Ah, I see Jim, but I'm surprised that they say that butter is the culprit. I thought it was the carbohydrates that alter the blood sugar not fats but I'm no expert. I'm glad that you have it sorted out though. Roz > Roz, I agree, I do and I eat home cooked food and abhor the rubbish in the > supermarket freezer chests. BUT I also love freshly baked bread from the > local baker ( I really miss my mother-in-law for her bread) and I was told > nay advised that butter was doing my blood sugar count no good so I changed > to non animal fat spread and found that Benecol was tasty, also the new > Flora + . > my sugar count tonight is 6.3 compared with usually 11 or 12 before. > Sometimes the instrument nearly had a coronary itself with 17 or 18. > > Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Roz <roz12345uk@yahoo.co.uk> > To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 4:19 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] UGH! > > > > What's wrong with butter!!!! Fancy spreading something made from wood on > > your bread just cos some tv star says it is ok :-))) > > > > Seriously, I cannot understand the low fat message at all. To achieve the > > low fat rating they have to pump it full of chemicals and sugar...or even > > worse, sweeteners. I believe that the reason other countries have a far > > higher survival rate than this country is because they eat proper food > that > > is closer to its original state. This county is so unhealthy because they > > don't know what proper food is!!!! Convenience food, bung it in the > > microwave and eat it.......no way for me!!!! > > > > If you eat sensibly, meat and three veg per day, then I don't believe you > > will come to any harm. For goodness sake, you can cut the fat off a pork > > chop!!! You don't have to slap a knob of butter on your vegetables. > > > > There is no way on earth I will eat margarine, let alone that rubbish they > > call Benecol. Another big con that, in a few years time, someone will > > expose as being designed to earn the company that produces it massive > > profits. > > Roz > > > > > Jim, I have got to say straight away that this message was directed at > > > BRIAN! > > > > > > You know how it is that you call someone "Slim Jim" when you mean the > > > opposite > > > > > > Must confess I am on Benecol myself and don't find it any worse than the > > > other butter SUBSTITUTES, and I have the Flora Active ready to try next. > > > Doing my best. > > > > > > Do you reckon you can lose weight by eating this stuff and stay on the > > same > > > diet? Or do you have to count calories as well? I am fairly sensible > > now, > > > but would like to think these pro-active things are like Sacraments, > they > > > "work by themselves"! > > > > > > Marj > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Listen, Slim Jim. Have you suddenly lost a few stones by sheer > > > > abstinence? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > Version: 6.0.317 / Virus Database: 176 - Release Date: 21/01/02 > > > > > > > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > > > Visit and support: > > > http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > > Please type SURNAMES in UPPER CASE for ease of reading. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com