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Rather than eating the occasional treats on special occasions or the weekend, consuption has become the norma rather than the exception.
“We are eating more snack foods, fast food, takeaway foods and soft drinks. Says dietitian Dr Rosemary Stanton

“Foods children used to eat at parties, they now eat for snacks. Studies show 80 per cent of children take a packaged snack to school every day and this takes the place of fruit.”

Dr Stanton says both children and adults are presented with a distorted menu of foods that are available.

There is also a movement against the inappropriate marketing of toys with fast food. The gift with purchase promotions are allowed providing that the toy features in less than 50% of the advertisement .

kids are going for the toys, rather than the food, if the toys didn’t encourage increased consumption, I would find it hard to believe that a large multi national would continue with this additional cost unless there was a positive relationship to sales.

The Government should be doing more in the regulation of toy promotions within the food industry. Currently the industry is self regulated, we have seen what can happen under self regulation with Coke.

Very sneaky how juices which are made from puree and then vacuum sealed are in the refrigerated section of the supermarket, giving the illusion that they are freshly squeezed when actual fact they are like every other concentrated long life juice.

it’s a similar marketing ploy with Soya milk which is actually a juice from the Soya Bean, once again in vacuum sealed packaging.

Healthy eating while rushing around in the car or getting stuff done during the day.

While its easy to take the easy option and reach for a chocolate bar from a local convenience store remember to look at the fat content and the carbohydrates especially those so called health bars/energy bars which are very hight in carbohydrate, fat and full of preservatives and nasty chemicals. Most convenience stores now all have nuts that you can buy or alternatively fresh fruit.

Heres a quick run down:
Fresh Fruit – why not get some great fibre in by getting some natural sugars through having a banana or apple,
Nuts and Seeds – most convenience stores have a great assortment of nuts & seeds, great source of good fats and essential minerals. Cant go past almonds, cashew even have a look at Sunflower seeds, see if you can get a general mix maybe if they have got linseeds in there as well.
Yoghurt and Nut Mix – now days you can usually get a small tub of yoghurt mixed in with some nuts which the protein in the yoghurt is a great way to starve off the hunger pains.
So don’t take that easy option, a little planning and you can enjoy some healthy eating on the go.

Thinking of eating a sandwich? Well think twice as your modern variety with all those fancy exotic sauces, mayonnaises may be adding options salt and fat to your so called healthy alternative.

Remember when choosing a sandwich, try to stick to one main point of protein be it meat preferably un processed, freshly cooked is the best, or eggs or a cheese or a canned fish such as tuna or salmon. Be careful especially with Tuna of how it is stored, whether it be, preferably look for some which has reduced salt maybe in brine and stay away from the oil based ones. Finish the sandwich off with a nice multigrain bread, stay away from white, bleached bread and something that’s got maybe some nice seeds or nuts through it and definitely stay away from mayonnaise and sauces, maybe use avocado instead and avoid salt, pepper is fine. Get to know the natural flavours of what you’re eating.

KISS – Keep it simple stupid, try to too have overly processed food.

Try eating food which is not too far removed from its natural state ie: highly processed food doesn’t look like anything from what its original ingredients bared. By eating food closer to its natural state it reduces the complexity in making nutritional decisions when trying to decide what to eat based on fat, sugar content, sodium etc.. Eating basic fruit, vegetables, nuts and red/white meat and fish gets a lot less complicated.