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

[taichiperson]

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.........

[taichiperson]

Ack, ignore the typo in the title........

[EvianBaby]

The they might stuffing it full of sugar but we are the ones stuffing it in our faces.

[ummmm]

Don't eat processed food then.

It's really not that difficult.

[sandyRoe]

Processed food is cheaper and all the added sugar and salt makes it very tasty.

[ummmm]

Cheaper than fresh fruit and vegetables?

[Mick-Talbot]

why well I might as well add to the tired morning grammar .

[mazie]

I can't see that processed food is cheaper sandy...and it tastes awful (well apart from a good sausage)

[sandyRoe]

Fresh fruit and veg need a bit of skill to prepare them. But they'd probably be no dearer than processed stuff.

[ummmm]

I agree mazie. It might be cheaper if you're feeding one person, but not for a whole family.

[taichiperson]

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.

[Mick-Talbot]

fresh veg is much cheaper than processed food. There is no excuse.

[Mick-Talbot]

Fresh fruit and veg need a bit of skill to prepare them.




Tell me you are joking, Sandy ?

[taichiperson]

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.

[mazie]

Probably ummmm, but you can always freeze portions of the meal to use at a later date.

[ummmm]

There is no skill needed to peel and chop veg.

[taichiperson]

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

[ummmm]

You should have got a different peeler.

[taichiperson]

All the peelers were right handed!

[Mick-Talbot]

How about not peeling it ?

[888sally888]

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!