BBC The truth about healthy eating

I thought it was very informative and OH loved the fact that he can have fried eggs(drained of fat) for breakfast. Did I miss a bit I thought Fiona said something about Omega 3 when she was talking about vitamins but didn't catch what was said as if its useless I might as well stop buying it.

It was an interesting programme and I hope DD will catch up on it when they get back home. I think it will have some surprises for her! What interested me was the bit about there being no point in trying to boost your existing antioxidant levels because the body stabilises its own levels no matter how much extra you take in, unless I read that wrongly. (I hope my niece didn't see that - she has been on an extra antioxidant crusade since her DH was diagnosed with prostate cancer). Also the bit about fibre in processed foods like instant porridge being reduced because of the milling processes. DD makes smoothies because my s-i-l won't eat fruit and not a lot of veg, but he is happy with all manner of things in a smoothie. Drinking fruit seems to be so much less labour intensive than actually eating it!

Rickets is also caused by lack of calcium, especially when it starts as a baby or young child when the bones are forming. Mostly not enough dairy products.
I quite often see an elderly person here with the typical bent legs, and I know there were terrible food shortages during WW2, even here in France with all its farms. The occupiers took most of it.

Good program. Had poached egg on toast this morning,

Very interesting programme; I made DH watch it after he'd announced he was going to fork out nearly £30 on some so-called miracle powder he'd spent ages perusing in Holland and Barrett's. It was supposed to make you 'energised and revitalised' I did point out that he was 66 and it's a bit late to think you'd end up like a teenager though better late than never?

Yes, rickets is due to lack of Vit D, sunlight being critical, and it's on the rise because of using high factor sunscreen and in those whose religion dictates that they are covered from head to toe.

I thought rickets is caused by a lack of vit d, caused by lack of exposure to sunlight. Hence lots of miners and factory workers with it.

I've never believed most of that stuff about goji berries and so on and I'm surprised that someone as supposedly bright as Fiona Phillips is taken in. She's hardly a picture of health, is she? miaow.

I thought the same as a pp about coconut oil.

Just goes to show that you can't trust the experts after all!

LullyDully,
I found some coconut butter in a jar at the back of the cupboard. It belonged to my son when he lived here. I took some of it, melted it in the microwave and applied it to my hair for a deep conditioning treatment. It felt silky and smooth so I applied the rest to my face, feet , elbows, knees and hands.

Some of the stuff got into my eyes and I could not focus for hours but when I washed my hair it felt amazing

I hope they will do a programme on Alternative medicine and debunk that for the nonsense it is . Homeopathy being the number 1 . I was in the hairdressers listening to two women talking about a visit to an alternative med practitioner , one said she had been told that her body had been overtaken by yeast causing all manner of problems . The `cure` was £130 a month for some obscure vit/mineral which could be bought in Holland and Barrett . I had to keep my mouth shut .

Nonnie I think a slick of cake sounds more indulgent somehow.

Food fads remind me of teaching fads. What goes around, comes around.

I thought coconut oil was responsible for heart attacks in the tropical areas of the world,, shows what I know.

We are enjoying our return to butter after all that other muck.

When I was a child, you would see people who had rickets walking around. Everyone knew it was rickets. I can't remember what my mother said about the cause but I think it was a lack of some form of nutrition

Were they saying that rickets is not caused by too little Vit D?

Were they saying that excesses of vitamins can cause problems? In fertility and pregnancy for example?

I watched this but its nothing new I thought but then realised the programmes I watched before on this subject were Channel 4 but quite some time ago now. anyway just shows what a load of expensive bunkum these 'new' foods are.

slice even...

I had a cup of tea and a slick of Victoria sandwich for my breakfast this morning and it feels great !

I normally have Weetabix, but I just could not resist x