Comments on: Healthy eating != bruschetta-eating http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/ The idle musings of John B Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:27:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: The Blog Digest digested: Chapter 6 - Chicken Yoghurt http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/comment-page-1/#comment-32547 The Blog Digest digested: Chapter 6 - Chicken Yoghurt Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:58:43 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/#comment-32547 [...] April 2006 – John Band: Healthy eating!= bruschetta-eating Forget Jamie Oliver. John Band’s a lot less infuriating. Here he is with some advice for eating on a budget. And he’s offering to come round and cook your tea. [...] [...] April 2006 – John Band: Healthy eating!= bruschetta-eating Forget Jamie Oliver. John Band’s a lot less infuriating. Here he is with some advice for eating on a budget. And he’s offering to come round and cook your tea. [...]

]]> By: IamAnorexicB/cImPoorDammit!!!!! http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/comment-page-1/#comment-30405 IamAnorexicB/cImPoorDammit!!!!! Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:38:42 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/#comment-30405 Sure the healthy stuff was cheaper than the nuggets and whatnot, as far as YOU say. But, how long does it last? If you get paid every so often and don't know when you'll have money again or how much it will be, when u go shopping, u have 2 get what u can to make last AS LONG as u can!! I thought I was 2 poor 2 eat before, but b/c of medical reasons 4 a child over here there's even LESS food leftover. I've lost 120 pounds in 2 years b/c I can't afford 2 eat, I only pray I can keep going with no food b/c I need 2 take care of these kids and GOD FREAKING KNOWS there's is like NOTHING 4 me 2 eat here!!!!! I just want the kids 2 be happy and healthy and no, I don't stuff them with junk, don't even keep soda in the house. IT IS EXTREMELY HARD, in MY opinion, where I live, to be able to make healthy food stretch. Fruits and veggies only last so long when u don't have any cash left. All I gotta say is, the Gov't. needs 2 be a little more lenient as to who can and can't have food stamps b/c we sure frickin' need them, like bad!!!!! Oh, but we "make 2 much"..MAKE 2 MUCH?!?!?! Then why are my Hubs and I starving like frick!!!?!?!? Sure the healthy stuff was cheaper than the nuggets and whatnot, as far as YOU say. But, how long does it last? If you get paid every so often and don’t know when you’ll have money again or how much it will be, when u go shopping, u have 2 get what u can to make last AS LONG as u can!!

I thought I was 2 poor 2 eat before, but b/c of medical reasons 4 a child over here there’s even LESS food leftover. I’ve lost 120 pounds in 2 years b/c I can’t afford 2 eat, I only pray I can keep going with no food b/c I need 2 take care of these kids and GOD FREAKING KNOWS there’s is like NOTHING 4 me 2 eat here!!!!! I just want the kids 2 be happy and healthy and no, I don’t stuff them with junk, don’t even keep soda in the house. IT IS EXTREMELY HARD, in MY opinion, where I live, to be able to make healthy food stretch. Fruits and veggies only last so long when u don’t have any cash left.

All I gotta say is, the Gov’t. needs 2 be a little more lenient as to who can and can’t have food stamps b/c we sure frickin’ need them, like bad!!!!! Oh, but we “make 2 much”..MAKE 2 MUCH?!?!?! Then why are my Hubs and I starving like frick!!!?!?!?

]]> By: Natural Leap http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/comment-page-1/#comment-19600 Natural Leap Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:09:37 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/#comment-19600 Hate to tell you how correct you are. What boggled my mind was seeing many of these patients come for help at a clinic I worked in as a health professional. After giving them the educating and sometimes even a $ subsidy they would still continue to complain about the cost of the food but not worry about the cigarette/booze cost??!! One other discovery was that most didn't like to cook. When you are cooking from scratch with fresh food it does take prep work in the kitchen. It is much easier to tear open a pouch or nuke a dinner vs actually chopping and baking a meal:-)) Excellent post...Di Hate to tell you how correct you are. What boggled my mind was seeing many of these patients come for help at a clinic I worked in as a health professional. After giving them the educating and sometimes even a $ subsidy they would still continue to complain about the cost of the food but not worry about the cigarette/booze cost??!! One other discovery was that most didn’t like to cook. When you are cooking from scratch with fresh food it does take prep work in the kitchen. It is much easier to tear open a pouch or nuke a dinner vs actually chopping and baking a meal:-))

Excellent post…Di

]]> By: Banditry » Blog Archive » Indians and drugs http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/comment-page-1/#comment-11295 Banditry » Blog Archive » Indians and drugs Fri, 25 May 2007 16:21:15 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/#comment-11295 [...] Now, while gibbering loons and farmers everywhere bemoan and bewail the presence of supermarkets in the west, it’s clear that they’ve massively improved the quality and availability of food. Even if you’re very poor indeed in the UK, you can afford to eat well as long as you live within reach of a supermarket, even quite a crap one. [...] [...] Now, while gibbering loons and farmers everywhere bemoan and bewail the presence of supermarkets in the west, it’s clear that they’ve massively improved the quality and availability of food. Even if you’re very poor indeed in the UK, you can afford to eat well as long as you live within reach of a supermarket, even quite a crap one. [...]

]]> By: Harold http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/comment-page-1/#comment-1098 Harold Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:09:09 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/#comment-1098 They probably eat what they eat because they like it. What one likes can be influenced by class and by other things. The real question, in my view, is: If one isn't to deep fry one's Mars bar, how is one supposed to fry it? They probably eat what they eat because they like it. What one likes can be influenced by class and by other things.

The real question, in my view, is: If one isn’t to deep fry one’s Mars bar, how is one supposed to fry it?

]]> By: James Hamilton http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/comment-page-1/#comment-185 James Hamilton Tue, 16 May 2006 19:38:43 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/#comment-185 Welcome back - good to have your stuff online again. As for the topic at hand, Michael Marmot's "Status Syndrome" addresses some, if not all, of David Gillies point - well worth a couple of anyone's hours. Welcome back – good to have your stuff online again. As for the topic at hand, Michael Marmot’s “Status Syndrome” addresses some, if not all, of David Gillies point – well worth a couple of anyone’s hours.

]]> By: David Gillies http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/comment-page-1/#comment-184 David Gillies Tue, 16 May 2006 17:54:36 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/#comment-184 If you analyse why people are poor in affluent societies, a large part of the blame can be laid on poor lifestyle choices (early pregnancy, early departure from education, smoking, lottery scratchcards, etc). It's unsurprising that the lower down the socio-economic scale you go, the less healthy is the diet (statistically, of course: no doubt there are poor people who don't conform to this). I fear this is probably as close to an intractable social problem as you're likely to find. From the point of view of food prep time, cooking in bulk and freezing is my solution. Plus once you get a few recipes and techniques under your belt, you can whip up some great dishes in no time at all. I can go from raw ingredients to the best macaroni cheese you've ever tasted in 25 minutes. If you analyse why people are poor in affluent societies, a large part of the blame can be laid on poor lifestyle choices (early pregnancy, early departure from education, smoking, lottery scratchcards, etc). It’s unsurprising that the lower down the socio-economic scale you go, the less healthy is the diet (statistically, of course: no doubt there are poor people who don’t conform to this). I fear this is probably as close to an intractable social problem as you’re likely to find.

From the point of view of food prep time, cooking in bulk and freezing is my solution. Plus once you get a few recipes and techniques under your belt, you can whip up some great dishes in no time at all. I can go from raw ingredients to the best macaroni cheese you’ve ever tasted in 25 minutes.

]]> By: Jasper Milvain http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Jasper Milvain Sat, 22 Apr 2006 20:00:20 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/#comment-74 Lucky for us, the Medical Research Council funded a study of deep-fried Mars bar sales, and the press release is at http://www.mrc.ac.uk/public-news_17_december_2004 Lucky for us, the Medical Research Council funded a study of deep-fried Mars bar sales, and the press release is at http://www.mrc.ac.uk/public-news_17_december_2004

]]> By: ill man http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/comment-page-1/#comment-44 ill man Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:49:35 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/#comment-44 How perceptive of Julie to notice that we eat deep fried mars bars in Scotland. I may be wrong, but I think someone did it once as a bet and the story just grew legs. Either that we're all at it. Ten a day, every chippy in the land churning them out for young and old alike. I can't tell anymore. maybe they sell them pre-battered in the shops................. How perceptive of Julie to notice that we eat deep fried mars bars in Scotland. I may be wrong, but I think someone did it once as a bet and the story just grew legs. Either that we’re all at it. Ten a day, every chippy in the land churning them out for young and old alike. I can’t tell anymore. maybe they sell them pre-battered in the shops……………..

]]> By: Jez http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Jez Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:23:42 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2006/04/11/healthy-eating-bruschetta-eating/#comment-37 There's the obvious heavy marketing that plays a role in poor diet among the less well-off, as Jim says. But I reckon it really is the simple fact that cooking from scratch is seen by too many people as being too much effort. They don't necessarily have to be working long hours, it's just that too many people only want something that's quick and easy. Convenience is everything - and that's not just for people who happen to be "working class" or "poor". There’s the obvious heavy marketing that plays a role in poor diet among the less well-off, as Jim says. But I reckon it really is the simple fact that cooking from scratch is seen by too many people as being too much effort. They don’t necessarily have to be working long hours, it’s just that too many people only want something that’s quick and easy. Convenience is everything – and that’s not just for people who happen to be “working class” or “poor”.

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