Obesity

[lazybloke]

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An hour is the time it took me to turn half a swede, most of a bag of carrots, a head of celery, 2 onions, into 1cm dice and get it in a pan. I think my knife skills are reasonable, but it took an hour. It is a big pan of soup. Most people don't want to do this.
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And there lies the problem (or one of them). People not making time to cook.

A person that doesn't make time to cook is prioritising convenience over nutrition. Fine occasionally, but not as a lifestyle.
And if there's no time to cook, then maybe no time for exercise either?

The simple solution is that people need to find a healthier balance of priorities. I could certainly benefit from a small adjustment. Too many need to make much larger adjustments.

The difficulty is in motivating enough people to make this decision.

 

[KnittyNorah]

A person that doesn't make time to cook is prioritising convenience over nutrition.

Not necessarily. It depends what one means by 'cooking' and in addition, there are situations in which a person is unable to cook for perfectly legitimate reasons. It is also perfectly possible to have what is normally referred to as a 'healthy diet' - complete with hot meals - with only very minimal preparation and cooking.

ETA they may also be prioritising how they use their time; as long as a healthy diet is eaten/provided, whether 'cooked' or not, spending worthwhile time with - for example - one's children, or helping a sick friend or neighbour, can scarcely be called poor prioritisation.

 

[winjim]

You can't make time. Time proceeds at the inexorable rate of one second per second*. If I could make time just think of all the things I could do.


*Yeah I know but I'm standing on a ball with fairly constant mass, travelling pretty slowly in the grand scheme of things. Certainly at the same speed as my dinner.

 

[Fab Foodie]

As a hobby?

You must be fun at barbecues. "Do you want those blobs of congealed fat?" (gets out horrible greasy carrier bag) "I collect them (wink)". (Host backs away looking worried)

It keeps me off the streets....

 

[Reynard]

Spot-on! Animal fats are more saturated and in general proportionally longer chained than veg oils and so are also more heat stable....great for roasting - high temp/long time.
I also collect and reuse fats/oils/dripping.

Waste not, want not...

I buy the blocks of beef dripping - the stuff is fabby for chips and roasties.

 

[matticus]

As a hobby?

You must be fun at barbecues. "Do you want those blobs of congealed fat?" (gets out horrible greasy carrier bag) "I collect them (wink)". (Host backs away looking worried)

That's if he's not too busy emptying roadkill out of his Carradice.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Here's a new approach to weight loss. It's a kind of blend of the high-tech and the mediaeval.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/28/new-weight-loss-tool-dentalslim-diet-control