BBC The truth about healthy eating

It's about eating sensibly and having a piece of cake or chocolate etc for treat.nothing wrong in that. Plenty of fruit and veg and fish and meat and not McDonald's or Kentucky etc.

If you take a nut and do so much to it until it becomes a milk then that is not natural. Its the same with soya which is now going out of fashion. If you can't take milk and this is a real enzyme deficiency then do without.

In Germany we have folic acid added to salt and iodine because in S Germany there is not enoough iodine in the soil.
Everyone can choose which salt they buy but if they never cook at home they miss out.

Supplements are so expensive but if you believe they help then carry on. This point was not mentioned in the programme. Sometimes you are so depressed about feeling not well it gives you hope to throw money at something which promises some improvement.

juggernaut I thought the same about Fiona Phillips.

I watched the programme on catch up and got quite exasperated by some of the ridiculous content.
Goji berries may not be any better for us than strawberries, but it's a lot easier to keep a pot of Goji's in a desk drawer at work than to do the same with strawberries
Surely everyone knows that to 'detox' we only need to eat a healthy diet!
Coconut oil is delicious, I use it because we like the taste, not in case it's better for us than other oils!
Why would anyone be surprised that cows milk is, in most cases, better for us than soya/almond milk?
I take Glucosamine & Chondroitin which I find lessens my joint pain, but have never taken vitamin supplements apart from Vit C when colds are rife, a healthy diet gives us all the vitamins we need.
As for eggs being healthier fried than scrambled, the eggs themselves are fine, it's what they're cooked in which makes all the difference! I couldn't believe that people would put butter and milk in scrambled eggs without realising that they were using fats. I know it makes them delicious, but surely we all know it makes them less healthy too.
In this house, eggs get dry fried, with just a spray of rapeseed oil, lovely!
Why would anyone not be aware that boiling broccoli to death destroys the vitamins in it? Do people really need to be told all this stuff?
The biggest surprise I got was seeing how old Fiona Phillips looked, she's almost four years younger than me......but looks at least ten years older than I do! I've always had a chubby face though, so the wrinkles don't show

You and me, both! I'm a war baby, and I adored cod liver oil. Apparently I called it 'fooshoo', which was the best I could make of 'fish oil'.

I never gave up full-cream milk or butter, and hate those artificial spreads - I'm sure they aren't safe to eat. I reckon that if we just eat good food in moderation we won't go far wrong. Fads are for the birds.

The one exception is Vitamin D, which is a useful supplement for use in the dark winter months.

As a child I was given Parrishes Food, Scott's Emulsion, Cod liver oil and malt plus a weekly dose of syrup of figs. My children had cod liver oil, orange juice and Virol dispensed free by the Clinic just after the war. I still enjoy malt and cod liver oil.

MaizieD fried are better because they don't absorb the fat and scrambled you normally add butter and milk which ups the fat content a lot.. like you I always thought scrambled were better .

I didn't watch it. Why are fried eggs better than scrambled, inishowen?

I remember rose hip syrup. The stuff I got was called Delrosa, and it was sweet and sticky. I also got Virol, which was thick and brown. I watched the programme and was amazed that fried eggs were better than scrambled. I always had scrambled,thinking it was healthier. I hope my friend watched the programme as she falls for every new fad that comes out!

I think possibly you need vit d in order to be able to absorb and utilize calcium for bone strength and building.

Same as treatment for osteoporosis...calci-D tablets from doc

I remember Cod Liver oil and Malt, loved it. Also was given Parishes Food, it was an iron tonic. I never could have the orange juice given during the war as was intolerant to it, I came out in huge hives all over which itched like mad. I now find oranges in any form are a guaranteed Migraine, so it clearly hasn't gone away. Oddly, Grapefruit I can eat and be fine with, though the Migraine Guru's say all citrus fruits if you react to one. I don't drink cows milk either, though I have butter and yoghurt, so I really don't know why. ....a hang over from having eczema badly as a child I think

When I was young people were keen on "tonics" (not the kind you have with gin) and my DM used to give me something called Parrishes Food, which I had to drink through a straw because it made the teeth black. Must have had some iron, I suppose.

i remember buying Vit AandD drops at the baby clinic when mine were babies, along with orange juice and baby milk. It was standard practice to give to your children back in the 70's.

Nonnie1 your breakfast wounded lovely, I occasionally do the same thing, but dont tell anyone.
Vit D is the cause of rickets, unfortunately in Countries where women have to cover up, there is a deficiency of Vit D. and they need to take subtitutes.
Here we take sun factor, you cant win!

I have a vague recollection that recent advice was that a regular multivitamin was good for you in some way. My DH loathes vegetables so we take a regular multivitamin with minerals at breakfast time, since the excess is excreted in any case it can do no harm.

I saw a programme recently where workers from an office had their vitamin D levels checked, many were under the healthy level. Half the group were given a daily supplement and the other half went outside in their lunch hour to get some sun (or light, anyway!). The improvement in both groups was dramatic, the daylight group did just as well.

I'm always looking for good advice on improving nails, mine are terrible despite the fact that I take a recommended supplement. Don't really know if I can do anything about it though as my mother had the same problem so it might be an inherited trait.

Listen to your body. This is especially necessary as you get older. I used to have a cast iron gut but now have to be a bit more careful, especially with sugar, raw foods, soups and alcohol. However, being a greedy person I do have blowouts, like the one I'm going to have today. I shall just take 2 Ranitidina afterwards and get back to normal tomorrow. As regards supplements, I don't take many, but once I stopped taking glucosamine and turmeric tablets for a period and really noticed my increased twinges.

Almonds are good for you but in almond milk e.g. Well known UK brand, almonds represent 2% of the total drink. The remainder is water, sugar,vitamins and thickening agents. What you are paying exorbitant prices for isn't the healthy aspects of almonds, but the production process. Thinking positively, the big companies are paying taxes and some people are earning a wage so they can buy almond milk.

I read recently an indepth article about coconut oil and how heart disease was almost unknown in the islands, where that is the only oil they use to cook with.

I watched it with my daughter who debunked some of what Fiona was told. But what really puzzles me is if vitamins are not worth taking, what's with the NHS Healthy Start campaign www.healthystart.nhs.uk/for-health-professionals/vitamins/
And what about Folic Acid, credited with reducing the chances of having a baby with spina bifida? My vit. D levels were very low but now nicely within range on a supplement. You can't necessarily believe a TV programme any more than you can believe the producers of so-called superfoods.

Haliborange anyone ?
Recently diagnosed with slightly raised cholesterol-I have not been eating properly due to stressful family situation,now more or less resolved . Nurse and I agreed that if I stick to the healthy eating I am determined to resume to kick start the loss of the stone I need to lose, it would probably deal with the cholesterol.Healthy eating sheet-protein in moderation ,lots of veggies al dente and some fruit .Cut out alcohol(won't be doing that)but stick to red wine in moderation if not. Not too much tea and coffee.No exactly complicated is it

Was anyone else fed Radio Malt as a toddler, or know why?

Remember Virol? ?? Wonderful!

Ther are allergic people around those who really react badly to milk but not as many as the amounts of lactose free foods you can buy.
DD1 doesn't drink milk but makes no fuss about it and doesn't drink lactose free stuff either because she always found that she felt full and bloated as a child and didn't like milk.It is no hardsip for her.

Eating normally and what is natural is probably the best thing.
Huge amounts of veg and fruit in smoothies is not natural. Don't east more veg than you would normally. All food needs contact with saliva if it is to be properly digested. Slipping a lettuce and broccolli and whatever else in a smoothie past your tongue and saliva glands is not as good as taking a normal amount and chewing it.

My mother lived until she was 95, avoiding doctors like the plague. If anything was wrong on the inside, drink dark rum and on the outside, apply Vaseline. She used to say 'a little of what you fancy does you good' and 'everything in moderation'.

Did anyone else get dosed with Parishes Food as a child? It was an appetite stimulant, a tonic, I suppose, but it contained some sort of poison!

I hated cod liver oil, cod liver oil & malt and Scotts Emulsion. When those appeared along with Liberty vests, I knew it was winter.

Regarding the programme, it confirmed my instincts, which is a diet of everything in moderation.