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Jeff, I just saw a vegsource short video in which you demonstrate the third of a second spray of PAM. You also showed the I Can't Believe it's Not Butter spray bottle.

There is a show on the style network featuring Ruby Gettinger's weight loss journey. I looked for but couldn't find the clip where Ruby is at dinner with friends and pours the fake butter product on her food and says, "There's no calories in this."

Didi

Wow!

I would love to have a clip of that if you can find it anywhere!

Thanks!

In Health
Jeff

not the clip..but the blog mentions it

http://fab50.blogspot.com/2010/02/ruby-update.html

The "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" fiasco is in season 3, episode 6. You can find it on Netflix. Some other video services might carry it, as well.

The whole episode is loosely threaded with Ruby's addiction to butter spray, with clips of her therapist commenting on the number of bottles in the fridge, staged momentary panic at the grocery store when she can't find it, etc. At about the 23 min. mark, you hear one of her friend's saying, "Ruby's diet consists of one main ingredient, and that's butter spray." Then a very short montage of clips of egregious use start, while the voice over talks about being mindful of healthy cooking.

It may have come up in another episode, as well, but I don't remember. If you've never watched it, she's a great example of how not to lose weight. While you really do want her to be successful, her attempts at weight loss and bettering her health are generally cringeworthy, but probably very common mistakes.

Thanks, I forgot that episode. But in the one I was thinking about she is eating with friends and has the butter bottle and uses it on her food and evidently someone comments and she looks up and says, There are no calories in this." Maybe it was not in the episodes available on netflix. (She was not spraying for 1/3 second!)

Didi

Try season 3, episode 9 @ 7:10, "Ruby's Road to Recovery". Ruby makes pan-fried asparagus with Pam and some butter spray with "no calories at all in it." Hearing her go on for a minute about this 'calorieless food' is something else.

The quarter cup of butter spray Ruby pours out in the first clip I mentioned is impressive though.

I seem to recall seeing her cooking a Thanksgiving meal, and opening a bottle of that butter spray and just dousing various items with it...and claiming that it was no calories and no fat, or words to that effect. Not even spraying...just pouring it on! I actually sat up and laughed out loud!

I sincerely hope that SOMEONE has pointed this issue out to her by now.

Yeah, Glassbird. That's the first episode I pointed to. "Hacky Thanksgiving". She actually pours about a quarter cup of "I can't believe it's not butter!" into a measuring cup and uses that to cook her brussel sprouts.

Ruby panicked in the supermarket when she couldn't find the zero fat fake butter spray. If she only knew a little math she could have easily found a substitute.

Sour cream is zero fat (slightly less than 1/2 tsp)
Butter is zero fat (slightly less than 1/8 tsp)
Cream cheese is zero fat (slightly less than 3/10 tsp)
Grated parmesan is zero fat (slightly less than 1 teaspoon)

And things get better. If she wants to smear some cream cheese on something Triscuits have zero fat in them. (1/2 Triscuit)

Didi