Is the obesity/diabetes problem more about the way food is processed?
I’m with you, Lady Felicity. Of course, the first two rather glib answers, probably from people who have never put on any weight and who are convinced they never will, are also correct. But easy come, easy go down. If you know you have actually got to make the food you eat, you are going to make it last a bit longer and be pretty fed up if the family scoffs the things that can last over days, like cake, too quickly. Making it all from scratch, or nearly scratch (let’s have tinned tomatoes with no added salt), requires forward planning (good for mood, feeling you are in control) and the taking of exercise in gardening, shopping and cooking. We used to get a lot more exercise in ordinary daily life. Jobs seem to have expanded to fit time available, and ready-prepared food makes time available. Since getting high blood pressure, I’ve found it difficult to get my job done and find the time and energy to do the amount of exercise I should even though I am motivated. And just in case anyone
