Re: [gardeners] peanut butter
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 27 Apr 2003 09:21:18 -0500
I haven't used salt in years and salty food tastes bitter to me now. My
BP is always high, partially due to arterial blockage and partly due to
being overweight. Strangely enough my BP hasn't come down even though
I've lost 35 lbs in the last 7 months.
George
"T.L.Miller" wrote:
>
> Sat, Apr 26, 2003 12:21 PM gshirl@bellsouth.net George Shirley said:
>
> >Currently I buy Simply Jif, has 33% less sugar than regular peanut
> >butter and is rated low sodium. Contents are roasted peanuts, 2% or less
> >of partially hydrogenated soybean oil, fully hydrogenated vegetable oils
> >(rapeseed and soybean, mono-and digylcerides, molasses, sugar, and salt.
>
> I've probably had more problems in my life from too little salt than from
> too much and add salt to everything. As a kid in the Canal Zone, my legs
> were broken out in ugly sores because of inadequate salt in my diet in
> that hot climate. Only a small percentage of people have a problem with
> salt and blood pressure and I'm not one of them. Sugar and starch are
> carbohydrates and our bodies turn starch into sugar. I do think some of
> those modified vegetable oils aren't good for anybody.
>
> Tom Miller
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