“There’s no such thing as good and bad foods, just good and bad amounts!”
A lot of sense prevails with these semi- prophetic words of nutrition wisdom from a friend who is the Dieticians Dietician, Dr Trent Watson.
And this was alive and well in a recent trip to a rural nsw town, where the term “I could eat a cow” was often delivered by the eateries. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good feed, but there’s a good feed and then there’s a big feed. And more often than not as consumers the satisfaction is only met by one sense being stimulated – site.
A meal can look good, feel good, smell good, but satisfaction seems only granted when it looks big.
Portion Perfection by Amanda Clarke the temPlate by Watson and Co, are all wonderful observations and attempts to arrest this portion plague that threatens to indulge our Nations bulge.
Check out the size of snack bars these days. Next time you are at the servo take a sneaky peak (like you never did huh?) at how big those suckers have got. They are getting so big that rumour has it that sooner or later you will require a wheelbarrow to cart them to the car.!
And go on, I dare you not to get 2 for $3, and if you do, just have one and save one for later. Yeah right!
As we live in an overpopulated world that is not far away from global food shortages it’s about time we stopped looking at out food and started tasting it again.
Enjoy small amounts of the so-called bad and big amounts of the good stuff. Take away the guilt and remember Watsons’ Wisdom, there are no bad types, its just the amounts.
(Image by Joits)
I’m with ya. Eat less and taste more…yummy!