Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Afternoons are my Achilles Heel

I do great at breakfast.  Supper is just fine.  I fall apart at lunch or mid-afternoon.  I have to come up with some things I can fix for that time.  Today I tried some Bran Buds in some lowfat Greek yogurt. 
I tossed it in favor of four Thin Mint GS Cookies.  Not that it wasn't decent tasting.  But ever since the hubby told me about that 'natural flavoring' often found in foods which is really some processed oils or flavorings from a beaver's anal glands, I can't eat anything that has those words in the ingredients.   Yes...you read that right.   Talk about a turn off. 
It's called castoreum.  A nice, sanitized way of saying beaver anal gland juice.  http://www.parents.com/blogs/dadabase/2012/02/12/health/is-natural-vanilla-flavoring-really-from-beavers-anal-glands/   I'm not a vegetarian like this guy but his article pretty much sums up my feelings on this topic. 

Bon apetite!

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