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My3Sons 
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 12:54pm |
Has anyone else been watching this series? (TV 3, Tuesdays at 8) I have found it really interesting, and it seems to be pretty factual. I definetly wont be microwave thawing anything in glad wrap again!! And I thought the info on packaging was so true, I certainly would have thought "Lite" chips would contain less fat than any other type. Will be reading the packaging a bit closer from now on!!
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 1:09pm |
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I never saw it, what was it about the glad wrap. Did it leech out chemicals into the food?
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 1:11pm |
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I couldn't believe that people were microwaving glad wrap, I never had I just assumed it would melt.
I haven't seen the serious as it clashes with Hells kitchen, I did see a bit of the fish one though which has put me off fish for life.
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 1:12pm |
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I watched it. Gladwrap is okay. It is the wrap that the supermarkets and meat places use that isn't. Cause they use a special kind so that it doesn't let the meat go brown, rip easily etc. Apparently that stuff when heated in the microwave - like you do when you defrost meat - that is bad. It leaches chemicals into the food. However it did say that the levels were low. Once wouldn't be a problem but continued use is bad.
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 1:17pm |
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Great program, am really enjoying it. Not teaching me anything I didn't know but like how it just gives you information and lets you make up your own mind.
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 1:18pm |
I caught bits of it.
I was happy to see Tupperware had a good rating 
I liked the 1 a few weeks ago where they compared frozen veges to fresh....turns out frozen is just as good, so we have switched to a lot of frozen as we never finish all of it before it goes yuck.
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 1:20pm |
some other plastics also can leach the same chemical into food too, esp if heated and/or if the food is fatty... it is also the same as the plastic coating on the inside of tin cans. (the same too with the plastic baby bottles)
it was a very interesting episode but i guessed the weight watchers would be fattier and also that the fruit biscuits contained more sugar... i'm a label reader!
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 2:16pm |
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Bizzy - I was lost with the WW thing. Cause I "think" they asked whether WW has more kilojoules or not, not whether they had higher fat.... is that right? Cause they could be higher in kilojoules but lower in fat couldn't they? And therefore still the healthier option.... maybe? I don't know - just wondering....
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 2:32pm |
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i never used to put gladwrap in but got told and shown it was ok so do when defrosting meat(weirdly I would never put my own gladwrap in there though! ..i never defrosted it on the bench or the fridge when pregnant due to the listeria risk so defrosted it in the microwave... :(!!! I saw the ad about baby bottles? what did that say? yeah I watch Hell's Kitchen instead too:)
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 2:38pm |
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they might be the healthier option, and you could be right about them asking about kilojoules... not many people i know worry about kilojoules!
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 2:55pm |
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DH and I are really enjoying this show. It tells you the facts with no bias and lets you make your own decsions about things. It fantastic.
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 3:42pm |
I love this show and watched it yesterday. I knew about Gladwrap thing and never used it in Microwave. But what worried me a bit is the baby bottle and other plastic Container thing....I dont think I will be heating any thing in plastic here on. And watch the "7" in each plastic container!!
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 6:09pm |
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And hidden sugars in things as i am finding out with ahving been diagnosed type 2 diabetes
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 8:48pm |
 Bizzy wrote:
they might be the healthier option, and you could be right about them asking about kilojoules... not many people i know worry about kilojoules! |
but on the WW program the way you work out your points is from the kilojoules and the fat content
thats the basic idea of weight loss, you consume and/or burn more kilojoules than you take in/absorb
One thing WW has taught me is to read the labels
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 8:49pm |
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I always defrost my meat in the fridge the night before anyway
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Posted: 06 August 2008 at 8:58pm |
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it has made me think that despite the diet not having a lot of variety, our grandparents lived so much more healthy, with basic - not fiddled with - food.
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Posted: 07 August 2008 at 8:25am |
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and the generations and generations before them. Our bodies aren't designed to deal with all the fiddled with food.
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Posted: 07 August 2008 at 8:48am |
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Back to WW food again, when I did the program about 3-4 years ago, I was shocked to find that often the ww products were higher in points than the same thing in another brand.
I know Tuna and Fries were an example, and museli bars.... Very interesting I thought and a great way fro WW to make more money!
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Whats REALLY in our food?
