I found these at Costco…of course…and very happy with the flavor. I guess you throw anything in front of me with garlic and red pepper spice and I’m a push over. But these really taste great and can be enjoyed by themselves, as a side, or just throw in a salad.

Watching the commercial I was already yacking as they swirl this red thick liquid into a perfectly clean glass of water. The red coloring misting and swirling through the water. All I can think about is the petro-chemicals used for the color dyes and who knows what they are using for the zero sugar claim. And lets not even get started about the artificial flavor options.

So looking long and hard I finally found a Nutrition Fact label that confirmed my suspicions. And Kraft is behind this. Wow, big surprise.

This really is a toxic mix of Polusorbate 60, Red 40, Blue 1 along with the other usual suspects.

I highly recommend reading the books “The One Hundred Year Lie” and “Twinkie, Deconstructed” to understand what this label means.  My fear is most will look at the Sugar 0g and go “oh great!”.

Drink your water people. Drink Sparkling water. Add your own real lemon or lime slices. But don’t buy into this toxic swill.

I started with Twinkie, Deconstructed. A wonderful breakdown on each ingredient that goes into this enduring American treat. The Nutritional Fact label actually makes up the table of contents. And even though the focus is on Twinkies, I learned a lot about the processed food industry, supply chains, and mining (yes Mining) process that takes for all the foods we eat. This really is an eye opener that everyone should examine and understand what they are eating. I’ll be point blank and tell you that everything you know about processed foods has been sugar coated. Actually more like HFCS coated. It’s just amazing how genetically modified corn and soy are in everything. It is all so much more worse then you thought.

Dr. Patrick Baker then led me to the next two selections. I was complete engrossed in The One Hundred Year Lie. I think the following Amazon comment best sums up my views…

This is a hard book to read though as with each revelation you will get angrier and angrier at the corporate world. It will scare you into eating more healthy alternative foods.

But this book goes beyond the foods we eat. This looks at all the toxins that exist in our environment today and how they are causing so many of the problems that just didn’t register on the map a few simple years/decades ago. This isn’t all doom and gloom. There are some practical steps we can take to minimize our exposure. But it first has to start with understanding what we are up against.

The 3rd book I just completed is Raw Power – Building strength and Muscle Naturally by Stephen Arlin. While many don’t give the writing style high marks, it really is hard to argue with his main theme and points. The food we eat is dead and the results are poor nutrition. When has putting fire to anything ever made it better is the point that got to me.  He actually makes militant vegans look like panzies….which appeals to me. But seriously, I do like his direct to the point approach. And while I’m no where ready to go 100% raw, I will take many of his recommendations to heart.

Dr. Baker has also just come out with a new book title What did I just Eat?.  I’ve had the chance to learn a lot from Dr. Baker and I look forward to ordering this ASAP as I know it will be yet another learning experience. 

RevAbs will be in my queue for sure, but I’m working on round two of Insanity. I just received the Insanity deluxe DVD kit which includes Upper Body Resistance, a sport cardio workout and Insane Abs. And let me tell you, Insane Abs lives up to its name.

But I also think Grover should be the next mystrey trainer on Biggest loser!