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<blockquote data-quote="Defren" data-source="post: 295936" data-attributes="member: 41817"><p><strong>Re: Myths about Your 5 a Day - Channel 4 Dispatches Programm</strong></p><p></p><p>I watched this and to be honest was furious when I saw the health claims and the "this is part of your five a day" claims, when rather than being healthy, they were packed with sugar. Before diagnosis I used to drink Volvic with a hint of strawberry. I drank LOTS of it, there was me thinking it was water with just a hint of flavouring - oh no! It turns out it is so full of sugar it's unreal. I also used to pack fruit shoots for my daughters packed lunches, and again too late I found out they were also packed with sugar. It's so easy for busy parents, or even grandparents, friends etc to be so busy they don't read labels carefully, I know I didn't. Now I scrutinise every label, and things like Volvic and Fruit Shoots don't get passed my front door. I can't always control what my family has out side the home, but I can control what they have inside it. </p><p></p><p>I did smile [ironically] when it was pointed out that potato's don't count towards your five a day, that meant I could show my family their unhealthy chips don't count, and add another fruit or veg a day. One way I can get fruit into them is with juice I juice myself, not the horrid supermarket juice, or smoothies. I feel if I can get them to have that, it's a step in the right direction.</p><p></p><p>These days I always eat way more than 5 a day, every day. Today I have had, savoy cabbage, cauliflower, green beans, brussel Sprouts, strawberry's, blueberry's, raspberry's and black berry's. It may all be a bit late in the day to really change my diet and make it ultra healthy, but at least my 5 a day are from the real deal, and not some manufactured ****. Plus I firmly believe it's never to late to make a change for the better. That could be a lesson the food industry would do well to adopt!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Defren, post: 295936, member: 41817"] [b]Re: Myths about Your 5 a Day - Channel 4 Dispatches Programm[/b] I watched this and to be honest was furious when I saw the health claims and the "this is part of your five a day" claims, when rather than being healthy, they were packed with sugar. Before diagnosis I used to drink Volvic with a hint of strawberry. I drank LOTS of it, there was me thinking it was water with just a hint of flavouring - oh no! It turns out it is so full of sugar it's unreal. I also used to pack fruit shoots for my daughters packed lunches, and again too late I found out they were also packed with sugar. It's so easy for busy parents, or even grandparents, friends etc to be so busy they don't read labels carefully, I know I didn't. Now I scrutinise every label, and things like Volvic and Fruit Shoots don't get passed my front door. I can't always control what my family has out side the home, but I can control what they have inside it. I did smile [ironically] when it was pointed out that potato's don't count towards your five a day, that meant I could show my family their unhealthy chips don't count, and add another fruit or veg a day. One way I can get fruit into them is with juice I juice myself, not the horrid supermarket juice, or smoothies. I feel if I can get them to have that, it's a step in the right direction. These days I always eat way more than 5 a day, every day. Today I have had, savoy cabbage, cauliflower, green beans, brussel Sprouts, strawberry's, blueberry's, raspberry's and black berry's. It may all be a bit late in the day to really change my diet and make it ultra healthy, but at least my 5 a day are from the real deal, and not some manufactured ****. Plus I firmly believe it's never to late to make a change for the better. That could be a lesson the food industry would do well to adopt! [/QUOTE]
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