Friday, March 30, 2007

Read the warnings on labels!

What is S.P.A.M?
Spam is a canned precooked meat product made by the Hormel Foods Corporation. The labeled ingredients in the Classic variety of Spam are: chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added, salt, water, sugar, and sodium nitrite. According to Hormel: ''The ingredients are ground to a medium-coarse texture. Spices are then added to enhance the product's natural flavor. After the blending process is completed, the meat is mechanically filled into cans, sealed, and cooked in a ret ort oven. Upon leaving the retort, the cans are dried and transferred to the packaging area. A caser then automatically unscrambles and distributes the cans into the feed section, forms the corrugated tray, and loads the cans into each tray. The packed cases are conveyed through an automatic code dater and a shrink film tunnel. The sealed cases are then transferred to the storage and warehouse area to await shipment.''
Nutrition Information for SPAM (original style):
Calories per Serving: 170
Calories per Serving from Fat: 140
Serving Size: 2 oz.
Servings Per Container: 6 (large) or 3.5 (small)
Total Fat: 16g
Saturated Fat: 6g
Cholesterol: 40mg
Sodium: 750mg
Total Carbohydrates: 0g
Fiber: 0g
Sugars: 0g
Proteins: 7g
Vitamin A: 0%
Vitamin C: 0%
Calcium: 0%
Iron: 2%

Sounds good for the Atkins Diet but really after reading what was just read, one can assume that it’s probably not that healthy of a food choice. It’s amazing how you can read the label and figure out that if you were to eat an entire can of spam, it just wouldn’t be healthy for your system. It’s a no-brainer. Isn’t funny, though, we still read the labels and see that something is unhealthy for us but we still pollute our system anyway? Certain movies or magazines or certain conversations or certain internet sites or certain activities or certain choices that all have labels that say, “I will pollute your heart and mind or this activity may even cause death and destruction if you choose me.” Then we feel guilty or maybe we don’t really care until we get “caught” so to speak. It’s amazing, God gives us warnings but at times we still walk right into Satan’s trap and pollute our hearts and minds that God asks us to keep pure. You might say that’s easier said than done…but God promises us a way out...we just need to heed the warning. Is God trying to warn you of any dangers…listen to Him.
-gravyjmm

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