ATTENTION: These Famous Stock Cubes Are Very Dangerous According To Recent Study Here's Why!

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Knorr, Maggi, Ajinomoto, Kitano – all these brands have been highly popular and the favorite choice of stock for millions of people. People buy these stock cubes considering them healthy, but rarely anyone knows that the flavoring used on them contains one very dangerous ingredient.

This may sound very unbelievable to many because most people rely on them for seasoning.
TV and Radio adverts have also made stars out of the users of these products without taking cognizance to health risks of their consumption.

SALT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM OIL, CORNSTARCH, AND LESS THAN 2% OF DEHYDRATED BEEF, CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL FLAVOR, DISODIUM INOSINATE, SPICES, TURMERIC, TBHQ (PRESERVATIVE).

The famous taste of these brands is a sign of how powerful the chemical is. Sodium glutamate is added to almost any processed food nowadays, especially in chicken, beef and vegetable broth cubes. The compound makes us eat more by blocking the neurological function of the hypothalamus, which is responsible for controlling our appetite. This is why it’s important to avoid consuming the substance.

If you want a simple, cheap and delicious solution, you need to use fresh or frozen natural spices dipped in olive or coconut oil and then frozen in ice cube trays. In this way, you can just take out a cube and add it to the broth, which is far healthier that using the popular spices by the aforementioned brands.

Homemade stock cubes are perfect for:

• Preparing kids recipes especially for kids less than 1 year old.
• Preparing meals for those who are intolerant to MSG. MSG stands for MonoSodium Glutamate (Ajinomoto) which is the taste enhancing ingredient that is used in most store-bought stock cubes. MSG is sid to be safe for most of us but if you are intolerant to MSG, you will know or your doctor will tell you. A person that is intolerant to MGS gets reactions when he/she eats food prepared with stock cubes that contain MSG. For more information on MSG intolerance, Google it and you will find lots!
• Those who are concerned about the ingredients used in making stock cubes. You know, some of us really want to know what we put in our mouth and there are lots of chemical ingredients added to stock cubes. If you are one of those people, you need to start making your own stock cubes.

Ingredients for Homemade Stock Cubes

For basic homemade stock cubes prepared without vegetables, only beef/chicken, visit the Basic Homemade Stockcubes page.

For chicken flavoured homemade stock cubes, you will need:

500g Chicken bones or minced chicken breast

3 leeks (or 6 Spring onions)

1 onion

3 big carrots

Salt to taste (optional)

For fish flavoured homemade stock cubes, you will need:

3 Mackerel/Titus heads

1 leek (or 2 spring onions)

1 onion

3 big carrots

Salt to taste (optional)

For beef flavoured homemade stock cubes, you will need:

500g of cow ribs (costilla de tenera/vaca in Spanish)

3 leek (or 6 spring onions)

1 onion

3 big carrots

Salt to taste (optional)

For vegetable homemade stock cubes:

Here, you will need to use your favourite vegetables and herbs. Cut them up, put them in a pot, add vegetable oil and salt and cook till they are very soft. Blend and pass through a sieve then pour in ice cube trays and freeze.

Vegetables and herbs you can use include:

• Leeks (or spring onions)
• Onions
• Carrots
• Scent leaves or parsley
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Basil
• Rosemary

Procedure

The directions described here is for making chicken flavoured stock cubes in your home but the same procedure applies to beef flavoured and fish flavoured homemade stock cubes.

• Cut up the chicken and vegetables into small pieces.
• Put everything in a pot, add water to half the level of the contents of the pot and cook on medium to high heat for 45 minutes or till everything is soft and tender.
• Set aside to cool down completely.
• Remove the bones from the chicken.
• Blend the chicken and vegetables.
• Strain with a sieve to remove all traces of bones and other particles that did not blend well.
• Pour into ice cube trays and place in the freezer overnight.
• Once frozen, bring out from the ice cube trays and put in a container with a cap.
• Cover and put back in the freezer. That's it!
• Add to your cooking as you would use store-bought stock cubes.

Source PHT -  HealthyNation

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