Injury Nutrition Tip #17: Hummus, is yours healthy or contributing to inflammation & pain? Everyone loves a good dip; great on salads, sandwhiches, raw veggies… but is yours made with inflammatory, artery hardening, high sugar ingredients, or health promoting ones? Here’s what you DON’T WANT in your dips as a rule of thumb: - Vegetable oils: this most likely means cheaper oils like canola that are higher in omega 6 oils that quickly oxidise when exposed to heat, light & oxygen, cause inflammation, and are more likely to be genetically modified. Olive oil is better. - Sugar: Do I really need to write anything here??? 3 words: Inflammation, Diabetes and OBESITY. No sweeteners are required in hummus. - Vinegar: most are distilled malt vinegars at best have no nutritional value and at worst contributing to acid-accumulation within the body. Stick with lemon juice or undistilled apple cider vinegar. - Wheat, gluten, or modified grains or extracts: These are fillers or thickeners with no nutritional value causing digestive and elimination burden, possibly contributing to sinus or allergies, often genetically modified, and treated with fungicides and chlorine thus depopulating our good gut flora just like antibiotics. - Preservatives: These can cause all kinds of damage. Buy fresh, locally made dips & consume within 1 week. So, what DO you want? Well, how about JUST HUMMUS!? Chickpeas, Tahini, Lemon Juice, Olive Oil, Spices. Preferably fresh & organic. Voila. Nutrient dense & delicious! Can’t find any? That’s because you’re probably in the STUPIDMARKET, duh! ;) You can find locally made dips at your local deli, farmers market or organic grocer. We have organic dips @ Prahran Health Foods too! Enjoy, Chris @ Injury Nutrition
Posted on: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:54:57 +0000