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Check out the ingredients in JELL-O SugarFree pistachio pudding!: Modified Food Starch, Maltodextrin (From Corn), Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate (For Thickening), Pistachio Nuts, Disodium Phosphate (For Thickening), Contains Less Than 2% Of Skim Milk, Artificial Flavor, Salt, Calcium Sulfate, Xanthan Gum (For Smooth Texture), Mono- And Diglycerides (Prevent Foaming), Aspartame And Acesulfame Potassium (Sweeteners), Yellow 5, Blue 1, Yellow 6, Artificial Color, BHA, Tbhq And Citric Acid (Preservatives).
There are some pretty bad ingredients in this pudding that I used to LOVE, but I want to focus on aspartame. If there is one sweetener to steer clear of Aspartame is the one. I love how the host of ?Livin? La Vida Low Carb,? Jimmy Moore, calls is ?Nasty-tame.? Aspartame was approved by the FDA in 1981 for uses in ?blue packet? tabletop sweeteners, diet soda, chewing gum, breakfast cereals, gelatin, and puddings. It can now be found in more than 6,000 foods. Aspartame is the product in NutraSweet, Equal, and Sugar Twin. It does provide calories, but because it is 160 to 220 times sweeter than sucrose so the caloric intake is negligible. The amount of aspartame in some common foods is:
· 1 tablet of Equal?19 mg of aspartame
"HEALTHIFIED" PUDDING
1/2 cup avocado (or cottage cheese)
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk (or full fat coconut milk)
1/4 cup Jay Robb vanilla protein powder (or other flavor)
2 TBS cream cheese OR coconut cream, softened
4 TBS erythritol (or Swerve)
1 tsp stevia glycerite (omit if using Swerve)
1/4 tsp pistachio extract or other
Place all ingredients in a blender (I use this BlendTec which is on sale now for $100 off!). Puree until smooth. Pour into 2 glasses. Makes 2 servings.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per 1/2 cup serving)
Jell-O Pudding = 160 calories, 3g fat, 4g protein, 29g carbs, 0g fiber
"Healthified" Pudding (avocado) = 161 calories, 10g fat, 14g protein, 3.9g carbs, 2.7g fiber
"Healthified" Pudding (cottage cheese) = 154 calories, 6g fat, 21g protein, 2.8 carbs, trace fiber
STRAWBERRY PUDDING VARIATION: Use Strawberry Jay Robb protein powder, omit the pistachio and add strawberry extract. For the pink color, I added a tsp of natural food coloring. Click HERE to find.
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Brain Building "Pudding" and Aspartame
Check out the ingredients in JELL-O SugarFree pistachio pudding!: Modified Food Starch, Maltodextrin (From Corn), Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate (For Thickening), Pistachio Nuts, Disodium Phosphate (For Thickening), Contains Less Than 2% Of Skim Milk, Artificial Flavor, Salt, Calcium Sulfate, Xanthan Gum (For Smooth Texture), Mono- And Diglycerides (Prevent Foaming), Aspartame And Acesulfame Potassium (Sweeteners), Yellow 5, Blue 1, Yellow 6, Artificial Color, BHA, Tbhq And Citric Acid (Preservatives).
There are some pretty bad ingredients in this pudding that I used to LOVE, but I want to focus on aspartame. If there is one sweetener to steer clear of Aspartame is the one. I love how the host of ?Livin? La Vida Low Carb,? Jimmy Moore, calls is ?Nasty-tame.? Aspartame was approved by the FDA in 1981 for uses in ?blue packet? tabletop sweeteners, diet soda, chewing gum, breakfast cereals, gelatin, and puddings. It can now be found in more than 6,000 foods. Aspartame is the product in NutraSweet, Equal, and Sugar Twin. It does provide calories, but because it is 160 to 220 times sweeter than sucrose so the caloric intake is negligible. The amount of aspartame in some common foods is:
· 12 oz. diet soda?up to 225 mg of aspartame
· 8 oz. drink from powder (Crystal Light)?100 mg of aspartame
· 8 oz. yogurt?80 mg of aspartame
· 4 oz. gelatin dessert?80 mg of aspartame
· ¾ cup of sweetened cereal?32 mg of aspartame
· 1 packet of Equal?22 mg of aspartame
· 1 tablet of Equal?19 mg of aspartame· ?Flinstone? Vitamins
Aspartame has been found to ?eat? tiny holes in our cellular membrane. When this happens, things like Multiple Sclerosis (MS), cancer, mood disorders and many other serious issues will show up.
One woman in particular has written a book about her story with aspartame. She LOVED her diet Coke. She drank 6 cans a day. As an adult, she developed MS; which became so severe she was bound to a wheelchair. After doing some research on aspartame, she decided to kick her addiction to soda. Guess what? Her body started to heal. She is no longer in a wheelchair. She still has symptoms, but her diagnosis went from ?extreme MS? to ?moderate!?
Most people I meet say, ?I don?t have depression, but I do feel lousy, crabby, and ?fly-off the handle? over no reason lately.? My first suggestion is to kick the aspartame from our lips, which can be very difficult, but in the end, they become a happier person. Same with your children! Instead of unhealthy vitamins, click HERE to find the kids products I like.
"HEALTHIFIED" PUDDING
1/2 cup avocado (or cottage cheese)
1/4 cup Jay Robb vanilla protein powder (or other flavor)
2 TBS cream cheese OR coconut cream, softened
4 TBS erythritol (or Swerve)
1 tsp stevia glycerite (omit if using Swerve)
1/4 tsp pistachio extract or other
Place all ingredients in a blender (I use this BlendTec which is on sale now for $100 off!). Puree until smooth. Pour into 2 glasses. Makes 2 servings.
NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per 1/2 cup serving)
Jell-O Pudding = 160 calories, 3g fat, 4g protein, 29g carbs, 0g fiber
"Healthified" Pudding (avocado) = 161 calories, 10g fat, 14g protein, 3.9g carbs, 2.7g fiber
"Healthified" Pudding (cottage cheese) = 154 calories, 6g fat, 21g protein, 2.8 carbs, trace fiber
STRAWBERRY PUDDING VARIATION: Use Strawberry Jay Robb protein powder, omit the pistachio and add strawberry extract. For the pink color, I added a tsp of natural food coloring. Click HERE to find.
- Jell-o And Why Gelatin
I had to share my favorite email this week! "Hi Maria, I just want to touch base with you again and say THANK YOU for all you do, you're such a wonderful person. Here's my update, this year my husband Jeff, went for his check up finely and had...
- Franken Berry Cereal
Really!? This box of cereal gets a "Healthy Whole Grain and Calcium" check of approval? I hate marketing! All I read is corn, sugar, unhealthy fats and artificial coloring! Ingredients: Whole Grain Corn, Corn Meal, Sugar, Marshmallows (Sugar, Dextrose,...
- Strawberry "pudding"
Oh my! I never thought that pudding would have trans-fat, but it has nothing but junk! This pudding is a nutritional chemistry experiment! There aren't even strawberries in it, the pink color comes from food dye, which is proven to aggravate our...
- "tapioca" Pudding
I met a client yesterday who told me about the "raw" pudding she use to make with chia seeds, raw sugar and soy milk. I thought I could make it a little healthier using almond milk and stevia glycerite. Chia seeds are extremely high in Omega 3 and are...
- Chocolate "pudding" And What Makes Us Fat
Have you seen the ingredients in pudding? Yikes! Some have as much sugar as a candy bar. Jell-O pudding contains really high levels of glucose syrup and is also full of refined carbohydrates and artificial additives which can aggravate children's...