Attack of the FrankenFoods

Flicking through a cooking magazine my flatmate subscribes to, I came across a full page advert for healthy sugar.

I read with amazement the claims by Aussie company CSR that their new low GI sugar was better for you. Here's an article going into it further.

GI if you are not familiar with it means glycemic index and it’s basically the extent to which blood sugar levels are raised after eating that particular food. Less than 55 is considered to be a food that releases energy slowly while something in the 90’s releases energy very quickly

But just because a food is low GI, doesn't mean it is good for you. A chocolate bar is less than 50, but so is a bunch of grapes. Does that make them equally healthy? Of course not.

This crap was created in a lab with $5.4 million of government funding and is being marketed as “the sweetener for the health conscious”.

Those claims go nicely with margarine's claim to fix cholesterol and marshmallows 'fat free' boast. The creation of these Frankenfoods do nothing to increase our health, but they do increase the $$$ in food companies pockets.

To make matters worse we have nutritionists saying that this sort of thing is a good idea.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, broccoli doesn't have a healthy food claim written all over it because it doesn't need one - we KNOW it's good for us.

Be suspicious of any 'food' that sounds too good to be true.

Well farmed meat, fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds will always be the key to a healthy life.

There are no shortcuts.