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Why we our food is making us fat........

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taichiperson | 06:50 Fri 15th Jun 2012 | ChatterBank
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Who watched the programme on Channel 4 last night? Here's a link to an article in the Guardian - it's trending on Facebook too. https://apps.facebook...food-is-making-us-fat

The food industry is making money hand over fist while we get fatter; look at the ingredients of any processed food and see the sugar they add.........
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Yes-you can eat cheaply and healthily-but too many people have neither the skills or the desire to learn how.
Also-recent studies have shown that some of the main ingredients -wheat in particular-in processed foods -have the same effect on the brain as addictive drugs.
There is a book called 'WheatBelly'-written by an American cardiologist named...
07:21 Fri 15th Jun 2012
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Ack, ignore the typo in the title........
The they might stuffing it full of sugar but we are the ones stuffing it in our faces.
Don't eat processed food then.

It's really not that difficult.
Processed food is cheaper and all the added sugar and salt makes it very tasty.
Cheaper than fresh fruit and vegetables?
why well I might as well add to the tired morning grammar .
I can't see that processed food is cheaper sandy...and it tastes awful (well apart from a good sausage)
Fresh fruit and veg need a bit of skill to prepare them. But they'd probably be no dearer than processed stuff.
I agree mazie. It might be cheaper if you're feeding one person, but not for a whole family.
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A study in Plymouth looked at childrens' activity levels and found they were the same as in the 1950's (that was a surprise to me, I would think they're all inside playing on their games consoles) and yet levels of obesity are rising. That leaves food consumption as the culprit.
fresh veg is much cheaper than processed food. There is no excuse.
Fresh fruit and veg need a bit of skill to prepare them.




Tell me you are joking, Sandy ?
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I take your point about fresh food being just as cheap, but many people don't cook from scratch any more and eat ready meals and fast food instead.
Probably ummmm, but you can always freeze portions of the meal to use at a later date.
There is no skill needed to peel and chop veg.
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I beg to differ; I am left handed and it took me years to learn to peel a potato without losing half of it :P
You should have got a different peeler.
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All the peelers were right handed!
How about not peeling it ?
I was only saying yesterday how you CAN eat cheaply and healthily. A big bag of jacket pots is cheap and can be the basis of so many healthy meals. We never have ready meals - they taste so artificial!

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