Well, I managed to make my way through this scare tactic. Since when did low fat mean good? I've eaten economy meals before. They are awful and often low in meat content and have gristle etc in them.
I personally found this program ridiculous. A balanced diet will keep you healthy. Blaming supermarkets is just an easy get out for a lazy nation. There is nothing wrong with labeling. I don't look at it anyway. You don't need to. If you eat a bit of everything your body will take care of the rest. What family of 5 can afford to live on just expensive M&S/Waitrose ready meals for a week anyway?
Labels on food wont stop people sitting on their asses all day. If people actually did some exercise these days, took the dog for a walk etc maybe we wouldn't have so many obese people. People always want a instant fix though. They'll weigh 18st and expect to shave 3 of that in a month. It just doesn't happen like that.
Funny thing is watch TV chefs cook. They can't get enough of butter and cream! I bet they have more fat in their food than any of these meals. Does it make them bad? Of course not. There is more to nutrition and health than fat, sugar and salt, unless of course, you believe some selective TV programming by Dispatches. I felt the message this programme was trying to deliver was the more fat the worse the product.
What a load of crap. About 5 minutes into the program I said "I bet that woman writes for cosmo or some other crap mag that people swear their lives by". I've been told she's on loose women. Say no more I say. Food doesn't make you fat. Greed and laziness makes you fat. There is a psychological side too. This is how people end up being anorexic.
Programs like this annoy me, fat is not bad for you. RDA? Since when have the government got anything right? Since when are we all the same? 2500 Calories a day for a man? A semi active 18 year old (by todays standards) would easily eat around 3500 calories without putting on a pound. An average 60 year old could survive on 1500 calories. Thats a womans daily allowance difference. If you ask me scrap all this labelling and nannying. If you are that stupid you can't work out a healthy diet then......so be it.
On the plus side at least sales of margery doors's dust will be up next week!
