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What an embarrassment.
Any other single people live off microwave meals?
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What an embarrassment.
Typically they aren't healthier (low fat compared to "full fat"), which is why I asked you.
Fat in food, saturated from meats, nuts, milk and so on is good for you.
It seems as if you prioritise low calories over nutritional content.
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Doubt it...
Nutritionally speaking, there isn't anything wrong about fat. It's what makes things taste great, if you get low fat yoghurts for example they are going to pump it full of artificial crap that simulates the texture and taste fat gives to dairy products.
It's just very disingenuous and the low fat craze certainly hasn't made the general population thinner. Also.. do you know what parts predators eat first when devouring a kill? The fatty organs, fat is essential for health and one of the most important macronutrients.
So... you trying to say that a regular high in fat microwave meal is pretty much no different to a low fat microwave meal?
It seems some of you have an issue with the term 'low fat'. I didn't just say low in fat, I said I look for low in calories, fat, sugar etc, everything basically. Why don't you start explaining why low in salt/sodium/sugar may also be bad for you as well?
I've always cooked big batches - I find the little £1 tupperware pots at asda (450ml I think) are the perfect size for one portion which makes it easier to freeze and store.
Big batches means you can use cheaper meats too as you can cook them slowly all day.
Big batches means you can use cheaper meats too as you can cook them slowly all day.
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In general no, if I'm being lazy then I'll do the same as Jokester and freeze stuff I've made so I can have a least the base of a meal ready made but it's rare that I'll actually buy a ready meal. I have nothing against them as an occasional thing but I think they are expensive for what they are.
I do have a friend at work who lives on ready meals and the odd take away. He refuses to cook at all (he's 39). Unsurprisingly he is off sick quite a lot.
I do have a friend at work who lives on ready meals and the odd take away. He refuses to cook at all (he's 39). Unsurprisingly he is off sick quite a lot.
Why are you taking about low sugar and sodium? No one has said that.
The reason low fat variants are worse is because of what they use in place of the fat.
Typically you're not really going to get something that is low in everything unless your idea of food is cardboard.
seems more like you saw 'low fat' and ignored the rest of her post...
Have to admit all too often I've lived off microwave meals, gotten into cooking a bit more lately but then hit a bunch of longer work shifts and not been feeling like doing much cooking :S
IIRC the problem isn't fat anyhow its that the fat gets stored up instead of used by the body with modern diets due to the amounts of (the wrong sort of) carbs (and sugar) used in a lot of foods often replacing the so called unhealthy fat :S
IIRC the problem isn't fat anyhow its that the fat gets stored up instead of used by the body with modern diets due to the amounts of (the wrong sort of) carbs (and sugar) used in a lot of foods often replacing the so called unhealthy fat :S
I think you're missing my point. You're focusing too much on the term 'low fat'. Did I only mention 'low fat' in my post? No.
Whenever I go to the supermarket, I look at labels for everything and simply pick the one that has 'low everything' or the best alternative. Put it this way, I will never pick something that is high in calories/salt/sugar/fat when there is an alternative option for lower calories/salt/sugar/fat.
And yes, I spend absolutely ages at the supermarket because of this.
The difference is that dietary fat are actually good for you and can have very beneficial effects on a diet.
For example, actual butter is better for you and more nutritious than the low fat low calorie vegetable oil spreads.
Yeah good example... but to begin with I was talking specifically about microwave meals, before you started to go off topic and pick on the term 'low fat'...
I used to do the same thing but now I realise it's pointless. Drinking skimmed milk and buying low fat cheese etc etc.
Now I know that none of that crap contributes to us putting on weight. Only excess calories do. Nothing else. It's just a myth peddled by the food industry that low fat/low sugar/low everything is good for you. Just eat sensibly and don't go over your calorie allowance. End of story.
What I find very amusing is the fact that low fat stuff generally has a higher sugar content, which makes you hungrier later anyway. Yes yes, I know you said you go for low sugar too, but unless you're eating a crazy amount of sugar every day I really wouldn't worry about that either.
Yeah good example... but to begin with I was talking specifically about microwave meals, before you started to go off topic and pick on the term 'low fat'...
I know you were, captain rolleyes. My point was already made in that you don't really come across microwave meals that are low in everything, and that the low fat ones are to be avoided the most of all.
You won't come across microwave meals that are low-est in everything, but you can come across microwave meals that are low-er in everything. I think you're still not getting my point.
Well fat is very calorie dense by lowering it you can.have a larger meal in terms of.volume which is immensely useful during dieting and weight loss because it.provides less cravings and a better feeling of fullness.
There is nothing wrong with low fat and low calorie options.
you said before that low fat is worse because of what they replace it with, please tell.me what you think they replace it with and how it is worse.
Followed by your definition of "nutritious" as you seem to be misusing it.
