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Ready meals/prepared food

Citygirl1 · 2017-09-27 20:41:46

Hi everyone, I live alone and work full time and find myself eating a lot of ready meals and Birds Eye type frozen foods because its more convenient, especially the ready meals. Someone at work says she batch cooks but that must take more time and not to mention washing up afterwards. Is this method really healthier and…

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patchwork_cat Posts: 5,874 Forumite

4 October 2017 at 4:34PM

Slinky wrote: »

The vitamin D is probably due to not getting out in the sunshine much anymore. She's 87. She does eat salmon.

Yes, the older you get the less vitamin D you synthesise even if you go into the sun, so supplementation is her best bet. I have supplemented for 3 years ( you have to take more than the 800 iu recommended )and it has made a tremendous difference to how many colds I get.

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