Why do TMX recipes use so much butter and oil?

[Sonan]

I agree  - although I don't buy butter (mostly because we eat far too much when I do) ! we just use avocado for sandwiches and vege oils for cooking   I would always choose butter over margarine.

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

I know we keep debating this on the forum but I just have to add there is significant research to suggest that butter is by far the healthier alternative.  It is a fat, but a good nourishing fat that enables your body to better absorb the nutrients in the food (particularly vegetables) we eat.  I think the problem is the quantity that it is used in recipes (especially in things like pastry) and the fact that the modern lifestyle is very inactive.  Just my thoughts though. 

My thoughts too Chelsea! I also like cold pressed oilve oil from a paddock of olive trees just across the road and organic coconut oil.  

We have an olive grove just around the corner from our house, but I can't afford the oil that they produce.  Lovely but hugely expensive. 

[chris mac]

I know we keep debating this on the forum but I just have to add there is significant research to suggest that butter is by far the healthier alternative.  It is a fat, but a good nourishing fat that enables your body to better absorb the nutrients in the food (particularly vegetables) we eat.  I think the problem is the quantity that it is used in recipes (especially in things like pastry) and the fact that the modern lifestyle is very inactive.  Just my thoughts though. 

My thoughts too Chelsea! I also like cold pressed oilve oil from a paddock of olive trees just across the road and organic coconut oil.  

Well said Chelsea. I reckon that butter has a far better taste than marg and my motto for oils and such is less is best. A simple test to try to see whether butter or marg is better for us, leave a dollop of each outside and see which one gets eaten first by the  insects. I know that if i drop marg on the floor my dogs sniff it and walk away but will kill each other to get any butter.
  :^)

[Nay-nay]

We have an olive grove just around the corner from our house, but I can't afford the oil that they produce.  Lovely but hugely expensive. 

I pay $40 for a 2L cask. I thought that was pretty good for what it is.

[CreamPuff63]

***and on a bit of another topic that I should probably search this forum for re pros/cons sugar

what do you think about the latest "Cyndi" special offer for Rapadura - I calculated with the added postage was not even worth considering. Personally thought that woman is not thinking so much about people eating better than lining her own pocket. Can't stand people who try and make out they are looking out for your good health/benefit when they are just merely looking after themselves primarily = my opinion

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

I agree CP63.  I buy my rapadura through Biodistributors online for a very reasonable price and then they give a percentage of their profits to charity.  They are fantastic!

Regarding Cyndi, a friend of mine told me that she would never take a "health guru" seriously that had a "peroxided do".  That comment has made me think a lot about marketing strategies and profit versus a serious commitment to chemical free living. 

[Nay-nay]

Regarding Cyndi, a friend of mine told me that she would never take a "health guru" seriously that had a "peroxided do".  That comment has made me think a lot about marketing strategies and profit versus a serious commitment to chemical free living. 

I have soooo been wanting to ask her about that!!! as this is what I consider to be my only vice - (foiled so not directly on scalp - but still.... ) I think I will ask her right now?? 

[judydawn]

You're game Nay-nay 

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

I can't wait to see her response (if she does respond). 

[Sonan]

I have been a follower of Cyndi O'Meara and met her IRL at a thermy/nutrition talk  and I didn't get that vibe from her at all.... she seemed very genuine. There could be numerous reasons behind the price of her rapadura - is it organic? I buy rapadura from the health food store and it costs a bomb!
She quite possibly goes to a salon where they use organic dye and products - there is one on the Sunshine Coast where she lives....would be interested to hear her response too.

[ahoney]

I was thinking of getting some of that rapadura but couldn't see anything saying it was organic, due to one of the links i read on this forum and the chemicals used in production, I would only get organic!

[Nay-nay]

She quite possibly goes to a salon where they use organic dye and products - there is one on the Sunshine Coast where she lives....would be interested to hear her response too.

This is what I'm thinking she'll say too - will let you know when they get back to me. 

[Nay-nay]

They (Cyndi's team) always get back to you quickly when you send them in a question.    She directed me to a book by Susan Lockie, she lives on the Gold Coast.  The book is Hair Raising Information the toxic hair dye industry. Sounds like a good read 

[meganjane]

I'm also a butter person. I once did an experiment with margarine. I left a tub of it in our extremely hot shed for 6 months. It didn't change one iota. To me, that's scary! Anything that doesn't go off can't be good for you.

I love EVOO, but only use it once food is cooked as high heat will cause it to oxidise. I prefer to use sunflower or ricebran oil for cooking.

West Aussies can get cheaper food grade Coconut Oil here .

I like Cyndi's 'back to basics' ideas and hope that she hasn't gone over to the dark side and become a marketer instead of an educator.