What A Load Of Poppycock

[nicebloke1]

Why do we keep inventing health problems. A topic on tv this morning was...

How to improve the conversation around eating disorders.

Answer. Stop being bone idle and get in the kitchen and cook something instead of ordering takeaway crap. :0)

[Barmaid]

There is a big difference between people who eat the wrong foods or eat to excess and do not exercise and those who have a disorder. 

The very reason that we need to improve conversations around eating disorders is set out in your question and in your comment at 13.47 because it is obvious that some people do not understand the difference.

[DDIL]

I don't smoke and no long drink more than 1 small whisky a week.  If I want to pick up a coffee on my way past a coffee shop to drink in the office - what is wrong with that.

I don't believe people buy a coffee and then just walk around the streets - they buy a coffee and then go on with their business.

their business is none of your business

[pastafreak]

Some people should read Ultra Processed People by Dr Chris van Tulleken. He goes into great detail about how much of our supermarket food is full of additives, colourings, emulsifiers...all to make this 'food' more palatable. More palatable means we are almost driven to eat more.

It's a science and the point of it is to make us, the consumer, buy more.

How many of us need to have great willpower not to eat a whole packet of biscuits when we aren't hungry? I know I've done it.

I'm sure that this type of food fuels eating disorders as those who are vulnerable use it to feel better.

[barry1010]

Re children taking bottles of water to school.

I didn't have to, there were plenty of drinking fountains dotted around my schools and playgrounds - not the sort we see today, we drank directly from the spout.

[barry1010]

Pasta, I haven't had fig rolls in the house for decades. I would eat the whole packet in a day so simply don't buy them

[Barmaid]

I think that is a fair point, Pasta.  I do think that processed foods and refined sugars are an issue with modern day life.  Years ago this stuff was simply not available.  You had to cook and cook from scratch.  Nowadays it is so easy for those who cant cook/wont cook to just go with ding food.  That food contains the sugars and the additives which after a while the body craves.

I cook nearly every night from scratch (or take something out of the freezer I have previously cooked), and Mr BM is convinced that the lack of processed food has helped with his former digestive issues. Many people simply cannot do that.  I had a bf about 17 years ago whom I taught to cook a full roast dinner - I spoke to him about 4 years ago and he said he still uses my step by step instructions.  If you cannot cook (and cooking does require confidence) it is just so easy to pick up ready made from the supermarket.

[nicebloke1]

I've just walked through M&S food department and the shelves are full of ready meals. They appear to be increasing the amount of these meals month after month, all with large amounts of salt and sugars. M&S seems to be one big takeaway now

[pastafreak]

All the stores do. Actually M and S is known as one of the better ones with less of the crap ingredients I mentioned in my earlier post.

You seem to have issues with M and S...it's frequently mentioned in your anti consumer rants. 🤔

[newmodarmy]

Yes, nicebloke is a big fan of Aldi. I guess that unlike M&S, Aldi don't sell any/much processed food.

[nicebloke1]

@17.19. Almost forgot to ask, when was the last time you (started) a thread?opposed to nit picking others.

[newmodarmy]

Keep on topic please. Play nicely, you're supposed to be a nicebloke remember.

[newmodarmy]

Most of my posts on your threads (not this one) are pointing out that you have posted factually incorrect/untrue information. Like your untrue West Mercia police claims or your incorrect figures on growth). If you consider that to be nit picking then that's your problem.

[nicebloke1]

Snooooozzzzzz,,,

[nicebloke1]

:0) :0)

[New Judge]

"my daughter has taken a bottle of water to school since reception. i can never remember tking a drink to school!"

I can never remember buying a botle of water!

[Vagus]

A few years ago primary school age children were issued with a water bottle and allowed to keep it topped up during the school day.  It's said it aids concentration for them to be well hydrated.

[Barmaid]

I cannot remember being allowed a drink in school either, save from at break times.  It is absolutely true that keeping hydrated and keeping blood sugar levels up is essential to aid concentration. 

However, the OP was not really concerned with proper nutrition and enabling best performance, he was more concerned with telling those with eating disorders to stop being bone idle and cook something and the invention of health problems.

[nicebloke1]

You've got the wrong end of the stick barmaid. You need proper food for good nutrition. Its the crap food thats making people fat, and unwell. The latter was my point.