Jump on the bandwagon? Me? Oh you bet. I’ve tried it all. I’ve eaten low fat, no fat, low carbs, sugar free blah blah blah. And right now I’m over it. Over the lot of it. There are a few reasons:

all that means it’s just more processed and less actually “foodie”

it tends to be more expensive and more heavily packaged

it tastes (as Radio Boy so succinctly puts it) “like arse”

it hasn’t helped me lose weight

So I’m not doing it any more. No counting kilojoules. No looking at fat content.

I’ve always been a label reader, so now I’m looking for other stuff like sodium content, and how many things that I can’t actually pronounce that are in the stuff they’re trying to pass off as food.

I mean, this whole “low fat” thing has become a joke. There’s this chocolate spread that advertises itself as having less fat than peanut butter and less sugar than jam. So let’s look at this: peanut butter is, oh I don’t know, 90% fat or something ridiculous. It doesn’t pretend not to be. Jam, I do know, if it’s made properly, is 50% sugar. So this chocolate spread stuff is…what? 55% fat and 45% sugar? It could well be. The ads would still be honest and the boobs eating it can pretend it’s in some way good for them.

I’ve learned that stuff that promises it’s low in fat tends to be full of sugar. Stuff that promises it’s low in carbs has ramped up the fats. All sorts of fats.

And that brings me to eating stuff with fat in it. Be selective but go for the Omegas. 3 and 6 are called essential fatty acids for a reason. We need them. Skin, hair, choloesterol balance. It’s all good. They also help with inflammatory problems like arthritis and to help overcome depression. Plus they make things taste nicer. Go with oil fish like salmon. Go with nuts. Go with flax seeds (remember to grind them up first). The really bad fat, the one you don’t want, is trans fat. That’s the one associated with cancer and heart disease. Okay, fat is an energy intensive food, so it needs to be limited, but it isn’t the devil itself.

Carbohydrates can be a really important part of your diet. But again you have to be careful. Too much of the simple sugars like alcohol and, well, sugar, seem to backfire, giving you a brief lift before dropping you right in the dirt, but a good balance of carbos will help with your serotonin levels, and that’s going to make you feel good.

Well, that’s all for today. Not a very inspired blog. I hope you all have a great day. I really appreciate the comments you leave on my blog. It really makes me feel like I’m part of a community. I hope you like the picture of my cat Tiger. I made her go a funny colour because she’s a funny cat.