Down the Bog

In an earlier blog I wrote about the concerns of eating so much processed food and whether we are really aware of just what we are taking into our bodies. My thoughts had been prompted by a television show that I’d watched and I can remember how I felt inspired to really do something about adjusting our diet. But I have to report that we’ve done absolutely zippo about it. Nothing whatsoever. That’s not to say that we are eating that badly it’s just that we aren’t trying hard enough to remove the highly salted, processed food that still makes up part of our food intake.

Have you seen those really cheap packets of noodles available in the supermarkets? Here in Canada they can be bought for 25 cents and they are simply noodles with a small sachet of salted flavouring to add after they’ve sat in boiled water for a few minutes. That little packet of noodles comfortably exceeds the recommended daily allowance of salt for an adult. Why oh why oh why do we eat such rubbish?

Still, we are conscious of trying to get our five portions of fruit and veg a day and we make a good effort in trying to buy food that is trans fat free. The Health Canada website makes clear how bad trans fat is and how important it is to try and eradicate from our diet.

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/nutrition/gras-trans-fats/index_e.html

As I say we do make an effort to do this and will reject a product for another if we can find one that is trans fat free and also do without if we can’t find an alternative. Where control is harder is when we eat out and by that I mean fast food. It has to be the worst evil of all taking into account the high salt level and presumably trans fats. Interestingly KFC recently started advertising that their menu is trans fat free. At least that was the impression that I was given until the KFC website was pointed out to me.

http://www.kfc.ca/home/en/index.html

If you look at it carefully you’ll note that it says “trans fat free menu selections” with a small asterix next to it covering the fact that even as part of the trans fat free menu some items still have trans fat. Eh? How does that work then? Seemingly if it is 0.1g then it’s pretty much trans fat free but not quite trans fat free. My head hurts! Ah well at least they’re trying and hopefully some other fast food chains will follow. McDonalds - Are you listening? Otherwise we’ll have to give up the fast food. I’m serious you know. 

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