How well do you eat?

Alicecow said:
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Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are harming our health – here’s what to eat instead

It seems like only yesterday we could enjoy our toast and cereal in the morning without a care in the world. Not anymore. Research published in the The British Medical Journal (BMJ) shows that eating a lot of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) such as sugary cereals, ready meals and fizzy drinks has...
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I remember dad taking a press cutting to his GP appointment, they were struggling to get his blood pressure regulated, the press cutting was about, it's not the food we are eating but what they are doing to the food that is causing problems, this was probably 35 years ago, it seems things have just got worse regarding UPF's
 
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What eating bread really does to your body – and the healthiest supermarket loaves to buy

We’re hardwired to love bread in all its forms – sandwiches, bread baskets, hot buttered toast! – because it’s sustained us for 10,000 years. But recently, bread has developed a reputation as a nutritional bad guy.
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Dr Mahmood Ahmed urges everyone to embrace bread and buy the most nutritious kind we can afford. “There is no food culture in the world that doesn’t celebrate bread in some form – it’s deeply ingrained within our food culture and gives rise to so much joy,” she says. “It’s important to understand the pitfalls of UPFs and why alternative higher quality loaves are full of goodness and shouldn’t be lost from our diets.”

Our nutrition expert Sam Rice agrees and says: “Bread ideally contains just four ingredients, flour, water, yeast, and salt, however, if you check the ingredients most bread contains additives such as preservatives and emulsifiers, which tip it into UPF territory.”



When I used to make bread in the home breadmaker machine the ingredients were flour, yeast, sugar, butter, salt, milk powder and water. Making it from scratch at school in the 1980's the yeast needed sugar for energy and a vitamin c tablet or you'd be waiting all day for it to do anything. I know that we should eat healthily, but sometimes these articles seem to be more like first world fads that only people who are rich or live in magazines can achieve. No mention of soda bread anywhere in there either.
 
Alicecow said:
uk.yahoo.com

What eating bread really does to your body – and the healthiest supermarket loaves to buy

We’re hardwired to love bread in all its forms – sandwiches, bread baskets, hot buttered toast! – because it’s sustained us for 10,000 years. But recently, bread has developed a reputation as a nutritional bad guy.
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Dr Mahmood Ahmed urges everyone to embrace bread and buy the most nutritious kind we can afford. “There is no food culture in the world that doesn’t celebrate bread in some form – it’s deeply ingrained within our food culture and gives rise to so much joy,” she says. “It’s important to understand the pitfalls of UPFs and why alternative higher quality loaves are full of goodness and shouldn’t be lost from our diets.”

Our nutrition expert Sam Rice agrees and says: “Bread ideally contains just four ingredients, flour, water, yeast, and salt, however, if you check the ingredients most bread contains additives such as preservatives and emulsifiers, which tip it into UPF territory.”



When I used to make bread in the home breadmaker machine the ingredients were flour, yeast, sugar, butter, salt, milk powder and water. Making it from scratch at school in the 1980's the yeast needed sugar for energy and a vitamin c tablet or you'd be waiting all day for it to do anything. I know that we should eat healthily, but sometimes these articles seem to be more like first world fads that only people who are rich or live in magazines can achieve. No mention of soda bread anywhere in there either.
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Margarine, boak......






There is no substitute for real butter!!!
 
Alicecow said:
I watched the Michael Mosley programme on Monday evenings recently, (or tried to, kept falling asleep after 30-40 minutes :rolleyes:) so I missed the punchline on most of them, except the last episode where they lost 6.5 kg each in 4 weeks. It has inspired me to do something for myself, especially after giving up sugar in my coffee before Christmas has helped my very dry skin to cope better. I lost 2lbs before Christmas too, just from that. Put it back on over Christmas, but seem to have shaken it off again. I've been this weight for 20 years now, but I suppose I can't blame it on carrying a 10lb baby any more! Started keeping a food diary and working out the calories as best as I can. Was a bit disheartened with it yesterday but worked out a generic day and was quite encouraged by the difference in intake. Realised that even just halving my consumption of snacks and cr*p could make a difference of 900 calories a day, so hopefully I'll be able to achieve my target of losing 1kg per month for the year and get from upper overweight to lower overweight/high ideal weight by next Christmas.
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Lost a few more pounds. Interesting to see the calorie count for one day last week when I didn't get to eat properly and just ate cr*p which didn't even fill me up, especially compared to yesterday's roast dinner which came in at just under 1000 kcal.
 
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