Friday, July 25, 2008

Reading the labels

Metrobank is giving away a sako bag of Jack n Jill items and C2 iced tea for a minimum purchase of P1,500 at Robinsons supermarket. I just happened to look at the nutrition information and was shocked at the saturated fat content of a tiny one-serving Chiz Curlz pack: 50% of RDA! Regardless of whatever micronutrients they put in there, you're asking for a heart attack.



Which brings me to question of "healthy" spreads. I know Dari Creme Lite is not as "evil" as regular butter and margarine, but 20% of the saturated fat RDA for one tablespoon is still not healthy.

Eat moderately.

4 comments:

  1. Is Dari Creme butter or margarine?
    For the longest time, doctors kept telling their patients to eat margarine instead of butter but recently, they've changed their advice. Apparently, margarine has more heart-clogging fat than butter.

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  2. it's margarine. i suppose it depends on the trans fat content.

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  3. The best pa rin yung "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" brand if you're looking for a quick fix, sans all the artery-cloggers. :)

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  4. thanks for the tip, g! haven't seen it locally, though

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