Feature in Business Post

Transform

Just a quick note to say that there will be a feature in the metro section of the sunday business post on my good self and the work i do.

Hope all are well and really hope the journalist does me justice!!

All the best

t-ha

Transform wrote:

Just a quick note to say that there will be a feature in the metro section of the sunday business post on my good self and the work i do.

Thanks for coming back on that - I'll look out for it!

Dragan

Cheers for letting us know dude, look forward to seeing it!

g'em

Thanks for letting us know Transform, looking forward to perusing it over Sunday brunch (organic oats and natural yoghurt naturally !!!)

cousin_borat

Hopefully it'll be in the online edition. Looking forward to reading it

cousin_borat

Had a read of the online edition (http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=AGENDA-qqqs=agenda-qqqid=14813-qqqx=1.asp) Great article, I think many people will read the first three paragraphs and be started in a thought process where "they can see where they went wrong in the last five, ten, 20 years of their lives". Well done

Mr E

Great article, Transform.... Hopefully everyone interested in the road to fitness will read it.

poobum

well done! didnt know all that supposed good food was as bad as that...

Boru.

Absolutely brilliant stuff! Loved it, in particular your comments on chicken regarding the protein fat ratio.

flywheel

liked the quote from Carol Petrini best

although the sections on modern food production didn't appear to offer any solutions for the issue outlined. re: issues with chicken / wheat / tomatoes / etc.

was it simply the journalist building in a typical scare / fear tactic or a 'silent' recommendation for free-range and organic food / advocating the use of supplements and multi-vitamins

t-ha

Nice one Transform - I could see the strings in the picture though (j/k)!

copacetic

interesting enough, don't like these articles in general though, they give an example of a reasonably healthy days diet (compared to a lot of peoples).
Then say it is terrible and then don't give a clear option, they basically imply don't eat chicken, tomatoes or oranges. what help is that to anyone?

Transforms bit was fine it is just the scare mongering of the article in general that annoys me. Its the kind of thing that gives a brekkie roll, burger king, chipper eating person an excuse for not taking the first step toward a healthier diet..

because_I_can

I've read something very similiar to that before on another site. I may even have typed it

good article and very good to highlight it. you alwasy need to think about your lifestyle if you want to get on.
It can become impossible to eat right in this day and age of processed and profit

copacetic

transform are you tied in to peak centre or do you just use their facilities?
I have a voucher for nutrional and fitness assessments there that I keep meaning to use, do you recommend them?

daveirl

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Dragan

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I don't see why, chicken is quite high in fat. For me it's just a matter of my overall diet.

daveirl

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Dragan

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Ah sorry dude!!!

Em... by organic i assume they mean free range? If so i would believe it...free range eggs have lower fat levels.... i know that much!

t-ha

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It's from Prof Michael Crawford of the London Metropolitan University, although I've been unable to find a published journal paper on the same. I think he used the thigh of the birds - the skinless, boneless breast should still be low in fat.

Still, it's a worrying trend all the same.

cousin_borat

I would see free range chickens having a lower fat content based on the conditions they are farmed. Chicken farms develop/feed them at too high a rate for their legs to keep up, therefore they're immobile and this could be also linked to the higher fat ration in non free range. If you examine the leg of a Free range chicken when cooking it is much slimmer and sturdier => More muscle, less fat. Also mass farmed chickens generally have "Hock Burns" on their legs caused by their legs rubbing off the ammonia because they can't properly support their weight. There was a documentary about this a couple years ago on BBC, this is the only link I can find: http://www.rspca.org.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RSPCA/RSPCARedirect&pg=chickens&marker=1&articleId=1130764908940

TBH I don't want to be going off topic with the cruelty aspect which is another story altogether

Transform

Oi get your own thread and let me have my moment

p.s. www.westonaprice.org for more info on the saturated fat MYTH lots to read

New thread please

cousin_borat

Ha, apologies! Of course this is a purely congratulatory thread

Patto

Good article Transform. I like the pic (strings or no strings:rolleyes:) made it very easy to find;)

Transform

No strings attached - just looked good for the camera. Yoga pose from 3rd series asthanga sequence though the smile was a little forced!

flywheel

Dragan wrote:

Em... by organic i assume they mean free range? If so i would believe it...free range eggs have lower fat levels.... i know that much!

From Food Safety Authority of Ireland:

'Free Range' does not mean organic. Though some conventional farmers raise animals in relatively open conditions (free range), this on its own does not allow for those animals, or any derived food to be labelled as organic. For example, chickens reared in open conditions can be labelled as 'free range' but they may have been treated with antibiotics or been given feed additives which would disqualify them from organic classification. Animal derived food that is labelled organic must have been produced and certified to organic standards that include clearly defined minimum indoor and outdoor areas for use by the animals.

There is also in-depth info from the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on their definition of Free Range in relation to keeping poultry (with some info on the differneces to Organic labelling at the end of the section):
http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodrin/poultry/epfaq.htm#freerang