we eat as healthily as we possibly can and like to, im a beleiver in needing to eat what you crave when you crave it though.
ive never eaten salt other than whats naturally in foods but once or twice a month i do crave the stuff.
basically i go along with everything is fine in moderation and not listen to whats the new bad/good food of the week
and yes wenchy the cot of basic ingredients is ridiculous now and ready meals are so cheap
I love cooking and baking, I love feeding people, I use fresh vegetables, meat and fish, my kitchen is always kept clean, I practice strict cleanliness between raw/cooked/fish/meat/veges/fruit courses. I am fussy about what I eat when I am out, salad and certainly fruit salad are off the menu for me in a restaurant (after working in a 4 star restaurant for some time, I am wary of anything which hasn't actually been cooked!).
Generally I am in the medical band of "overweight", and am happy being there... I am active and able to run up 4 flights of stairs without gasping for breath, and I am supple enough to get myself into a few of the more adventurous positions when playing in bed :P
I tend to eat over the latest fad of "5-a-day fruit and veg" simply because I enjoy eating fruit, drink freshly squeezed orange juice and eat fresh veges with my dinner. I DO have to watch my diet to a degree as I am diabetic, but generally my rule of thumb is that I eat what I like - all in moderation, as long as I feel comfortable within my own body and my body allows me to do what I want to do with my life - then I am happy.
I'd go batty having to give up my Lurpack Butter :shock:
You are all right of course, it's utter nonsense really. I'm back at the gym purely to make me feel better and fitter not for looks. I've felt pretty tired lately and need the boost.
I don't know if anyone watched Jamie Oliver's 'eat' thing last week? There was a dissection of a 25 stone DEAD man. It revealed some horrors. Basically they were saying you should eat healthily to stop that happening.
But what I cannot understand is why on the news today they're now saying it doesn't matter what you do as even if you're slim you can still get obesity related diseases. It's all mad.
Sword.. let's just sit and eat those cream cakes instead! :happy:
On another note of dining.. does anyone watch "come dine with me" it's brill. Strangers get together and cook for each other scoring their attempts to win £1000. I would lurve to go on that show.
because 'the news' is constantly playing devils advocate. Being sensationalist. Creatively edited or whatever other term is acceptable.
My girlfriend was recently diagnosed with irratable bowel by our GP. Her homeopath suggested it was 'candeda' This has lead to a fairly radical diet with us studying the labels on food packets.
I was amazed to find only 1 brand of tomato paste that contained only tomatos. Or crisps that were only oil, patatos and salt. Seems to me that we as a society have a real problem with all the chemicals hidden in our food.
all this healthy eat stuff is to sell more newspapers and the like, why is it more news now about it and just before summer than other times?? cause it pulls the invisible strings we have about ourselves just after the excess of Christmas and the wanting to look good for the summer holidays.
Dont get me wrong healthy eating is very good for everyone and we should eat a balanced diet, the key word being balanced. My grandma used to and to an extent still does cook like a demon, any food is good as long as its balanced, she never worried about too much fat or salt or what ever, just that it was good wholesome food and home cooked. She turned 100 last year and still going strong.........
Newspapers are there for one reason only
They will tell you its to inform us of news and important stuff and to a degree its true, but the main reason is to make money
Pure and simple, they will say anything if it means they will sell more papers/tv (advertising)
sad but true cynical MOI! never
Results of a very big, long survey in the Journal of the American Medical Association recently - the lowest mortality rates are found amongst people who are overweight. Not Obese - that's still bad, but interestingly not underweight or "the right weight" either.
This was for a wide range of diseases - basically everything except diabetes and (I think) heart disease. Certainly plump people were found to die far less from infections, and from anything to do with exhaustion - if your body is kept honed to its bare essentials, then if something goes wrong you have fewer resources to deal with a crisis. If you have a few extra pounds then you've got more to draw on.
As everyone else said, I think it's just eat sensibly, don't eat toooo much, eat what your body is telling you it wants (bearing in mind that anything addictive will distort the picture), stop eating if you notice that you don't actually want to clear your plate, do some exercise, and don't worry about it too much. Do what makes you happy.
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