted when a trusted pair of distributors like Starbuck’s and Tazo virtually bamboozled me!!! (By the way in which I used to be within the tea aisle at Entire Meals the opposite day and, guess what, they’d the Tazo Chai tea in tea luggage with no sugar!!!! So it was a simple substitute, identical style, identical taste, no sugar…)

The significance of labels and substances has a much wider implication as nicely. Meals has modified over the previous 30 years. Along with misleading packaging and hidden sugar content material, quite a lot of preservatives and different unnatural substances are often added to typical packaged meals, that are nonetheless offered as being “wholesome.” In consequence, I’m critically involved about what we’re feeding our youngsters and grandchildren.

Right here’s to label studying!!!!!