I try my best to avoid these things in my grocery items and lately I have been using sugar substitutes. (which I just recently found a great list of sugar substitutes and am excited to give them a try - here's that list:
http://www.organicspark.co
But, with all of my cooking from scratch... you'd think I'd be free from it.
Oh how much easier life was when I didn't have this knowledge.
So, this may be common sense to most but... i just found out that TRANS FAT (AKA Partially Hydrogenated oils) is...
drum roll please....
Shortening (AKA Crisco) and Margarine
What?!?!!?!? Seriously, this was devastating for me. All of those times I made some pie crust or tortilla shells from scratch thinking that I was doing everybody a favor...
This is an interesting article about Transfats from the Mayo Clinic:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/trans-fat/CL00032
And there you have it.. i have officially poisoned you with my knowledge. Now you will (hopefully) cringe when you pull out your Big ol tub o Crisco when making a pie crust. (or toss the Crisco altogether).
Never fear. Apparently Lard is a better substitute, especially if you can get the organic version or Butter, of course.
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