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Smart Balance and the like?
I keep hearing and seeing ads for a margerine-like spread called "Smart
Balance" and I've seen other "heart healthy" spreads in the supermarket as well. They claim to have no trans fats and be better for you than margerine or butter. I switched from using margerine to using butter when all the bad publicity about trans fats came out, but I grew up with margerine and prefer the taste. Does anyone else use these non-butter, transfat-free spreads? Are they really better for you and do they taste ok and work well in cooking stir-fry and eggs? -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna |
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Smart Balance and the like?
I am trying to remember which one I tried once awhile back but cannot.. I do
know it didn't seem to be all that good for frying as it doesn't heat to high temps very well and if you look at the labels, they have a very high percentage of water compared to fats. The tastes in them vary alot too from what I have read about them. I would put it all to personal taste. The article I have linked even contains a warning about not exceeding the daily amount of some of these products.. http://www.fitnessandfreebies.com/food/margarine.html Teeb "Luna" wrote in message ... I keep hearing and seeing ads for a margerine-like spread called "Smart Balance" and I've seen other "heart healthy" spreads in the supermarket as well. They claim to have no trans fats and be better for you than margerine or butter. I switched from using margerine to using butter when all the bad publicity about trans fats came out, but I grew up with margerine and prefer the taste. Does anyone else use these non-butter, transfat-free spreads? Are they really better for you and do they taste ok and work well in cooking stir-fry and eggs? -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna |
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Thanks for the info!
In article , "Teeb" wrote: I am trying to remember which one I tried once awhile back but cannot.. I do know it didn't seem to be all that good for frying as it doesn't heat to high temps very well and if you look at the labels, they have a very high percentage of water compared to fats. The tastes in them vary alot too from what I have read about them. I would put it all to personal taste. The article I have linked even contains a warning about not exceeding the daily amount of some of these products.. http://www.fitnessandfreebies.com/food/margarine.html Teeb "Luna" wrote in message ... I keep hearing and seeing ads for a margerine-like spread called "Smart Balance" and I've seen other "heart healthy" spreads in the supermarket as well. They claim to have no trans fats and be better for you than margerine or butter. I switched from using margerine to using butter when all the bad publicity about trans fats came out, but I grew up with margerine and prefer the taste. Does anyone else use these non-butter, transfat-free spreads? Are they really better for you and do they taste ok and work well in cooking stir-fry and eggs? -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna |
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Smart Balance and the like?
I use Smart Balance everyday, as does my wife, Kristen. It tastes like
butter, but no bad stuff. If a recipe calls for butter, we use butter. But for sandwiches Smart Balance works. We are really off the trans fat road and Smart Balance works for us. Rich R. "Luna" wrote in message ... I keep hearing and seeing ads for a margerine-like spread called "Smart Balance" and I've seen other "heart healthy" spreads in the supermarket as well. They claim to have no trans fats and be better for you than margerine or butter. I switched from using margerine to using butter when all the bad publicity about trans fats came out, but I grew up with margerine and prefer the taste. Does anyone else use these non-butter, transfat-free spreads? Are they really better for you and do they taste ok and work well in cooking stir-fry and eggs? -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna |
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Smart Balance and the like?
Hi Luna, I tried Smart Balance and also Benecol to lower my cholesterol. It
may have helped a tiny bit but I use butter right now and my numbers are even lower. I grew up on butter but spent more than half my life trying butter substitutes. Nothing tastes and feels like the real stuff to me. Nancy J "Luna" wrote in message ... I keep hearing and seeing ads for a margerine-like spread called "Smart Balance" and I've seen other "heart healthy" spreads in the supermarket as well. They claim to have no trans fats and be better for you than margerine or butter. I switched from using margerine to using butter when all the bad publicity about trans fats came out, but I grew up with margerine and prefer the taste. Does anyone else use these non-butter, transfat-free spreads? Are they really better for you and do they taste ok and work well in cooking stir-fry and eggs? -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna |
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Smart Balance and the like?
"Luna" wrote in message
I keep hearing and seeing ads for a margerine-like spread called "Smart Balance" and I've seen other "heart healthy" spreads in the supermarket as well. They claim to have no trans fats and be better for you than margerine or butter. snip Are they really better for you and do they taste ok and work well in cooking stir-fry and eggs? I don't know about that specific brand but read the fine print carefully on any 'no transfat' margarine you're considering. I can't remember the brand but one I looked at had "0 Trans Fats" in big letters on the front but when I read the fine print on the back it said something like hydrogenation introduces an insignificant amount of transfats. So it seems they're allowed to round down to zero just like they can with anything else on the label. I'm not saying they're all like that. It's just a warning to be aware and careful. |
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Smart Balance and the like?
I like Smart Balance a lot. It really does have 0 trans fats and the
ingredients don't say hydrogenated anywhere. (I don't know how the other ones get away with saying 0 trans fats--to me that's lying pure and simple.) The one place where Smart Balance doesn't hold up is on popcorn, because it does contain a minimal amount of water. Makes it soggy. Other than that, you can bake with it, fry with it, whatever you want. Good stuff. "Jeri" wrote in message . .. "Luna" wrote in message I keep hearing and seeing ads for a margerine-like spread called "Smart Balance" and I've seen other "heart healthy" spreads in the supermarket as well. They claim to have no trans fats and be better for you than margerine or butter. snip Are they really better for you and do they taste ok and work well in cooking stir-fry and eggs? I don't know about that specific brand but read the fine print carefully on any 'no transfat' margarine you're considering. I can't remember the brand but one I looked at had "0 Trans Fats" in big letters on the front but when I read the fine print on the back it said something like hydrogenation introduces an insignificant amount of transfats. So it seems they're allowed to round down to zero just like they can with anything else on the label. I'm not saying they're all like that. It's just a warning to be aware and careful. |
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Luna wrote in message .. .
I keep hearing and seeing ads for a margerine-like spread called "Smart Balance" This is the product that is recommended, by name, in the South Beach Diet book, and is included in many of the recipes. I've never tried it (give me butter or give me death), but friends of mine have, and they think it tastes pretty good. Lee |
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Smart Balance and the like?
It's the same way with counting carbs and everything else.. depending on how
much less than a gram.. will either say *zero* or *less than one*... Some of the better companies will at least say *a trace* if it's less than half even though they can legally say *zero*.. Teeb "Dave Dumanis" wrote in message om... I like Smart Balance a lot. It really does have 0 trans fats and the ingredients don't say hydrogenated anywhere. (I don't know how the other ones get away with saying 0 trans fats--to me that's lying pure and simple.) The one place where Smart Balance doesn't hold up is on popcorn, because it does contain a minimal amount of water. Makes it soggy. Other than that, you can bake with it, fry with it, whatever you want. Good stuff. "Jeri" wrote in message . .. "Luna" wrote in message I keep hearing and seeing ads for a margerine-like spread called "Smart Balance" and I've seen other "heart healthy" spreads in the supermarket as well. They claim to have no trans fats and be better for you than margerine or butter. snip Are they really better for you and do they taste ok and work well in cooking stir-fry and eggs? I don't know about that specific brand but read the fine print carefully on any 'no transfat' margarine you're considering. I can't remember the brand but one I looked at had "0 Trans Fats" in big letters on the front but when I read the fine print on the back it said something like hydrogenation introduces an insignificant amount of transfats. So it seems they're allowed to round down to zero just like they can with anything else on the label. I'm not saying they're all like that. It's just a warning to be aware and careful. |
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