Clean Eating 2024 Version 2

purpleivy

MrsStepford said:

Lactose free milk.. We tried it, because it's lower carb than regular milk. Couldn't taste any difference between Lactofree whole milk and regular supermarket whole milk. Husband decided to keep buying it. Yes, it's expensive but most of the dairy we consume is yogurt, soured cream, double cream, crème fraîche, fromage frais, cottage cheese, soft cheese and cheese. It's a relatively small proportion overall. 

I won't touch the own brand part-reconstituted lactose free milks, just the whole milk with lactose enzyme added. 

We have been buying the Lactofree soft cheese recently, as unlike Philadelphia and Boursin, it doesn't contain nasties. 

I’m looking for a dairy lactose free sour cream. Seen one anywhere?  I’m looking into the lactase enzyme drops at present. 

MrsStepford

Must admit that I haven't looked @purpleivy as we buy Bakoma smietana from ASDA which is an 18% fat soured cream with live bacteria cultures. 90p for 175g. Lactose is milk sugar, so in theory the bacteria could munch on the lactose but I suggest asking Bakoma. They would know. 

MrsStepford

On 23 March 2023 the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act became law. This sets us on the slippery slope to genetically modified crops. The worrying thing, that I discovered yesterday, is that gene-edited food won't have to be labelled.

As it is, farmers can feed animals and poultry with GM feed and the resulting eggs, meat and milk doesn't have to be labelled. The only way to avoid second-hand GM is to eat organic or eat food from countries which don't allow GM food. 

Some people will be unconcerned about GM food. A Tory government allowed animal feed manufacturers to render diseased dead sheep with scrapie into animal feed. This led directly to mad cow disease and had unforseen consequences for humans. Don't know if the ban is still in place, but the US banned anyone who had lived here at the time, from donating blood. Surgeons had to use disposable scalpel for brain surgery. There were export bans on beef for many years. Not sure how many people contracted the human equivalent. 

Just yesterday, I read that Alzheimer's can be passed on from dead human donors. 

Consumers should get the choice, our food should be labelled. 

It's unfair , that the poorest people, who need the nutrients, get the worst food and this gene editing makes anyone who eats it, unknowingly,  an experimental guinea pig. 

The border checks for plants and animals entering the UK, come into force today. The facility at Sevington, Ashford is approx 22 miles from Dover and truckers could just ignore it.  

MrsStepford

New Asian supermarket has just opened in Maidstone. They do courier delivery as well for 6.95, minimum order £20, free delivery over £60. Fresh as well as pantry stuff, and organic and vegan items.  https://longdan.co.uk

HouseMartin567

MrsStepford said:

On 23 March 2023 the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act became law. This sets us on the slippery slope to genetically modified crops. The worrying thing, that I discovered yesterday, is that gene-edited food won't have to be labelled.

As it is, farmers can feed animals and poultry with GM feed and the resulting eggs, meat and milk doesn't have to be labelled. The only way to avoid second-hand GM is to eat organic or eat food from countries which don't allow GM food. 

Some people will be unconcerned about GM food. A Tory government allowed animal feed manufacturers to render diseased dead sheep with scrapie into animal feed. This led directly to mad cow disease and had unforseen consequences for humans. Don't know if the ban is still in place, but the US banned anyone who had lived here at the time, from donating blood. Surgeons had to use disposable scalpel for brain surgery. There were export bans on beef for many years. Not sure how many people contracted the human equivalent. 

Just yesterday, I read that Alzheimer's can be passed on from dead human donors. 

Consumers should get the choice, our food should be labelled. 

It's unfair , that the poorest people, who need the nutrients, get the worst food and this gene editing makes anyone who eats it, unknowingly,  an experimental guinea pig. 

The border checks for plants and animals entering the UK, come into force today. The facility at Sevington, Ashford is approx 22 miles from Dover and truckers could just ignore it.  

I’m not qualified to comment on the validity of the bolded statement - although the Alzheimer’s Society has come out and said there is “no cause for concern” - but remember anyone can post anything on the internet and YouTube, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s all true! I understand the desire to be informed and look after one’s health, but constantly reading about what is or isn’t healthy/clean etc can’t be good for your sanity and has the potential to encourage disordered eating (by making yourself paranoid about certain foods and food groups). Not aimed at you specifically MrsStepford, just a general comment.

2childmum2

You can check to see whether dairy is lactose free by checking the sugar content on the packaging. Several 'normal' cheeses have no sugar, (or a very tiny percentage,) so are lactose free. I haven't bought lactose free cheese for a very long time. You could check the soured cream to see the percentage there.
This obviously doesn't work if other sugar containing ingredients have been added!

The Alzheimer's being passed on was in the Guardian yesterday, so not just a social media thing. 

2childmum2

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/29/alzheimers-can-pass-between-humans-in-rare-medical-accidents-suggests-study

Found the link. It was passed on via donated growth hormones

MrsStepford

Personally, I wouldn't rely on the sugar content as being a reliable indication of the absence of lactose. I would prefer to see labelling..

I am wanting to eat the cleanest, most nutritious food that I can. I would choose that over a package holiday in Lanzarote, Kenya or Florida, a flashier car, Pandora jewellery or tickets to gigs, theatre etc. 

On Monday, we ate wild keta salmon (Waitrose offer) and tonight we had rare breed pork belly slices from Mansion Farm in Lincolnshire, with organic mushrooms cooked in cream cheese, sautéed organic leeks, sautéed organic bell peppers and Irish Abernethy truffle butter (unused at Christmas), slathered on organic jacket sweet potato.

I was thrilled that the sweet potato didn't spike my blood glucose on the second time of eating one. Supposedly they are about 80% fibre, which could be why.  

I don't eat sugar, bread, pasta, cereal, anything like that. I can't get away with it. 

Today I downloaded two ebooks of wartime recipes to my Kindle as there were a few recipes that we could use. Some years ago, I snapped up a 1970s Farmers Weekly cookbook and it has simple, filling recipes which we can adapt..

I will be gradually going through my cookbooks. If there are only a few usable recipes I will photocopy or copy them and then sell them.

Recipes that we will be trying soon include broccoli Brazilia, charred leeks, salmon mould, swede gratin and baked celery custard.

weenancyinAmerica

I'm one of those who had to stop giving blood for awhile in the United States because I had spent too many weeks in the British Isles. I don't know if it still is a problem, because other health concerns came up and I haven't given blood since. I too would like to know what I am eating. That is why I am getting ready to start my vegetable gardening again. Haven't had a chance to do it the last two years.

MrsStepford

Sorry to hear that you have health issues @weenancyinAmerica. Great that you are getting back into growing veggies ! 

granoVita vegetable pâté with onions, herbs and spices. 125g ringpull can with a plastic lid so that it can be stored in the fridge. 2.09 at Holland & Barrett but 1.40 at ASDA. Gluten free and vegan. Per 100g: 18.6g fat, 7.1g carbs, (1.4g sugar), 7.7g protein, 0.8g salt. No info on fibre.

Ingredients: Water, 19% onions, non-hydrogenated palm fat, nutritional yeast, potato powder, yeast extract, sea salt, nutmeg, clove, thyme, sustainable palm oil.

Bit carby for me and tasted somewhat salty. Spreadable. Doesn't have a strong flavour. Don't like the palm fat and palm oil or potato powder. Don't think I would buy it again, even at 1.40. Waiting for husband's verdict.