Teachers feeding hungry children

But they probably do try to help themselves. It's just harder for some than it is for others. I don't think fat people can necessarily be labelled 'self-indulgent'. So much in health is down to luck. And poor living conditions wouldn't help.

this is interesting

Bags I DON'T FLIPPIN' KNOW!!!!

sorry

No, of course giving children chips occasionally is fine - we were talking about a diet of virtually nothing else!
All the evidence is that people who go on 'fad' diets (i.e. restricting certain food groups) not only put any weight lost back on, but gain even more.
We all know, don't we, that the only way to lose weight safely is by eating a little less and exercising a little more and not expecting any quick results.

There are, of course, some children (and some adults) who appear to flourish even though they have a very restricted diet. Our bodies are strange and wonderful things.

j no need for . There has been and still is a lot of propaganda. Hardly surprising if people are influenced by it

It's never been easier in this country to have a balanced diet. Perhaps it's also never been easier for people to eat too much. I agree with greatnan about fad diets. I know people who have been on diets all their lives and who never lose the weight they want to lose.

I don't avoid any kind of food as being bad for me, but I do tend to avoid raw celery as being a bit pointless as well as noisy.

granjura Are you sure that there is nothing wrong with margarine? What about trans fats which are thought to be carcinogenic?

petallusi think my version says plank?

Why is being judgmental regarded as a bad thing? We make dozens of judgements about things and people everyday. Bias and prejudice are bad things but reasoned judgements aren't.

j04 I hope you were joking about the number of times you reuse oil for deep-frying.

Bags I found eating sticks of celery invaluable when I gave up smoking.
On the other hand, I cannot and never have been able to see the point of kohlrabi.

I thought the latest research showed that it is a myth that consuming lots of sugar causes hyperactivity. (Of course, it does cause swings in blood sugar levels but that's another matter.)

I'm confused! Is jing eating soap to unclog her arteries?

absent I'm pretty sure six times is the recommended thingie. (I hope) [smikle]

jeni No! Washing up liquid usually.

Do not try this at home.

jeni, yes. It was my advice, and I'm sure it's as good as any she'll get from the food police

absent, you've made life worth living again, now that I know raw celery has a use! (love it cooked in stews)

DH keeps blethering about sugar and insulin surges.

Even Nigella doesn't really know

I don't even strain it. It's fine. Its a thermostatically controlled deep fat fryer. Only do chips in it.

I love celery in stews Bags.

j04 It is best to discard oil used for deep-frying once it has cooled. This is because it has already begun to break down as a result of the high temperature (typically 180–190°C/350–375°F), producing undesirable components such as trans fats. If you must re-use it, it should be strained and stored in the refrigerator and discarded after a week or when it has noticeably oxidised. (You can recognise this by the smell and the darkened colour.) It is not recommended that the same oil should be used for deep-frying more than two or three times. Using a thermostatically controlled deep-fryer is safer from the point of view of avoiding a fire but does not make reusing the oil any safer from a health point of view.

j04 Your Nigella link is just assessing the risk of the oil catching fire. It is not concerned with toxicity.

Was trying to avoid sweeping generalisations Bags using words like average, may, appear, and I think...
Of course teachers label kids alison but i don't think there is any reason to think that it is common for them to label thus: "They are small therefore they are slow, or no good at sport"
it is just something I have noticed...

Yes absent transfats indeed. There are fewer of them around now but it is a very good reason to avoid biscuits. Apart from all butter shortbread, which I suspect Bags and i would agree are a good thing. In moderation. Its the moderation bit i find problematic.

I don't think it's only that absent.

Right. I will cut it down to four times.

"Hence, the effects of foods fried in reused oils are still unknown and may warrant further research as reusing oils is known to make them more harmful, the authors report."

From this report

I don't even own a deep fryer or a deep friar, is that a fat monk?

like jeni I don't own a deep fat fryer - in fact I fry bacon only! When I visited my daugher in Bavaria we went to a local beer celler/restaurant and the smell of fat was heavily in evidence. Accordance to my daughter that part of Germany is very fond of deep fat frying everything. I was amzed to learn people still fry chips, I thought everyone used oven chips these days. Silly me!

No jeni It's a philosophical monk.

Not a felonious one?

No, he was a pianist.

We make "oven chips" by boiling potatoes with the skin on until they are almost cooked, leaving them to get cold, peeling them, then cutting into wedges and cooking in the oven in a bit of olive oil and course sea salt. Good with sweet potato too.
Only have them about once a fortnight, though.

Oven chips are never as good!

Mamie that's 'wedges'. Not the same. I do those unpeeled, and use Fry-light.