Do you ever ponder on food and health
reports and wish you lived in a different age… preferably 50 years ago? Current
views are that brown toast, potatoes and parsnips are no longer considered good
for us. It is reported that they cause cancer together with a list of other
ailments. Apparently starchy food should
be cooked golden yellow to cut our intake of a possible cancer-causing
chemical. Is there anything these days that doesn’t bring on
cancer? There was no mention in the report that we would have to eat almost 400
slices of burnt toast to encourage those cancer cells to work.
Years ago we were advised to eat
burnt toast because there was something in it (I believe it was carbon but I’m
not sure) that was good for our digestive system.
I
wonder how I have lasted this long since chips, roast potatoes and toast have
been part of my diet for a lifetime! Not so much parsnips, so perhaps I am safe
from something. The good news is that I haven’t eaten bread or toast for some
time so I might well be able to look ahead to some reasonable health.
Quite honestly, I get tired of
hearing that this and that is harmful. We got on awfully well before scientists
got to work although, admittedly, people died at younger ages. These days
people seem scared over the least little thing and will run to see the doctor –
or they would if they could get an appointment. Three weeks is the norm where I
live and people complain bitterly. Why? Because it is their right to see a
doctor and they want to see him immediately, never once thinking that sheer
numbers of unnecessary visits are responsible for the current situation. Got a
cold? Go see the doc! Unnecessary when, in many cases a visit to the chemist
would provide them with the necessary medication. Oh, I forgot.... buying from the chemist costs money whereas here in the UK getting a prescription from the doctor comes free!
Well, I’m doing my bit to alleviate
the pressure on doctors but that’s only because there’s no need to pay him a
call. I guess one day I will join the crowd and demand an early appointment. I
shall have a lot more to say then!
