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Nickelless
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caridad
Penny Pincher Member
USA
227 Posts |
Posted - 04/18/2010 : 23:13:24
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Thanks. I went thru this before getting food stamps. By the way, Today anyone who gets food stamps and cash aid are required to go to welfare to work program. They actually help you get a job. I just finished this one month project. If you don't get a job they'll pay for your education. |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2010 : 08:18:11
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Please be careful what you buy to eat when trying to save money. I am virtually certain that my doing so was what caused my health to spiral downward, out of control. So many of the products I was eating because it was cheaper were actually harming my body and I have ended up spending more for medications, both prescription and OTC medications and/or supplements. Not to mention the charges for the doctors' visits.
Especially avoid any packaged foods or even some spices/seasoning mixes as these can contain MSG.
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I don't drink or smoke and had two vices that I felt couldn't harm me. I was wrong. I drank regular Coke rather than the diet as I knew I was allergic to Nutra-sweet (aspartamene) (sp?). I loved a small piece of Dove Dark Chocolate.
The Coke contained the words: Natural Flavors The Dove Dark Chocolate listed: Natural and Artificial Flavors as well as other words that could also mean MSG.
Natural Flavors is a favorite phrase that can often be used to hide MSG. So, I had to go cold turkey on these foods as well as others when I began my dietary changes. And, feeling so much better, so quickly is well worth giving up these vices!!! |
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JWRAY
Penny Collector Member
USA
378 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2010 : 16:32:29
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While I am sorry to hear of your problems with MSG, I wouldn't go as far as to so no one should eat it. I have no problems with MSG. I think we all differ on how our bodies process certain chemicals and compounds. Like with the aspartame you mention, it can effect some people VERY bad while others it doesn't really bother at all (though I still think this chemical additive should not be legal given much of the evidence against its long term consumption).
In general though, I would agree that most of the mass produced, processed foods (which are usually the cheap ones) are definetly bad for you in the long run. Too bad most businesses work solely on short term profits and not actually on the long term health of their customers.
Also, to the Natural Flavors title, they certainly do hide lots of odd stuff with that moniker. Lots of weird soy and wheat derivatives get lumped into "Natural Flavors".
Here is the federal code or regulation on calling something a "natural flavor"
The term natural flavor or natural flavoring means the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate,distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis,which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice,vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat,seafood,poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional. Natural flavors,include the natural essence or extractives obtained from plants listed in subpart A of part 582 of this chapter, and the substances listed in § 172.510 of this chapter. |
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Nickelless
Administrator
USA
5580 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2010 : 16:55:42
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I used to get horrific migraines when I drank Diet Mountain Dew. I realized the connection after one of my college profs saw me in class one day with both a migraine and a Diet Dew, and she commented that there might be a connection between the aspartame and my headache. I did away with aspartame and the headaches went away.
Now I drink four pots of coffee a day to get my caffeine and keep the headaches away! |
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Edited by - Nickelless on 04/19/2010 16:57:24 |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2010 : 17:18:40
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Don't even get me started on ANY food stamp discussion. I usually upset a few people....
Deal |
Live free or die. Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2010 : 17:22:06
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quote: Originally posted by caridad
Thanks. I went thru this before getting food stamps. By the way, Today anyone who gets food stamps and cash aid are required to go to welfare to work program. They actually help you get a job. I just finished this one month project. If you don't get a job they'll pay for your education.
And that would be who? Me....
Deal
p.s. Sorry, the whole process needs revamped. I GUARANTEE more that 50% of people on stamps/welfare/aid/whatever have the means to get off of them, they just don't. Easy money. TOO easy.... |
Live free or die. Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams |
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Nickelless
Administrator
USA
5580 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2010 : 18:48:07
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quote: Originally posted by NotABigDeal
Don't even get me started on ANY food stamp discussion. I usually upset a few people....
Deal
Maybe since this thread is just about eating on a food stamp budget (not food stamps themselves), it'll help people think about how they can live on just a little if they cut out non-vital expenses, even if it means things are tighter than they'd like. But yeah, Deal, you and I tend to be on the same page. Food stamps have their place, but help should begin with people, not with the government. |
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Edited by - Nickelless on 04/19/2010 18:52:41 |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
4841 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2010 : 20:05:44
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
4841 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2010 : 20:13:46
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Nickelless
Administrator
USA
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caridad
Penny Pincher Member
USA
227 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2010 : 19:58:52
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just an update...the welfare to work program has helped me find a temporary job. during the time i was participating in jobclub i went job hunting. i found a permanent position in my original field...teaching. so, i'm off the cash aid and food stamps. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 07/30/2010 : 20:41:44
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quote: Originally posted by caridad
just an update...the welfare to work program has helped me find a temporary job. during the time i was participating in jobclub i went job hunting. i found a permanent position in my original field...teaching. so, i'm off the cash aid and food stamps.
Good score on the job.
Deal |
Live free or die. Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams |
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chris6084
Penny Collector Member
303 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2010 : 23:02:39
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quote: Originally posted by NotABigDeal
Don't even get me started on ANY food stamp discussion. I usually upset a few people....
Deal
You and me both. Just work in a grocery store for a few years. Look at the things the people on food stamps buy, and the things that the hard workers spending their own money buy. BIG difference. |
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jonflyfish
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
693 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2010 : 18:52:02
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Beans and rice....beans and rice (and some cornmeal for those living in the deep south) |
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frugalcanuck
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
103 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2010 : 22:52:21
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I agree that good food makes a great difference in health. It is getting harder and harder these days to decifer good food from bad food because the government refuses to get tough on the food labelling issue but decides to "get tough on crime" instead. I think it should be a crime to "lie" to consumers about what is in their food they buy. A much bigger crime than people think. Food is my biggest concern for the future. I am saving up cash (and PM's) to buy land. The people on here might not like to hear this but I think having productive land is more important than PMs. |
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frugalcanuck
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
103 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2010 : 22:56:37
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On another note... I also stopped drinking soda pop and noticed a huge difference. And I considered myself to be in great shape before. I used to drink alot of it.. a can or two a day (useually one). I stopped drinking it 3 years ago. Though I still have a coke when Im home for Christmas |
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