I found the following article interesting, especially the bit on how the emulsifiers they add can affect our gut bacteria.
forbes.com/sites/alicegwalt...
This will motivate me to try harder to not give in to temptation and avoid low fat processed foods that have these emulsifiers.
That was really interesting ... Particularly about the emulsifiers too ... Thanks, quite literally 'food for thought' 😉
I do try to avoid white carbohydrates such as sugar and white flour, however I am happy to eat carbohydrates from other sources so that I can have a balanced diet.
l used to eat low fat fruit yoghurts, thinking they were the healthiest option, until I looked closely at the ingredients. There was nearly 20g of sugar, which is around 6 spoons! I now just have greek yoghurt with fresh strawberries cut up. This is far better as I know what goes in and is more tastier.
The importance of having healthy bacteria in our guts has been the subject of several studies but it's not something that gets reported very much. The importance of what you eat seems to get lost sometimes in the frantic calorie counting.
Giving up processed foods has a great many possible health benefits apart from weight loss.
I do eat jacket potatoes and wholemeal bread, but not in any great quantity. Jacket potato maybe once a week, one slice of wholemeal bread at breakfast. I'm not in favour of cutting out what might be called 'ordinary' foods. I've cut down severely on sugars in all their forms and cut out anything 'low fat' because - yes - there is sugar added!
On Saturday we drove 70 miles to attend a study day at Sutton Hoo. After breakfast of boiled egg and wholemeal toast, next meal was lunch break in the restaurant. Jacket potato with cheese, beans and salad was a good meal and kept us going until we got home.
One of the big problems of nowadays is the habit of 'snacking'. We used to be taught - long ago - not to eat between meals. I'm grateful for that because I never acquired the habit.
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