I TOTALLY agree with you that storebought foods are NOTHING compared to what their equivelent ones are, say in a butcher shop, bread store, etc... that's why I am a smart shopper and go to places like that. I buy fruits and veggies from neighborhoods (GOD I miss Oregon for that... they had tons of those kinda places just waiting for guys like you and me to go in there and get some sweeeeet deals)
The point is, WHEN we have to get those kind of prepackaged foods, you HAVE to slow down, and take a look at those labels.
I can tell you with all honesty, those labels can save your life, if not your heart or waistline!
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Remember Susan Powers? She did that whole "Stop the Insanity" thing...
one of her key lines she used to use is the packaging is what sells the food. "Ever see a package of fat free ham? 'FAT FREE HAMMMM???' What's the universal symbol for fat? ((a pig))" and then you look at the package and see it's swimming in other things you shouldn't be having... including the fat!
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! They just packaged it differently with other chemicals to reduce some things... like Susan said... "They're LYING to YOU!"