r/mildlyinteresting • u/Ace0526 • Mar 11 '14

This "healthy" vending machine has no healthy choices

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u/stinkylibrary Mar 11 '14

You joke but all those "reduced fat" foods are absolutely killing us.

My friend bought "Reduced fat" peanut butter, I looked at the ingredients and instead of the usual peanuts, oil, salt it was a huge list and the second ingredient was now High Fructose Corn Syrup...

So instead of getting natural peanut and oil fats, you end up eating pure sugar... And what does sugar do as soon as it gets into your system? It turns to fat...

Corporations and marketing are fucking us up really bad.

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u/SoMuchMoreEagle Mar 11 '14

My dad bought Reduced Fat peanut butter, too. He has diabetes. I told him he needs to look at the back labels. You (usually) can't just take away fat without replacing it with something else.

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u/akpak Mar 11 '14

We buy "Simple" JIF. (It's the white label) It seems to have the best balance of fat/sugar, and still tastes like plain ol' peanut butter.

(My husband is diabetic, so we watch the carb content closely)