Who Needs The Mediterranean Diet When The English One Is Held Up As An Example?

[sandyRoe]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15561501

[sandyRoe]

Is nobody going to add their endorsement of the delights of The Full English over the croissant and coffee endured by our continental cousins?

[emmie]

you been to France lately, they are changing their ways too, i remember being in Paris when the first McDonalds opened, caused quite a stir.
how many calories in a croissant, i bet more than many realise. I like them, but still prefer my egg and bacon on the odd occasion.

[ummmm]

I'm not sure what an English diet is.

And we have full Irish :-)

[emmie]

almost half is fat,

http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-croissant-i73416

[emmie]

from the link.

Eating like the English could save 4,000 lives a year in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, a study claims.

People in England eat more fruit and vegetables and less salt and fat, reducing heart disease and some cancers, say Oxford University experts.

[ummmm]

I read the link. I still don't know what an English diet is.

I know we don't see deep fried mars bars for sale but other than that what's an English diet.

[mazie]

Fry up for breakfast, Fish and Chips for lunch and Roast Beef and Yorkshire Puds for dinner ummmm ;o)

[sandyRoe]

With spotted dick and custard for afters

[ummmm]

Lol...

Maybe it's the snacks between meals then :-)

[Old_Geezer]

Full English Breakfast in any of its many forms, is great. But as a treat not a regular daily start. Many years since I had a proper holiday but when I used to go for a week on the Med I found one a day enabled me to skip lunch or just grab a snack, as it set me up for the day.

I think we have a large variation of cuisine these days, but eating out aside I suspect most start with something light in the morning, have a main meal at some point with meat & veg, and a lighter meal at some other time. We should all aspire to a proper balanced meat & veg balanced dinner at some point in the day, save for the vegetarians who can aspire to a veg & veg meal. Makes one part way to ones five a day aim.