Porridge and crumpets are junk food

pascal30

Thankyou Allira.. very useful

I think they have already started but not sure if these products are in the supermarkets yet.
I only know because DD told me, it has been kept rather quiet.

Thankyou Allira.. very useful

pascal30

Mt61

pascal30

whole oats with honey and milk cannot be harmful to children.
we had it every morning before school.. it's all the processed food with additives that should be avoided..

crumpets slathered with butter would be an occasional treat for me

Maybe with the honey (still sugar) & milk pumped full of chemicals 😩 Arla brand! I believe?

well we were lucky Mt61 my mum kept bees and we got our milk from a little local dairy (unpasteurised)..
I don't even know what Arla milk is..

Arla is a company with different brand names and suppliesdary products to supermarkets and other outlets.

There is controversy at the moment because Arla is supposedly trialling Boevar which is an additive to cattle feed which allegedly prevents methane emissions.
Apparently this chemical does not go through into milk or meat, so we are told.
Consumers will judge for themselves.

www.fwi.co.uk/business/markets-and-trends/dairy-markets/arla-faces-backlash-over-trials-with-methane-reducing-bovaer

It isn’t porridge, it’s the ready made tubs which are full of sugar

Mt61

pascal30

whole oats with honey and milk cannot be harmful to children.
we had it every morning before school.. it's all the processed food with additives that should be avoided..

crumpets slathered with butter would be an occasional treat for me

Maybe with the honey (still sugar) & milk pumped full of chemicals 😩 Arla brand! I believe?

well we were lucky Mt61 my mum kept bees and we got our milk from a little local dairy (unpasteurised)..
I don't even know what Arla milk is..

Actually, I congratulate any parent getting even so much as a crumpet down a teenager in the mornings before school.
Although my DS was always ready for a cooked breakfast (not badger) after doing a paper round.

They're surely a just a comfy treat once in a while plus they have the nutritional value of a dead badger.

Surely not, Ilovedogs22
Badgers are probably more nutritious than crumpets.
However, sourcing one might prove to be more difficult.

Incidentally, I don’t eat breakfast, but occasionally have porridge for lunch.

I don’t agree with taxing foods of any sort. Taxing foods won’t make a jot of difference, but on the other hand , I suppose the government of the day benefit from yet another source of income.

Casdon my sister is definitely under 9 stone, paragon of exercise and healthy eating. And quite miserable too.

We had porridge (no sugar added) with a handful of blueberries yesterday morning and have just enjoyed Burford Brown boiled eggs with crumpets (👋 EV) earlier. I’m not usually such a rebel.

I just wonder how many of us could put our hands on our hearts and say we eat healthily all the time? I’m not sure it’s got much to do with IQ, it is more to do with what tastes nice, what is cheap, and what is not too much effort to prepare. Hands up if you’re a 9 stone paragon of healthy eating and exercise virtue.

Ilovedogs22

Allsorts

I use wholegrain oats, no sugar. Its the ones with all the added sugar that's the problem. I also eat crumpets with butter on now and then and marmite. Its sugar thats the problem.
Headlines are misleading.

Hear,hear Allsorts.
It's not good old porridge oats that's the problemo! It's the ultra processed instant, pre-prepared sugary muck that health experts
regard as junk food. Also why would anyone give children crumpets for ruddy breakfast! They're surely a just a comfy treat once in a while plus they have the nutritional value of a dead badger. Why are people so stupid today? 😙

LOL - at the "Why are people so stupid today?".

Any time I think that = I remind myself that if the average IQ is 100 (as I recall) then someone has got to be lower than that level - as there are people above that level.

Allsorts

I use wholegrain oats, no sugar. Its the ones with all the added sugar that's the problem. I also eat crumpets with butter on now and then and marmite. Its sugar thats the problem.
Headlines are misleading.

Hear,hear Allsorts.
It's not good old porridge oats that's the problemo! It's the ultra processed instant, pre-prepared sugary muck that health experts
regard as junk food. Also why would anyone give children crumpets for ruddy breakfast! They're surely a just a comfy treat once in a while plus they have the nutritional value of a dead badger. Why are people so stupid today? 😙

vegansrock

Cows are routinely fed all sorts of hormones, antibiotics etc which all get processed in the cow.

This is why I only buy organic cows milk. Not only that but I make sure it is unhomogenised.

ronib

After my flu jab, I was assailed by the advanced nurse practitioner to spell out how many units of alcohol a day I had and did I smoke. The conversation didn’t go very well and she declined to take my blood pressure at the end of it.
The government presumably is trying to crack down on obesity- another example of good intentions but poor delivery. Shall eat organic porridge every day from now on.

That was rather ridiculous of her not to take your blood pressure - just b*tchiness for the sake of it. As if it matters if she personally won't do her job properly - as some chemists have pharmacists that will take one's blood pressure if requested anyway.

Add that anyone can readily buy a blood pressure monitor off Amazon if they want to monitor their own blood pressure anyway - as I know when I got told I had high blood pressure (ie by people using the lowered modern measurements that they go by these days). As I recall - the one I bought was around £40/£50 - so I guess it's useful to have one in and do the job for oneself. Though I don't do it that often these days - after having got it down to 1970s acceptable levels and now it's down to those altered modern levels.

Right - time for my organic porridge with organic milk (ie defo not Arla then) and whatever fruit I decide to put on top of it today. It's very clear that producers are popping up one by one on my Facebook feed to say "Not us - we're nothing to do with Arla and we don't feed that particular junk to our cows".

The thing is, we all know these things are not good for our health, but we are in denial. I like crumpets, but I realise they have very little nutritional value. Most people find it very difficult to eat completely healthily, and it’s made harder when you see foods which are designed to be delicious but have no health benefits being advertised (and even harder for children). It’s a minefield.

Cows are routinely fed all sorts of hormones, antibiotics etc which all get processed in the cow.

I am trying to avoid all things dairy/beef which have been fed on feed stuff containing Bovaer ( chemical to stop cows farting, curtesy of Bill Gates)

I think this is far more dangerous than porridge with sugar/honey or crumpets with butter.

I use wholegrain oats, no sugar. Its the ones with all the added sugar that's the problem. I also eat crumpets with butter on now and then and marmite. Its sugar thats the problem.
Headlines are misleading.

Plain Porridge made with oats has not been labelled junk food- I wish people wouldn’t believe ridiculous headlines. They mean the flavoured, ultra processed sugar laden instant sachets you can buy. The diet in the U.K. is comparatively really poor - relying heavily on ultra processed foods. Compared with the average diet in France and Italy where UHPF consumption is far lower and there is a higher consumption of fresh food. Trying to challenge this culture of poor nutrition should be encouraged.

After my flu jab, I was assailed by the advanced nurse practitioner to spell out how many units of alcohol a day I had and did I smoke. The conversation didn’t go very well and she declined to take my blood pressure at the end of it.
The government presumably is trying to crack down on obesity- another example of good intentions but poor delivery. Shall eat organic porridge every day from now on.

Crumpets are a very rare treat for me just one with butter and a thin slick of Marmite I don’t consider that bad either.

I eat porridge a few days a week made with just water how can that be considered junk food such a ridiculous comment!

I've found a cauliflower cheese soup at Asda, and that's the current favourite.

I had sweet something or other with spiced carrot, I think, tonight.
It might be the bread that's the culprit tonight.