Ingredients of food

I went to the store for my weekly shopping today and got quite the shock when I started looking at the ingredients of some of the pre-processed items that are for sale. While I understand the need to preserve items, some of the ingredients sound like they could be used for embalming instead of preserving food or even cooking.

As much as possible, I try to cook with real ingredients that I can see. About the only ingredient that I use outside of the normal items is a bit of salt. Things always seem to taste better if it is fresh. With fruits, I find this particularly true and vegetables should always be fresh. No frozen goods here.

Unfortunately, when we eat things like chips and Twinkies, we get empty meaningless calories that we don't need. If you eat things like this all the time, then that is where a good portion of your fat intake is likely coming from. This is the kind of thing that your doctor will shake his head at. Reduce the cholesterol, the bad ingredients, the fats and think FRESH!!!