Walden Farms- Calorie Free?
One of my clients sent me a message asking about these products because her family buys them so I decided to go to the grocery store and do some research! Here are a few things I found from this company at the local store in the "Health Market" section.
On a quick glance, the company looks impressive, amazing… almost a little too good to be true.
No Calories, Fat, Carbs, Gluten or Sugar of any kind!
From the company website:
Walden Farms irresistibly sweet calorie free specialties are prepared with real fruit extracts, concentrated natural flavors, rich cocoa and other natural ingredients, all sweetened with Splenda. Our savory specialties are made with hundreds of freshly ground herbs and spices, concentrated natural flavors and the finest aged imported and domestic vinegars.
The good news is, they wrote it right on their website. Splenda. Splenda is one of the worst sweeteners you could consume! Google the danger of it and see for yourself!
Save 330 calories a day, 10,000 calories a month and lose 34 lbs a year! -more deceptive marketing claims to draw you in!
Why would you want to eat a peanut “spread” that doesn't even have peanuts in it? It’s FLAVORED to taste just like natural peanut butter. Sounds natural right?
Their strawberry spread features “strawberry flavor”, “natural flavors”, and cellulose gel in addition to Splenda. Wouldn't you rather just have real strawberry preserves? The natural sugar in the REAL strawberry preserves might be higher, but its NATURAL sugar… not artificially concocted stuff. Time to get back to eating real food!
Several of the products have maltodextrin, cellulose gel, several types of vegetable gums and one more little tidbit I learned along the way – only the suggested SERVING size contains no calories, so if you use more, you're getting some calories you might not realize were there! Remember, my motto is: Count chemicals, NOT calories for health! ;-)
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Copyright, 2014, Jackie Mart. For further information about this blog, or Optimum Wellness LLC, contact Jackie Mart at 712.790.5883 or Jackie@OptimumWellnessMN.com. As a holistic nutrition and lifestyle coach, I will support you in taking steps to a healthier and happier you. My goal is to help you create an art of balance in your life. You will also learn how important balance between primary foods (relationships, physical activity, sleep, career and spirituality) and secondary foods (organic food and whole food) is.
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I really like this post - so true!!!
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