There was a great piece on Yahoo yesterday about the 10 worst foods for us. Whilst a lot of those could be classed as the usual suspects I think there were a few surises in their top 10.
Liquid Meals. I really can’t see the problem with these, sure as hell it is common sense that you don’t leave you life only “eating” liquid replacement meals but are even so are they really worthy of the top 10? They are manufactured to be meal replacements and as such should contain all the nutrients needed to function in a normal way. The only real difference being that the number of calories contained can be seriously controlled. Like I said I wouldn’t want to live my whole life having nothing but liquid meals, I’m far too fond of steak for that, but in moderation I can’t see the problem. Besides I can think of about 50 things straight of the top of my head that would do you more harm.
Tinned Soups. Salt, salt, salt. Yes we all already know that tinned food in general contains a lot of hidden salt. Tinned soup is no different in that regard. The original report does however seem to ignore the fact that most tinned soups are vegetable based and happen to contain lots of things that are good for you. You’ll find a lot of foods that contain more salt than tinned soup whilst also giving you very little nutritional value. To include tinned soup in a top 10 worst foods article seems a bit stupid and even perhaps biased to me.
For completenes the entire list comprised off:-
Pork Scratchings (Lovely but a bit rough on your teeth)
Fried Desserts (Having a pop at Scotland)
Cheesy Chips (Having a pop at Canada and the Isle of Man)
Fizzy Drinks (Agree with this, a glass can have more calories than a meal)
Coloured Alcopops (Can’t stand these, If you’re going to drink at least have a grown up drink)
Liquid Meals (See above)
Processed Meat (In moderation, fine as far as I’m concerned)
Chicken Nuggets (For the sole reason they are small and deep fried, what about onion rings???)
Doughnuts (Homer says Doh!)
Canned Soups (See above)
I wonder how many of them you eat on a regular basis?
Non Diet Posts
