What happens when we eat refined sugars:
Weight gain and obesity: Sugar is calorie-dense and lacks essential nutrients. Overconsumption can lead to an increase in calorie intake, potentially contributing to weight gain and obesity.
Type 2 diabetes: High sugar intake is linked to an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes....
Food safety during the holiday season is crucial, and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has some key insights to ensure both a safe Christmas and minimal food waste. Here’s the lowdown:
To prevent food poisoning and maintain freshness, store raw meat and fish on the bottom fridge shelf, separately from...
In light of the shocking outcome of the Commons vote regarding free school meals... some wonderful Dorset restaurants and cafes are offering free packed lunches or meals to children that need them over half term.
To order your children’s meal please contact the business directly
Swanage Bakery, Swanage 01929422594
The...
Volunteers from Bournemouth and Poole Greenpeace visited ten Tesco stores across the conurbation to reimagine a scene from Greenpeace’s new animation, Monster , in which a jaguar turns up in a boy’s kitchen to tell him about the destruction of his forest home for industrial meat production. Greenpeace volunteers took photos...
Thankfully Fawlty Towers is no longer an accurate portrayal of the British hospitality industry and is now just a (very) funny TV series. Nowadays, fancy restaurants aren’t hives of snobbery, they are simple, unpretentious and concentrate their efforts on creating superb, mouth-watering food accompanied by impeccable service. That, in...
New app to help people eat the right portions to get to 5 a dayWhilst most people are aware of the 5-a-day message, studies show they are less aware of portion sizes and the need for variety.Official figures suggest that only a third of UK adults and 12% of...
In 1976, we ate more than we do today. So why are we fatter?
When I saw the photo, I could scarcely believe it was the same country. The picture of Brighton Beach in 1976 featured in the Guardian a few weeks ago appeared to show an alien race. Almost everyone was...
1. Freshen up
Put stale bread in the microwave for 10 seconds for a quick refresh.
2. Re-hydrate
Sprinkle a little water over stale bagels or pittas, and pop in the oven at 180°C for a few minutes to be delicious once more.
3. Prep packed lunches
Prepare a whole loaf-load of sandwiches...
One has to have their eyes well and truly focused and alert these days. Like buying a vegetarian pizza for instance.
What do we have here @LidlGB ham on a vegetarian pizza? ???? pic.twitter.com/FfB2uWBVmS— Sophie Cridland (@sophicridland) March 15, 2023
Then this from Lidl almost instantly
And since March 16th absolutely...
Went into hotel ********* restaurant and waited next to a kind of rostrum where they show you to a table, and noticed this little note doubtlessly left by the duty manager. Bit careless to leave it in plain sight of customers, I thought....
Martin Ison
Of course the humour starts here:
"NEVER...
