fatty24 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Well today marks a week since my wife and I started W30. It was a LONG week. But- we cooked all our meals together, which is a miracle in itself, since I've NEVER cooked! However, the frustrations of following the "can I have" are huge! I keep running into problems such as trying to ask the butcher at our supermarket if they have the nutritional ingredients for their homemade chorizo. NOPE. Went to my favorite Asian market to get another favorite-Kim Chee- and the label showed sugar AND MSG!! What?? Anyone else having problems like this? Does it get easier?? Please??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doge1117 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 We're on Day 30, and it got easier to know what was/wasn't compliant . . . but never easier not to get mad at companies putting unnecessary crap in EVERYTHING. Good work on the cooking together! We have been married almost 8 years with really no cooking, so this was major! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFChris Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Yes, it can be eye opening when you start reading labels more thoroughly. Many folks opt to make their own sausage, kimchi, and the like on their Whole30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatty24 Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 I've learned almost the hard way to read labels on EVERYTHING FIRST! But, there's still things on them that I've never heard of, or they seem misleading. Take canned tomato paste. I looked on the ingredients-no sugar. Great. Then the nutritional label had sugars at 0.5 mg! Huh?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ShannonM816 Posted February 21, 2016 Moderators Share Posted February 21, 2016 I've learned almost the hard way to read labels on EVERYTHING FIRST! But, there's still things on them that I've never heard of, or they seem misleading. Take canned tomato paste. I looked on the ingredients-no sugar. Great. Then the nutritional label had sugars at 0.5 mg! Huh?? Tomatoes (and all fruits and vegetables) have naturally occurring sugars. All you need to worry about for Whole30 purposes is added sugar/sweeteners listed in the ingredients list, just ignore the nutrition label. In the Downloads section of the website, there's a sneaky sugars list, and a common additives cheat sheet -- those are both helpful for knowing a little more about what some ingredients are and whether or not they're okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatty24 Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 Awesome. I figured it was a natural sugar-technically tomatoes are a fruit. Thanks for the input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFChris Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Awesome. I figured it was a natural sugar-technically tomatoes are a fruit. Thanks for the input! Tomatoes are considered veggies on a Whole30: enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuilterInVA Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I've learned almost the hard way to read labels on EVERYTHING FIRST! But, there's still things on them that I've never heard of, or they seem misleading. Take canned tomato paste. I looked on the ingredients-no sugar. Great. Then the nutritional label had sugars at 0.5 mg! Huh?? Tomatoes have naturally occurring sugar. You don't go by nutrition but by ingredients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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