Eating healthy for cheap

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Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

JackieO, how do you make cheese on toast in a saucepan?

A non-stick frying pan is less fiddly but I know you can do toasties in any pan big enough for your bread mmmm
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1033633/panfried-cheese-toastie

Out,_Vile_Jelly

Very interesting thanks! And I've just been told you can make paella in a regular frying pan not a fancy special one.

MiserlyMartin

NewShadow wrote: »

I would suggest, if you ask for suggestions, you'll get a lot of blanket opinions.

What's healthy for you has to be based on:

Your family - how many of each gender at each age, women of a certain age needs more calcium for example, children have more need for fat (unless you have a family history of Alzheimers, at which point you might want to look into research regards fat for the whole family)

your activity levels/types of activity - for indicative carb/protein and calorie loads,

any dietary or medical requirements - I'm an odd bunny in that I need to ADD salt to my diet (yet I keep being told by uninformed people - not here, but in general - that's unhealthy, not for me it isn't). Family history should also be considered here - if a relative has a history of late onset diabetes or heart attacks for example.

your work life balance - how much time you have to cook from scratch vs buying the best off the shelf options

what your family actually like to eat - no point serving up rabbit food if everyone hates it

your budget - again, what's realistic at a sustainable level given other budgetary considerations

your ethical/philosophical priorities/concerns - do your research. Don't just believe anyone on here. Read for yourself (and look for peer reviewed stuff over yummy mummy or feel good articles)

And most importantly - don't demonise any food group or food type. Fat, sugar, carbs... they all have a place in a balanced diet. It's about thinking how you get them, how much of each you need, and how often.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with a double chocolate melted fudge cake with caramel sauce and ice-cream - just maybe not for breakfast...

Great post. I'm currently trying to look at creating a new diet, 1. for money saving, 2. to be more healthy and 3. to try and reduce my chances of getting alzheimers like my family. How is fat linked to this? All I found when researching a link is this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-32233571 Being Obese reduces your chance of dementia!

moneyistooshorttomention

MiserlyMartin wrote: »

Being Obese reduces your chance of dementia!

:eek: Sounds like a high price to pay to me:eek:

There was an article out recently stating that research had found that actually what increased the chance of dementia are major life stresses the person has gone through.

To me - that makes a lot of sense. "Wear and tear" on the brain and emotions of dealing with major problem situations must, logically, have a negative effect I've always felt. Followed by thinking "The age group that is suffering a lot from that now may not be doing so so much because of the age they are - but because they went through the 1930's and World War 2" iyswim.

My feeling is that, come 20 years time, research then will show that a lot fewer of my generation (ie those born to those 1930's/40's era generation) have a lot lower incidence of dementia than they do. That fact will be slewed a bit and maybe not quite so apparent because our generation will be the first with control over when we die (courtesy of the law will allow us to take control by then) and therefore some of us will make the choice never to go beyond the first stages of dementia (or any other major illness) but it should still be clearly visible.

MiserlyMartin

That could be true about stress and major problem situations. I have had a lot of upset in my work and personal life so if true my outlook is not good!
This is what got me looking at this, make of it what you will
http://www.healthybrainmd.com/conditions-treat/anti-alzheimers-diet/ but its generally accepted universally that cases of Alzheimers are on the increase right now and its set to be the biggest killer.

moneyistooshorttomention

My guess is that, at root, people that have had more than average stress of "bad stuff - of the not their fault variety" in their lives will probably (deep down) know whether they've still "got some fight" in them or no.

I would think too that it also depends on the intervals between Major Stressors - as in whether there has been enough of an interval between one Major Stressor and another to have sufficient "recovery time". After all - we need recovery time from physical illness. So why would there be any difference logically about needing recovery time from a Major Stressor?

I was certainly aware that one Major Stressor that went on imposing on my life for some years at a time took a "lot of fight" to deal with and when another Pretty Big Stressor came along during it - I nearly died actually. But I didn't and managed to have enough Recovery Time in between that Major Stressor and the next one to be able to "get back on my feet".

I think that's the thing - not so much how many Major Stressors one has - but whether there is sufficient recovery time in between one and the next one imo. There is possibly a personal element too of just how big the gap is between one's "Expected Life" and one's "Actual Life". I've got a theory that goes someone that only ever expected low income/rented accommodation/grotty area to live in/etc/etc might cope rather better with that set of circumstances than someone that always expected reasonable income/own home/reasonable area to live in/etc/etc. I may be wrong on that one - but it seems feasible to me.

topicsinenglish

It's nice to realize that early