We love the fact that so many people are much more informed about food now. Recent years have highlighted that many previously avoided foods are now important for a healthy and wholesome diet.
FAT has so often been slated and yet we are now being made aware of the healthy fats which we actually need to help support a balanced diet.
If you remember having margarine in your sandwiches and being told to avoid butter, then you’re probably happily using butter now and enjoying the taste far more! A quote (from this month’s Waitrose Food magazine) is that “research shows that when fat consumption goes down, sugar consumption goes up”. We actually NEED fat to keep us nourished, feeling satiated and to ensure we don’t fill up on calorific, sugary foods too much.
Healthy fats are to be found in 5 key foods. We love all of these foods at Munchy seeds and like to include them in our daily menu:-
If you enjoyed this, you can read more about a balanced weekly diet in our ‘Hello Autumn’ blog here