Foods that *seem* healthy but are not...

**LimeSlice** · October 24th, 2009, 08:59 PM

Milo has been made using GMO for years now

**Bumperstump Cummerbund** · October 25th, 2009, 03:31 PM

Milo has been made using GMO for years now

What's GMO??

I'm with you Liviam - I though yoghurt and fruit juice were healthy!

I work 40 hours a week, do parties on the weekend, plus church 3 times a week - where the hell am I supposed to get time to make my own snackfoods from organic ingredients?!

It's a conspiracy I tell ya

**Floweryfields** · October 25th, 2009, 04:24 PM

Genetically modified - not sure what the o is - oats maybe?

**Junglemum** · October 25th, 2009, 04:29 PM

Yep, i personally hate 'diet' products too. Aspartame is evil an i will not feed it to myself or my children! The fact that it is only seen as 'safe' at the current consumed level but not in bigger doses does not sit well with me.

LeSnacks are another so called healthy snack.
Baby Yoghurt filled with sugar is another pet peeve of mine.

Sunflower- There are lots of alternatives. My DD has issues with Soy. Most processed food has soy in it, so we have a lot of fresh fruit and veggies as snacks. i also make muffins and biscuits. I have a 5 min muffin recipe i'd be happy to share, so quick and easy. Anzacs are super quick too.

Yoghurt can be healthy. Just choose carefully.

Plain potato chips with just salt added are a 'sometimes' food around here. At least they don't have all the added crap.

Don't get me wrong, we eat junk no and then too, but try and avoid it when we can.

GMO- Genetically Modified Organism.

**LimeSlice** · October 25th, 2009, 04:42 PM

Genetically Modified Organisms...The malt they use is from GM crops

**{sarah}** · October 25th, 2009, 04:44 PM

Juice! And juice bars.... They are so so bad for your teeth & drinking a glass of juice is worth several pieces of fruit in terms of sugars etc.

***Beema*** · October 25th, 2009, 05:51 PM

Juice! And juice bars.... They are so so bad for your teeth & drinking a glass of juice is worth several pieces of fruit in terms of sugars etc.

I completely agree with the juice too, so many people buy a bottle of juice instead of a softdrink and inr eality they both have as much sugar as each other. For us both softdrinks and juice are only an occassional weekend treat.

It actually takes approximately 13 oranges to make a standard glass of orange juice

We do not give DD juice either, she only had in once when MIL gave her pineapple juice when I went to go and get myself a drink

She is a big water drinker and we want to keep it that way

99% of things that are 99% Fat Free and FULL of sugar, and with so many different names for sugar people don't realise...

Breakfast here is only oats or we have the kids weetbix, but DD hasn't eaten them for a while. We don't buy any of the other cereals.

We occassionally have takeout, but at the moment we are lucky if it is once a fornight but a lot closer to once a month, if we do go out I would prefer a "propper dinner" not a paper bag dinner

**AnyDream** · October 26th, 2009, 02:33 PM

5 min muffin recipe, please!!!

**Junglemum** · October 26th, 2009, 02:46 PM

Sure thing!

I'm not home right now, but will post as soon as i get home. I almost know it off the top of my head, but better check.

**sas85** · October 26th, 2009, 02:59 PM

My pet peeve (from when I was still a vego) is the supposedly 'healthy' artificial, processed soy junk they try and palm off to vegetarians (you know what I mean, vegie sausages, etc) Never mind that half the stuff is GM, overprocessed, chemical and that non-fermented soy is loaded with phyto-oestrogens.

Hmmm, also, that white bread they somehow modify to put fibre back into? And, margarine - shudder, it is black when it comes out before they colour it, that can't be good, gave me some whole natural butter anyday. And toasted muesli. Oh it's so good, but so high in fat! Totally agree with you ladies, breakfast cereals are pure junk, plus on the odd occasion where I've had to eat it I get hungry an hour later because my sugar levels drop like a rock. Only porridge and natural muesli in this house

Woop, I'm in danger of ranting

**thepixie** · October 26th, 2009, 03:06 PM

5 min muffin recipe, please!!!

:yeahthat:

**Junglemum** · October 26th, 2009, 03:09 PM

Pretty sure this is it, but it is off the top of my head, i will amend it when i get home if i got it wrong!

Heat oven to 180. grease a muffin tin.

In a mixer (i use a kitchen aid but you could use beaters i am sure) put the following;

125g butter softened. (I just have it out of the fridge for an hour or so)
2 Cups Self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2C sugar- i use brown sugar but any is fine. The original recipe says 3/4C but i find 1/2 just fine.
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp of vanilla- i use a vanilla bean but you don't have to.
2 eggs

Mix until combined and lightens slightly in color.

Stir in about 1-2 cups of what ever fruit you like. I have done apple. peach. Banana. Apple and blueberry (frozen are fine too). apple and sultana. you can use fresh fruit, dried fruit, choc chips, coconut, anything you like.

Spoon in muffin tins and cook at 180 for about 15 min.

Sas- don't even get me started on SOY! You rant away woman.

**Janie** · October 26th, 2009, 03:20 PM

I'm agreeing with pretty much everything in here

. Margarine, diet stuff, almost all cereals, anything marketed as being 'fruit-based, so therefore healthy'. We only have porridge or Vita Brits, although DH sometimes likes Special K

. I was ropeable yesterday because 'someone' at MILs birthday party (I don't know who, no one fessed up) gave DS three glasses of orange juice!!!! Not happy Jan!

Ange, I would love your muffin recipe too, please!

ETA Thanks, I took too long to press post LOL. Yep, Soy is evil and in everything, it drives me nuts!!!!!!

**Nelle** · October 26th, 2009, 03:41 PM

Dips? I have my suspicions that it probably is best to make your own...I hope I'm wrong.

To be honest, I'm not toooo fussed on fat and sugars, it's the chemicals and preservatives that I'm wary of. I can work off fat, burn off sugar, but what can my body do with chemicals?

I do roll my eyes at the fat free stuff loaded with sugar...we need to remember what our bodies turn excess sugars into!

**Astrid** · October 26th, 2009, 03:44 PM

ooh, yes, another one here who is not happy about the use of soy in food.

**Rooey5** · October 26th, 2009, 08:20 PM

Dad used to cook a big pot of porridge in a slow-cooker overnight so we'd have creamy yummy porridge when we woke up for brekky

Otherwise I think we just had Weet Bix and Shredded Wheat. I loved Shredded Wheat! But then we found out I'm gluten intolerant

I agree with the juice rants, I'd much rather eat a piece of fruit than drink a glass of juice.

**Indadhanu** · October 26th, 2009, 08:34 PM

I can work off fat, burn off sugar, but what can my body do with chemicals?

LOVE IT! So true! Nothing 'diet' or 'lite' in this house, better to eat the real stuff in moderation than overload on the fat-free chemical-crap.

We do drink a lot of coke though

Not listening to the evils, its my weakness....

**C~Q** · October 27th, 2009, 08:37 AM

Wow this thread is so interesting.

I think somebody mentioned Nutella? I couldn't believe it when I moved over here and it was being adverstised as a heathy breakfast option!!! Although it prob is better than chock full of sugar jams and things (I eat toast with lime marmalade every morning *hide*).