I'm so glad to see that there are so many people on here who are able to use their own common sense rather than blindly falling for advertising hype. And those of you who have been listeningg to the hype in the past are open minded enough to reconsider.
I don't think I have ever bought margarine. I have always been suspiscious of it. Same goes for a lot of those so-called healthier products. Like low-fat, egg (and flavour-) free mayo,...
I am forever shaking my head at my in-laws who tell me how unhealthy my diet is, because I use real butter, have real sugar in my tea, I eat my christmas turkey with the skin on, I drink full cream (organic, unhomogenised) milk.
They however, eat cholesterol lowering margarine, drink diet soft-drinks, throw out the skin on the turkey (sacrilege if you ask me), drink no-fat milk with a gazillion of so-called vitamins added...
The clencher is, they constantly tell me how fattening all that stuff is, yet, they are the ones who are obese. Might I suggest it's the biscuits, cheesecakes, icecreams, puddings, etc. that they have multiple times a week.
They criticise me for salting my food while they happily tuck into a bowl of Smiths Crisps. Hello, what do you think is on those???
I strongly believe in eating foods that have been processed as little as possible. Of course I have processed stuff in the fridge and pantry, too. But the bulk of our diet is fresh meat, poultry, fish, vegetables and fruit.
I rather chop up some banana to add to my oats when making porridge, than buying the flavoured sachets. Can you believe that my MIL had to ask me how to make porridge??? Shouldn't it be the other way around? She grew up at a time that didn't know microwave porridge sachets.
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