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What is interesting is that there is also soy free liquid lecithin available. Do not stop there, the claims of lecithin being good for your brain make it also good in salad dressing, gravies, applesauce, smoothies and blended drinks. I try to make sure what ever I buy it has multiple uses only. This saves another trip to the market and being stuck with to many products. Happy cooking.
Source: My source is financial desperation and comparing my recipes to see if I can have more than one purpose before going to the market to buy a product that I do not already have in the pantry. This I found is the best way to shop so that stocking is simplified and the grocery list is reduced of products I do not need to buy.
By shsnyder from Tigard, OR
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02/12/2011
As a physician myself, I think it's an excellent idea to use liquid lecithin in place of aerosolized cooking sprays. The propellants used in the commercial sprays are harmful to one's health. This option for a make-it-yourself spray is both thrifty and health-conscious. I do this myself. Granted, many people will not NEED extra lecithin if they have a varied diet, cauliflower, cabbage, legumes, organ meats (esp brain and heart) and some other foods do contain lecithin. However, many people take supplements to increase lecithin intake, and it's not really harmful in any way, although it is known to cause body odor and digestive upset / symptoms if taken in very large quantities. But the negligible amount one would get in a homemade oil-pump spray containing lecithin is negligible - it would be neither noticeably helpful or harmful (unless one had soy allergies and used soy lecithin, or had some other tremendous sensitivity perhaps). On the whole, great idea. I use it myself!
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03/02/2010
Sounds like a good idea but people who already eat a lot of lecithin rich foods or supplements or have certain health issues should be cautious about adding more to their diet, even when just using to coat a cooking pan, without a doctors advice. Lecithin is a blood thinner and can also cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Nothing wrong with using it but please use caution.
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(Archived Mar 01, 2010)Lecithin Instead of Pam
It lasts for years, and since you need to use very little it is economical. I have probably used 3 bottles in 12 years and even nasty items like spaghetti very rarely stick. It is a very thick product and one would need to smear it on with a small piece of paper towel, I've found that this works best.
The manufacturer also says that you can use it as a fat substitute, etc. (It is one of the ingredients found in some cooking sprays, it may seem a little pricey at first, about $5 - 7 (I think, I'm still using the last bottle that my husband bought a few years ago, The bottle is glass so it can be recycled).
Jane
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