How to avoid Unhealthy Foods

The first thing I do is not buy it or at least I try not too. I do try to eat healthy but I don't always succeed.

I grow fruit and vegetables and we also tend to buy so many of them too that, as I don't like seeing anything go to waste, I usually eat so many of these that I am literally not hungry for junk or packet foods. I like to make my own dishes as well. Mostly, with chocolate, although I like it I don't buy it. It is usually others who buy it for me occasionally. I get cravings but it's usually not handy at the time. My worst is probably high salt intake from that which I add to cooking.

Perhaps the nearest I regularly get is my fish and chips. That's today - yipee. I don't class it as junk but I do over eat on them

I have to point out that most protein bars are very high in sugar or worse, fructose corn syrup. They should be considered candy and consumed as such.

Raw nuts no oil or salt are the healthy sort not peanuts or dry roast etc.

Dont buy into the bottled water companies hype that you need an extra 2 ltrs of water per day that is a misquote from an old WHO report that been exploited for profit.

I agree that planning and cooking from scratch is the best way to go and if you can grow any fruit or vegetables yourself even better.

There are a lot of hidden salt and sugar in sauces, relishes and other condiments. Salt is a cheap flavour boost which is why pre packaged food is full of it.

Artifical sweetners are to be avoided as well they might be less calories but they dont stop your body craving sugar in fact they fool your body into expecting the sugar rush and when it doesnt come you crash.


Point is avoiding un-healthy food isnt easy if you work full time have a limited income of are not able to cook from scratch . We need to stop pretending its weakness on our part and realise that this is big business and government backing that has caused the shops to be full of food that is killing us all..

When looking for my mum I found that raw bars were the best.

I ate three bags of crisps yesterday: I was starving. When I get that hungry I ALWAYS eat crisps. They are an addiction. I also drank a bottle of coca-cola.

Completely unhealthy but utterly delicious.

Cola... Can't stand the stuff.. Ive heard its great for cleaning limescale from toilets though..

The original Coke definitely is. 

I am always disappointed by crisps. I think they are going to be really nice, and the first few are, but then they get boring, and if you have more than one at a time, the congeal, and taste yacky.

I do like the vegetable crisps , thin layers of parsnip beetroot or sweet potato..very tasty

I have never had crisps of any sorts. It looks like I am living a sheltered life lol.

Those are nice, but you have to make them yourself...

Excluding sugars, are crisps the least healthy thing you can eat?

Off the top of my head, I can't think of another that's worse....

I forgot about those. I can never eat those, as I have seen, and cared for these:

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