The Heart Foundation Tick of Death

• Love it Jessie..

  I was in Coles today too, to buy some loo rolls and some laundry detergent… even that was making my skin crawl… anyway,, the girl at the check out asked me if I had flybuys… so I said no. So she asked me would I like to join flybuys?.. so I said No.. so she asked me (politely) why not? so I said, I rarely do any shopping here… so she asked (politely again) can I ask why not?… I hesitated… I mean, its not her fault.. she needs a job and all… but then I said, well, theres no real FOOD here, so I shop where I can get food!! (LOL), this poor girl, just looked at me… and I explained that I like to eat very clean and that I source my food from farmers and that I never eat any packaged food at all… and she said to me, “oh.. but it is so convenient shopping in Coles”.. It was hilarious.. i told her that I wasnt going to be sacrificing my health for convenience…

  I should also mention that this poor girl, was VERY overweight, with terrible skin, and just looked SAD… because she eats the SAD… so sad really..

  We must keep up the crusade Jessie… :-))))

  • Absolutely Sharon, that is sad. Many people simply cannot comprehend what we are trying to say, but slowly slowly more and more are coming around and seeing value and merit in where we are coming from.

• This is AWESOME!!! None of these products are allowed in my house! I’m glad you thought of taking the pictures and making this blog post! The Heart Foundation also gave McDonald’s the approval tick, but McD’s stopped paying for the tick and no longer get it. SO all a company has to do to get this tick is to pay them! Oh, and abolish real fat, because that’s not allowed! hahaha

  • Yep it is absolute rubbish!! Thanks for commenting, glad you enjoyed the post 🙂

• The only thing I use canola oil for craft to make play dough and lava lamps. Yuck

  • Canola oil is also good for removing scratches from timber furniture
    😉

• Knowledge is power

• Any secrets for one who can’t afford grass fed / organic? I do the best I can and want to feed my family healthy food. I make things from scratch and rarely buy processed foods – but I am limited by my budget….

  • Actually most Australian meat is grass fed. Most grain fed meat is sold at a premium price here as it is generally for export. As for the cost of Organic, frankly it is worth the extra for the taste. Remember you don’t need to eat more than 100g per person per meal so reduce meat portions, increase fresh vegies and buy organic.

  • Even the big three supermarkets often have organic and grass fed options, for example free range hormone free etc, worth shopping around. As I posted in a later section down the page, Woolworths sell Westgold Butter from NZ that is grass fed and … bingo, their own brand butter is Westgold repackaged. As mentioned, most beef is grass fed especially the stuff like bulk rump, I can easily find bulk grass fed rump for $12 a kilo at local family butchers. Just ask them if it comes from a feedlot of off the paddock (good), they’d know their own supply chain.

• Oh boy, I hear you! It’s so difficult educating the general public. They believe all the crap the Heart Foundation and Nutrition Australia pump out and journalists jump on. I’ve also done a blog post on Fats here: http://bushgourmand.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/does-fat-make-you-fat.html

  • Yep they sure do, very frustrating. Great blog post!!! Thanks for sharing and thanks for including some of my stuff in it 🙂

• Where do you get your raw milk from? I have been chasing raw cream for ages with no luck.

  • I live in Brisbane and go to Northey St markets, there they have Cleopatra’s bath milk and cream, it is divine.

• 6$ for a 500g pack of cereals? Seriously??? Currently wheat costs about 32¢ per kg (320$ per metric ton). They must be making insane amounts of money with this stuff.

• That’s gross – it’s what I try to explain to people: It’s not food! It’s a mixture of (sometimes toxic,) chemicals masquerading as food, plus inflammatory wheat and grains. And sugar – which is usually in the top three ingredients. The only point I’ll disagree with you on is MSG – it’s got a bad rep for no good reason. All the rumours and so on you hear about MSG are unproven, and studies show that shying away from MSG is unfounded. Unless you can provide links to RCT studies that show MSG is bad? I’m open to new information! I just couldn’t find any evidence of MSG being bad. It’s actually one of the better for you salts that is out there, and is an essential component of the umami flavour.

  • http://www.businessinsider.com.au/msg-allergy-doesnt-exist-2013-8

    • MSG is not yeast extract, they are both glutamates but yeast extract comes from yeast whereas MSG comes from seaweed and fish. http://www.yeastextract.info/yeast-extract/how-it-s-made

  • As a family who deals with migraine headaches, a marked improvement was noted when avoiding MSG in packaged foods, & in restaurants. It may be ‘unproven’ in the formal sense, but it made a welcome difference to us. Just a
    thought ….

    • Absolutely, you may indeed have a sensitivity – it’s not impossible, and I won’t argue that with you. Most people who think they have this sensitivity though (and I’m not inferring you are one of them, you sound like you may’ve worked this out through a process if elimination,) assume it’s MSG as the culprit where it’s another ingredient to blame, and often one that is usually used alongside MSG. When they cut out the MSG-containing foods which also have these other ingredients, their instances of symptoms tend to reduce. Double-blind studies also suggest that a lot of it is placebo effect as well. I also suffer from crippling migraines but have found absolutely no harm through MSG, and marked improvement in occurrences through eating real food; especially through eliminating inflammatory foods such as wheat and grains. From memory, I haven’t had a single one since I started eating real food over two years ago. I say this not as an accusation, please don’t misunderstand; but often the majority of people are quick to blame MSG where nearly every time it has nothing to do with it at all.

• the photos are awesome – much easier to read than the actual size on the product

• Out of curiosity, I looked at the ingredients label on a packet of dog food the other day and they’re just as bad as some of the above items. Many are primarily wheat based. Even less of a traditional food for them as it is for us humans.

  • Yes very depressing, when I have my own dogs I will be feeding them REAL food just like the rest of the family.

• Great to have this being put out there for people, we are all able to take a stance if we just use our own brains and not the rubbish fed to us through media and every other so called health professional, Thank you.

  • No worries Lea, so much brain washing around. Glad you enjoyed the post 🙂

• Great Article! Thanks for writing it. The supermarkets make me crazy! Its no wonder people are overweight and confused about food.

  • Especially when all of the so called ‘experts’ are handing out such ridiculous misinformation!!! If I read one more article by a certified nutritionist or dietitian recommending margarine, skim milk and whatever other low fat crap they have sold out to I will scream!

• great information here. Up until around 6 months ago I wouldn’t have believed all this either. Further research and now I get mad at myself for not seeing it all earlier. I am eating raw these days – with my daughter – but husband and 2 sons refuse to see.. 🙁

  • It can be very hard to believe. I used to think if foods were unsafe our government and schools wouldn’t allow them, boy was that naive..

• Love your ‘in your face’ style. Enough is enough, people need to know the truth and start eating REAL FOOD! Thanks for sharing and for having the courage to add your bit to change the world 🙂

  • No worries Adriana, glad you like my style haha. Thanks for reading 🙂

• Yes, I was pointed in the right direction 2 years ago by a work mate and he was laughed at for his views of healthy eating and how poisonous sugar is to us, finally people are starting to take the time to enlighten the masses, thank you so much for your informative and helpful info.

  • No worries Heath, I still get laughed at all the time for my ‘crazy conspiracy views’ haha. Slowly but surely hey!

• Love this – thank you. Hubby is a science teacher. One of the experiments they do is with cereal. They grind it up and then use a magnet to put out the iron filings in it. Yep. Cereal is iron enriched – but not in a helpful way to us!!

  • I have heard of that experiment!! Just crazy! Must be very very damaging to be consuming iron filings…

• Just found your blog, and found this article very thought provoking. I’ve not been one who fell in the ‘Heart Tick’ trap, but it’s just proven to me more that eating the low fat versions is not the way to go [we get lectured on how we should be using low fat/diet products instead by ‘well meaning’ friends]! Looking forward to reading more of your blog when I get the chance!

• I will read your info again & try to apply it. But I have to say how absolutely infuriating it is to be a ‘lay person’, & to be stuck between opposing opinions, both so absolutely sure that ‘their way’ is THE RIGHT & the ONLY way. Some with years of medical training & i suppose some with ‘alternative’ training. Not to mention the corporate misinformation which abounds!!!! (‘Low fat’ frequently means high sugar or salt content.) When lacking confidence in the kitchen, & enduring diabetes, it is a nightmare to be caught in “no man’s land”. For example – “Eat good quality margarine; eat butter. Drink red wine; don’t drink wine. De-caffienated coffee is healthy; it is a carcinogen. (Same with peanut butter.)” … and so on, & on …. & on. (It seems that to eat ‘natural – organic’ food may be the way to go. Shame some of it IS so costly!) Groan ….. sigh …… $*#*

  • Exactly, I always just tell people just go back to basics, eat real organic food, and if you happen to adore something like red wine, indulge occasionally. It is ok to have things that are questionable now and then as long as most of what you are eating is truly nourishing your body. Although I wouldn’t recommend eating anything in this post- when I want to a treat I generally make it so that it is far less damaging 🙂 good luck on your journey, it sure is an interesting one

• Are you a health specialist???? Just wondered cause you’ve probably made a lot of people upset by your opinion. Have you ever thought that some people don’t have the luxury or the money to shop at the farmers market like you obviously do!!!!!

  • You may like to read this post http://thehealthyjessie.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/what-the-hell-gives-an-uneducated-22-year-old-the-right-to-talk-about-nutrition-and-take-on-the-heart-foundation/. I am currently studying and will graduate in April. If you want someone that has full qualifications try reading Cholesterol: The Real Truth by Dr Sandra Cabot and Margaret Jasinska. Changing Habits, Changing Lives by Cyndi O’Meara or follow her facebook page Changing Habits, The Harcombe Diet by Zoe Harcombe or again follow her on facebook, Chris Kresser also has a wonderful blog with a great deal of information on these matters.

    I don’t really care if this upsets people, it needs to be said as it is quite simply the cold harsh truth, I too used to eat all of these kinds of foods before I truly understand what they did to my body and before it nearly killed me. Feel free to read my story here so you understand a little more of where I am coming from http://thehealthyjessie.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/my-story-why-i-am-so-passionate-about-health-and-healing/

    I don’t have the luxury or money to do much, I’m a student, a mum and am self employed on a very low income. I spend less at the farmers markets then most people do in the grocery store. Sometimes we have to live off just eggs and a few vegetables for a week. But mostly we can afford the basic vegetables and fruit, some good quality meat- if we are doing it rough I simply just buy one whole chicken and use each part for different meals- using the bones for broth, eggs, butter and a good quality oil like coconut or macadamia which I buy in bulk to save money too.

    Hope this helps.

    Jessie

• Good information. More people need to recognize many large organizations like the Heart Foundation are in part funded by the food and drug industry.

  • That is complete nonsense – where’s your proof?

    • You don’t think the food industry pays the Heart Foundation to have the Heart Foundation tick on their products?

      If they do pay, then is this not a case of the food industry part funding the Heart Foundation?

• Can u please post a gravy recipe?

  • here is a nice mushroom gravy, often I just use pan juices, fat and a bit of arrowroot flour or something, not really a recipe involved, just mixing it together a bit in the pan. http://noshnoshsplosh.wordpress.com/tag/mushroom-sauce/

• Reblogged this on The GOLDEN RULE and commented:
  Of course make up your own minds, but here is a compelling article with several good references and some interesting ensuing comments.
  Much to think about and a good starting point for research into the probable fallacies of “official” theories about fats and health.

• Thank you so much for your article, it is so important to expose the tricks of big business and how they are literally killing us in our beds whilst the government stands by and does nothing.

  A few weeks ago I went down to my Farmers market to buy the heritage organic apples that are such a central part of my diet. My local farmers market is wonderful, with a great range of biodynamic produce, but I also like it that they let me take my dog, Astro with me. Astro is not so much my dog, more my spiritual guide, and it is great that we can go shopping together. I must admit I was a bit surprised when I spoke to the stall holders at the farmers market after the election and they had all voted for either Tony Abbott or Clive Palmer, but I suppose they have their reasons. I Just love the Farmers Market.

  Anyway back to the apples. They were out of season at the farmers market, so I was forced to go into that terrible place Coles. I never go in there, not just because of the poison, but I look at all the shoppers in there and I know they are just a ticking time bomb. I for one don’t want to be around when one of them explodes. I also find that very few of the customers are open to a frank discussion about free radicals as they reach for yet another cancer causing packet of cereal. I don’t blame them for their ignorance, its big media that stops the story getting out, but they can be quite rude.

  I was getting the apples with my son Zed (I say son, but he is more like my spiritual guide) Needless to say those crypto fascists at coles refused to let Astro in. Like you, I noticed the big red tick on all sorts of so called foods that were completely inappropriate. I spoke to a woman who had picked off a box of nutrigrain (or nutri shame as we call it in our house) and asked her why she had been fooled by the tick. Couldn’t she see she was giving her family poison? she had some lamo excuse about getting 3 kids to school and her going to work and it was the only cereal the kids would eat. If see wants to use working for the man as an excuse to poison her kids well I just find that incredibly sad.

  Zed, who’s also 3 (how spooky), sometimes takes a while to get through his prune and wheatgerm shake in the mornings, It’s Zed’s little joke that he calls it his “roughie”. Even I have to agree it’s not exactly a smoothie. But even if we bike him up to playgroup 2 hours late and they are just packing up, at least hes had a good start to the day.

  So Zed decided-I like to give him the freedom to make his own choices- we should use a red texta to colour each Heart Foundation tick of death into a cross of warning. I don’t allow Zed to use textas (for obvious reasons) but I had some red paint and brushes in my satchel that were left over from a community action I was involved in.

  We got busy crossing the ticks, but before we knew it we were surrounded by two security goons, who also spoke quite rudely to us. Of course the so called police took Coles’ side and now its a matter for the Magistrate so I can’t say too much more.

  Congratulations on the total common sense and scientific logic that fills your blog. I think that the government should pay you full time to expose all the poison pushers, although its probably not for me to say as I don’t pay any tax, but of course we know they won’t.

  • Lol this is quite possibly the most hilarious and awesome thing I have ever read in my life, don’t know why but I’m crying with laughter, the way you write makes me giggle hysterically. Good luck with the court case.

• I have no choice but to buy praise fat free mayo as my husband is anaphylactically allergic to eggs, and it is the only one I have come across that doesn’t have egg in it!!!

  • mayo isn’t exactly a necessary part of the human diet, you could try just using avocado, good quality butter, tahini etc?

    • He’s also allergic to avocado (as well as nuts, fish, oranges, honey, split peas, quinoa and various other unidentified things)

      What is tahini?

      • If he is reacting that severely to that many foods it sounds like he has some severe underlying digestive health issues. Tahini is made from sesame seeds. I suggest that you purchase and read the book Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Dr Natasha-Campbell McBride. I too used to be able to only eat about 10 foods. Once you heal the gut often many reactions go away completely. Fascinating book anyway and will definitely help you and your family in understanding the principles I talk about in these posts. You could also pay a visit to a GAPS practitioner. I’m sure they would be able to help him.

    • I can’t reply to your comment below, but no his allergies are not psychological, they have all been present from birth, and run genetically in his family.

      • Mine were too. Just a suggestion. I think the main thing to do would be too cut out unnecessary and highly processed foods as they won’t be doing anything for his health. My life and symptoms have improved dramatically just by doing that alone, then implementing GAPS on top of that has been amazing for me. You do what you need to do. This blog is simply about sharing my story and my knowledge and research of problems with these kinds of systems.

• The simplicity of this information is almost breathtaking in its ignorance. If you, Jesse, are half as smart as you obviously think you are then you would have a more correct understanding of the Tick and what it’s about. The Heart Foundation doesnt place the Tick on food to signal that the food is necessarily good for you! Rather, the Tick is used as a means of letting cutomers know that the food product with the Tick is a healthier version of that product compared to the same product without the Tick. Pretty bloody simple! The Tick recognises that people eat oven fries, for example, so by placing the Tick on one brand, the customer is informed that that brand of oven fries is a healthier version than the pack of oven fries that doesnt carry the Tick. And, before you go off half cocked, “healthier” refers to the Tick criteria applying to sat fat, fibre and total energy.
  This information is backed up by advice from the Heart Foundation as to what should be ‘every day foods’ and what should be ‘occasional foods’. You have conveniently ignored this too – nowhere does the HF advise people to eat oven fries, but recognises that people do, so the Foundation’s advice is to eat them only occasionally. This is practical and sensible advice which most families understand and can relate to.
  There is a very good reason why the Tick has been around for so long (and that’s not because industry pays for it – yet another misrepresentation/untruth) – because families can rely on it for honest, factual & informative advice in their interest (I’m sure Heart Foundation staff have families too!).
  No-one would dispute that unprocessed, organic foods are good for you and this site provides a lot of useful information and tips about eating and cooking healthily. To rubbish and disparage the Tick and the Heart Foundation is a very poor means of making your point though and ignores the truth about the Tick and what it is meant to convey to consumers. Your readers shouldnt be mislead by someone who should know better – but then, perhaps we shouldnt be surprised given the mendacity of the content and the fact that the author clearly doesnt care what anyone thinks (her blog: “I dont give a flying…” is a charming insight into Jesse’s thought processes and true motives – just the sort of mother I’d want preparing my evening meals – NOT!).

  • I am a post graduate degree qualified Nutritionist and I have to disagree with a number of points you have made about the heart foundation tick program Peter Douglas. 1. the tick is only given to companies who apply and pay (and yes they do pay for it as they have to pay fro all the assessments) for it so, just because a product does not have the tick does not mean it is less ‘healthy’, you read the ingredient labels yourself to determine that. 2. Current evidence is at odds with many of the recommendations made by the Heart Foundation. It is now well established in scientific circles that saturated fat does not cause heart attacks or high cholesterol. It is also welI known that, in fact, the major drivers of heart disease are over consumption of sugars, transfats (as found in all margarines) and simple carbohydrates (white flour, white rice, white pasta etc) and oxidation. 3. A healthy diet consists of lots of fresh vegetables at every meal, lean grass fed meat (no more than 100g per person per serve)or vegetable proteins such as nuts, seeds, pulses and whole grains in moderation. Nothing in a cardboard package or plastic tub with a tick on fits that healthy eating plan. 4. As you do not appear to have done much research here are a few links for you. http://www.anh-europe.org/news/saturated-fat-is-not-the-culprit-in-heart-disease http://www.drrosswalker.com/ross/html/index.aspx
    http://www.more.com/health/healthy-eating/saturated-fat-good

    If you would like any more information on current nutritional thinking then i suggest you Google the latest scientific studies instead of visiting the Heart Foundation, Nutrition Australia or the National Healthy eating guidelines, these are all funded by businesses with a vested interest in selling their products, again do the research as Jessie has.

  • Hmm, the operative word Peter – healthiER. Interesting. I think a better description would be “Not quite as unhealthy as some of the un-ticked similar products but then not as healthy as many of the similar products that couldn’t afford or want to purchase our tick of approval. Also this product is not as healthy as unprocessed varieties. Oh and this product may contain acrylamide and/or other toxins.”

    Yip, do you think the Heart Foundation might run with that truth under their tick or is a a little too wordy?

  • Peter, yes we can all read the criteria for the National Heart Foundation tick of approval BUT that doesn’t mean that it is providing excellent information for people to make health eating choices. Just because the items listed in the Tick Shopping Guide comply with Heart Foundation’s criteria doesn’t by any means make them health eating choices. That’s the point but unfortunately you seem to have honed in to a compliance issue with their particular standards. What Jess[i]e is saying is that the criteria are flawed.

    I note that some folks have given you some suggestions on reading material to at least give you the opportunity to see that there are many other ways of determining a health approach do diet. I personally am gaining a lot of benefit from removing grains from my diet, limiting sugars, milk products and some types of vegetable oils. Also, increasing my intake of vegetables, returning to butter rather than margarine and good quality proteins. The thing is that many commenting here no longer accept the dietary dogmas from reputable sources such as the National Heart Foundation because we have experienced excellent health outcomes, reductions in weight and relief from a host of ailments hitherto attributed to the consequences of ageing. Why is that? Similar stories can be found from heaps of different people and places beginning to take personal responsibility for their own health. What makes your comments appear to be misinformed is that this is no longer simply a matter of debate but backed up with the transformation in our bodies and minds.

    Finally, I think your final comment was inappropriate. It would have been fine to leave things as they were without resorting to a mean spirited attack on Jess[i]e’s mothering skills. I guess this article really got to you?

  • Peter I’m not entirely sure why you found it necessary to include personal attacks on my parenting skills and me as a person- frankly this shows more of your character than it does of mine.

    I am well aware that the tick is to promote ‘healthier’ choices, don’t you find it disturbing that you yourself said they don’t tick foods that are necessarily good for you? Unfortunately everyone I speak to in the general public does not understand this; the marketing is such that they think the foods with the tick are healthy choices, which we know is incorrect. Also as Nate pointed out it may not indeed be the healthier version as the tick is in fact paid for, a small family based company could produce a much healthier, higher quality product but unless they can afford the tick they will not get it. The point of this post is to show that NONE of these foods are acceptable choices, whether they are healthier than similar products or not.

    What I am going off ‘half cooked’ about is that the tick criteria is completely ridiculous given that saturated fat actually DOES NOT CAUSE heart disease, which I already mentioned in my post. I’m not even sure you read the entire thing as I directed people to other posts, articles and several studies which show that saturated fats are not the issue at hand and that the Heart Foundation continues to ignore the fact that sugar, vegetable/seed oils, margarine and processed foods containing white flour are being shown to be the real problem at hand as these foods are all highly inflammatory and are far more implicated with heart disease and chronic degenerative disease in general.
    Also the industry does pay for the tick so I’m not sure where you are getting this from, this is a well-known fact unfortunately. The good reason for it being around for so long is that the Heart Foundation refuse to recognise any contradictory information, studies etc that are presented to them and people continue to pay for the tick and the public continue to believe in it.

    I am not misleading anyone, I am simply presenting information that is greatly needed in the community as I’m sure you are aware heart disease is the number one killer in this country- clearly current guidelines and advice is failing given how many are becoming obese, being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease, digestive disorders and the list goes on. Food is a very large problem for all of these areas and we are being given outdated advice that is not based on current science. When you have reviewed these studies and the facts I hope that you will be able to make a more informed opinion on the subject.
    PS my name is Jess[i]e. Jesse is in fact a boys name.

    • Ever since Peter posted this, I’ve been mulling over how to say what you just said in a non-confrontational, and educational way – but you beat me to it! Well-said, Jessie 🙂 I hope that in the future, Peter is able to see what we have discovered about sat fats as opposed to commonly perceived ‘healthy’ foods. All the best to him in his healthful endeavours 🙂

  • fuck u FUCK U AND UR BULLSHIT FUCKING ASSHOLE BIATCH SO U SHUT THE FUCK UP AND STOP WHINING BITCH U WHORE

    • sorry if this mistakes u guys i’m not insulting jessie i’m insulting peter so sorry for the confusion

• By the way (neglected in my previous post), anyone can read the background on the Tick at the Heart Foundation website http://www.heartfoundation.org.au. I checked it to make sure of my comments (and should have added above that lower salt is also a criterion on the Tick, along with reduced sat fat, lower energy density and higher fibre).

  • Peter your information is erroneous. For instance eating saturated fat is very healthy. Please don’t bother posting on this subject which you obviously have not researched and it’s obvious your mindset with regards to dietary health is still in the 80’s.

  • Good grief, Peter. Making such statements, really? Respectfully, you have a lot to learn, in my opinion. Both in nutrition & responding to people, respectfully.
    The research is out there, even top heart surgeons endorse the same diet that is recommended here.
    Then you added to your ignorance, when you mention salt. With very low or zero salt in our bodies, we can become seriously unwell or we die, it’s simple science. Our hearts can not function without sodium. … Btw, I am in no way endorsing table salt for human consumption, (or the kind found in a ‘heart-tick death box’, I am talking about proper salts, such as pure sea or Himalayan. … We do all have to start from somewhere, I hope you hang about, with an open mind. Or you may just end up with heart issues, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, headaches etc. … What we eat affects our bodies, in an amazing albeit simple, way.
    I hope you enjoy learning about it and help spread the word to the ignorant, who need help in understanding how food truly affects us & we should always be questioning what governments & companies, with a vested interest, have to say.

    • Great comment Belle, often I get so obsessed with the vilification of saturated fats I neglect to mention the vilification of salt (natural not the table rubbish). I have mentioned it in previous posts but didn’t in this one! It is a very important issue indeed. You are so right in everything you say here. Thanks for your insightful comment 🙂 Jessie.

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• Great resource, thanks for going to all the trouble of posting those photos. Surely there’s some way we can beat the Heart Foundation around the head with this stuff, they are in full damage control as it is.

  Now here’s a hint, Woolworths own brand butter is made by Westgold of NZ and is grass fed. I learned this on another forum and indeed if you buy a Westgold and a Woolies and compared them they are the same shape (they have a different block shape to Australia) and taste the same, and Westgold is definitely grass fed. Unsure of Coles and Aldi butter, theirs is in the Aussie block shape.

  I make my ghee out of the Woolies that’s only $1.20 a block, turns out identical to Westgold used for same purpose. I use the unsalted of course.

• It is a about false advertising and who is willing to pay for the tick someone is getting rich..might start my own sympol and get rich too…money is power and the rich get richer

  • Absolutely, however if we educate the masses and the realise the truth about these products slowly they will go out of business as no one will continue to buy them!! It will be a slow process but worth it

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• Love it!! Great article.

  • Thanks Jodie!! Glad you appreciate it 🙂

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• Seriously, Jessie you need to get a degree in something.
  We don’t all have the time to make all of our spreads, food etc from scratch. The reality of life is mass production of food is necessary and if there wasn’t processing or preservatives, this food would go OFF in no time and never make it to the shelves. Yes it’s not as good as the home made version but there’s LOTS of stuff out there that is worse for you. Just walking down the street you will breathe in air with additives. Many of these are no good for you and are poisonous(!!). you may not be eating them but they are goIng into your bloodstream and your cells nonetheless. Impurities! Oh no!!
  Jessie, if you want to be a true puritan go live on a mountain somewhere away from this evil western world.
  Go activate some almonds honey.

• P.S
  Belle, ” Btw, I am in no way endorsing table salt for human consumption….I am talking about proper salts, such as pure sea or Himalayan. ”
  where do you think “Table salt” comes from if not the sea?
  You guys buy into as much marketing B.S as anyone. Last time I looked at a packet of SAXA rock salt it was made from natural sea salt. But if you HAVE to buy himalayan salt purified by a natural mountain stream and dried by a flock of pink doves to make you feel better then do so and pay the extra $10.
  Gullible

• Hi Jessie,

  What is your opinion on the Mediterranean diet?

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