Sainsbury's - Feed your family for £50!!

mcallister1

Sainsbury's_Company_Representative wrote: »

Hi Andy,

Thanks for your feedback.

[FONT=&quot]We have worked carefully with nutritionists at the British Nutrition Foundation to ensure the menu is nutritionally balanced. [FONT=&quot]Where processed meats are used in our recipes, children should be given small portions only because of their salt and fat content. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]The meal plans as written have not been designed to meet the nutritional requirements of children under 4 years old. For nutritionally balanced recipe ideas for younger children and advice on portion sizes see [/FONT][FONT=&quot]http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/littleones


We have additional meal plans over the next few weeks. Hopefully you will find something to your liking in a future menu.[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]

Hmmm. I'm not an expert on the difference between a Nutritionost and a dietician so looked it up. The NHS says...
Dietetics is the interpretation and communication of the science of nutrition to enable people to make informed and practical choices about food and lifestyle, in both health and disease. A dietitian will have trained in both hospital and community settings as part of their course. Most dietitians are employed in the NHS, but may also work in the food industry, education, research and on a freelance basis. It is necessary to have a recognised degree, MSc or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics to work as a dietitian.

Nutrition is the study of nutrients in food, how nutrients are used by the body, and the relationship between diet, health and disease. Most of the major food manufacturers and retailers employ nutritionists and food scientists but opportunities also arise in research, education and journalism. There are a variety of careers within the field of food science and technology.

I feel that possibly in theory all the nutrients are there, but a dietician would look at people's wider needs and come up with a better plan?

ker30

Being quite rubbish at coming up with different ideas for meals I'm quite enjoying trying the different meal options and knowing I have the ingredients in for them. I was hoping that a new meal plan would come out this week so we could try some different things next week - does anyone know if this might happen?

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

I go to Lidl now and get everything I need from there cheaper than sainsburys and better quality too. The fruit and veg is very cheap and we get lots for our money.

I do a meal plan and get what I want from Lidl, works out far cheaper and better 'rations'!

aaarrrggghhh

mcallister1 wrote: »

Hmmm. I'm not an expert on the difference between a Nutritionost and a dietician so looked it up. The NHS says...
Dietetics is the interpretation and communication of the science of nutrition to enable people to make informed and practical choices about food and lifestyle, in both health and disease. A dietitian will have trained in both hospital and community settings as part of their course. Most dietitians are employed in the NHS, but may also work in the food industry, education, research and on a freelance basis. It is necessary to have a recognised degree, MSc or post graduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics to work as a dietitian.

Nutrition is the study of nutrients in food, how nutrients are used by the body, and the relationship between diet, health and disease. Most of the major food manufacturers and retailers employ nutritionists and food scientists but opportunities also arise in research, education and journalism. There are a variety of careers within the field of food science and technology.

I feel that possibly in theory all the nutrients are there, but a dietician would look at people's wider needs and come up with a better plan?

You need to read Ben Goldacre's Bad Science book - anyone, literally anyone, can call themselves a 'nutritionist' and practise immediately. People like Gillian McKeith are nutritionists and none of what they say has any grounding in science.

Dieticians are officially recognised by the NHS and are the 'proper' science-bods.

RealNutritionist

adammccance wrote: »

You need to read Ben Goldacre's Bad Science book - anyone, literally anyone, can call themselves a 'nutritionist' and practise immediately. People like Gillian McKeith are nutritionists and none of what they say has any grounding in science.

Dieticians are officially recognised by the NHS and are the 'proper' science-bods.

Ben Goldacre actually states at the beginning of his book that he is mainly referring to media nutritionists and understands that not all nutritionists are under qualified. Referring to media nutritionists, he states 'It tarnishes and undermines the meaningful research work of genuine academics studying nutrition.'

I am in my fourth and final year of a nutrition degree, after which I will have to gain 2-3 years experience in the field before being allowed to call myself an accredited nutritionist. Accredited, Registered Nutritionists will be the first to say that there are a lot of fake/untrustworthy/underqualified nutritionists, however they will not be employed by industry/NHS/BNF. Those employed by the industry will have at least a recognised Nutrition Degree. The Nutrition Scientists working for the British Nutrition Foundation will be Academics speciailising in Nutrition, most of whom will have conducted a post grad research doctorate. As you said, anyone can call themselves a nutritionist but the term 'registered nutritionist' is protected and cannot be granted to anyone who has not completed the relevant degree course.

Wendy_x

Hope I'm putting this in the right thread! If not feel free to put me right - I'm very new.

I had an email today to 'win' a £50 meal plan.

As a newbie I'm not allowed to post a link, so if you go to the 'sainsburys-feed-your-family.co.uk' site you should find it!

All you need to do is email them.

I know not everyone thinks the £50 plan is ideal, but I wouldn't say no to winning the shopping. Hope it helps someone.

Cheers
Wendy

a1cat

£8 to you Sir! At Tesco





Which would be £8 well-spent IMVHO! :rotfl::D:rotfl::D

a1cat

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