nonnaB 4,894 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 The other evening on TV I was watching a documentary on food connected to cancer. During the discussion a famous dietician made a comment that got me thinking and I was to say the least indignant. I don't know if this scare has arisen in UK but its quite high on the lists here. They say that red meats and highly processed foods should be avoided or at least restricted to a couple of times per week. We have a lot of salami type foods and a lot are made by small farms. One thing this dietician said was that in Uk everyone has a cooked breakfast with sausages and bacon , black pudding etc. I thought hang on a minute how can you say that you don't live there so you don't know what the British eat. He says that carbohydrates should be kept to A.M. and proteins in the evening. I follow more or less this way but my daughter has to as shes borderline diabetic. She's been following this diet for a few years and shes now in perfect health. Returning to red meats etc they have interviewed many people with very mixed views. Some reply that they are scared others rarely eat red meat and others va..........o! Its true though if you take notice of everything thats told us we'd starve. I think I'll carry on with what I'm doing, just being careful with the occasional "a little of what you fancy does you good" 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Dad's greatest words of Wisdom................moderation in all things. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Full English once every few weeks. Can't fault it. Everything in moderation. LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,894 Posted October 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Agreed ...I love a full english breakfast but sadly we can't buy decent bacon here . They sell it but its so thin or else its in cubes. I usually stock up when I go to UK or friends bring them down along with cheddar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I start the day with boiled eggs, whole meal bread, kiwi fruits......but only just stopped the bacon butties , not because of any scare stories....like Benjamin says....in moderation Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I only eat a cooked breakfast when on holiday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Don't believe everything you read / see in the media nonnaB !! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,894 Posted October 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I agree look what they said about Papa Francesco Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 There was an article debunking the cancer scare of red meat and bacon during the week, using the scaremongers own figures, it's about 0.01% higher chance with meat eaters than vegans...So eat up folks, everything causes cancer...LOL I eat cerials with three tablespoons of unprocessed bran on them each day as none of us gets enough fibre in our diets, plus I suffer with IBS without the bran. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,894 Posted October 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I've never been a great meat eater, I don't smoke and only have the occasional glass of wine in company and love a glass of beer with pizza . So you tell me how I manged still to get 4 tumors. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Re #2 - Quite right Benjamin - or as the Romans would say "Moderato in omnibus" (often wrongly translated as "No more than five standing!") When I was at school, my mum feared being accused of parental neglect if I didn't have bacon, egg and fried bread before going out in the morning. I still love it, but since heart attack last year, I mostly abstain - or occasionally go for the rather anodyne alternative of poached egg, grilled bacon and toast. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I can't remember if I ever had a cooked breakfast when I was young. At the moment it's Weetabix with blueberries and grapes - delicious! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 When I was a child, my mum always cooked egg and bacon for me at breakfast. Now I only have cereal and fresh fruit, except for when I'm on holiday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 We always had proper breakfasts when we were children, never allowed out without a proper meal inside us.................................We always have the full English, bacon and egg or boiled eggs, toast, marmalade etc. on a Saturday as it is the only day we have breakfast together in the week........Have cereal or porridge during the week, im indoors still works and he is usually out before I am up and he goes fishing most Sunday mornings, he leaves around 3AM........We have always eaten a lot of red meat, bacon and eggs over the years as my hubby and his family were butchers, our parent's and grandparent's all lived to be a ripe old age and died of natural causes, no cancers or medications, so I think it is all about good family genes and having the right attitude about life, work and play go side by side...........'Live and be merry for tomorrow you may die.'.......(Can't remember who said that)....... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Have a poached egg and cereal every day. Only have bacon nd egg if I have breakfast out. Don't eat a lot of meat. As others have said, moderation. I don't hear much of these experts doing much research on GMO foods and the pesticides that find their way into just about everything we eat. Few years ago coffee was bad for you, now its o-k in moderation. I just tune 'em out. Sick of hearing their bleating. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Blondie, your quotation comes from the Bible! It's in Luke chapter 12 and comes at the end of a story that Jesus told verses 16 - 21.. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I only have sausage and bacon on a Saturday for my breakfast, along with everything else, except black pudding, that makes up the full English breakfast. None of our food is cooked in fat. I always have Shredded Wheat, without any sugar, for my breakfast because I couldn't face a full English breakfast with my first cuppa of the day. I'm thinking that this sausage and bacon scare was designed to turn us all into good Muslims. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Two mugs of tea for me unless eating out, not very often that early. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Now I am semi retired I not eat before noon in the week just lots of tea. I do love a FEB but can't eat like I used to so make do with egg, bacon and toast at the weekend. Some where in the dim and distant past I remember an American report saying black coffee and fried bacon were a carcinogenic combination. Another scientist looked into it and agreed it was a bad combination but you would have to eat more than was humanly possible for it to do any harm. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I can't remember when I last had a Full English Breakfast, it's years ago and would have been when on holiday. I just have a couple of cereal bars and a cup of tea these days. We've always got bacon in the fridge and sometimes will have a bacon sarnie at lunchtime. My Dad had 2 Shredded Wheat every single day for at least 60 years (that's how far back I can remember), a little boring but it didn't do him any harm as he lived into his 90s. "Pass the hot milk please" When my boys were at school I made them pancakes for breakfast every day! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 When i'm up 4am for work i have Strong Black Coffee and any fruit,...........but by 9am i;m ready for a good 'Georgie Best'...lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Pancakes...... Yum yum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 We have a big fry every Sunday morning, kids are home from Uni and we all catch up...washing up gets left to us though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Only when SWMBO lets me.............................................about three/four times a year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Pancakes never made it over here...strange. I remember in the sixties a pancake shop opened in Leicester.Every type of pancake you could think of...it lasted three months. And yet the other Yankee fast foods have caught on over the years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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