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Originally Posted by CarylB
I agree with Dave that food producers should address the issue of making convenience foods more healthy; their response to eradicating transfats has been encouraging, and many are starting to lower salt and sugar content. But the basic issue remains. We don't need to consume convenience foods in quantity; it's a choice. There are plenty of other options .. like buying basic ingredients and cooking meals. The energy consumed in preparing them also means you use a few more calories than just opening a styrofoam box, can or packet! Education can help people make better informed choices, but ultimately it's down to the individual.
Caryl
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Indeed. The food producers are responding to public pressure, though rather slowly, but we all of course have the option of finding healthier options. For example rather than buying bread, which contains more table salt than you might think, I bake my own replacing the normal Sodium salt with Potassium salt. It's more work of course, but home baked bread is nicer and it helps keep that blood pressure down and me alive.
. And whilst I've always cooked, these days it's all from basic ingredients and almost never any a pre-packed meal (I think I've had just one in the last year).
Dave