“Modern women know 25 per cent more recipes than mothers of the 1970s and '80s did, and also like experimenting with exotic foreign meals.
The survey found that they still favour British cuisine, such as roast dinners and chicken casserole, but also prepare more difficult international dishes like Mexican fajitas, Chinese stir-fry and chicken tikka masala”.
“The findings completely dispel the myth that today’s mums aren’t particularly into their food, and have other priorities they consider more important than cooking,” the Daily Mail quoted spokesman Emma Gray as saying. Modern women 'better cooks than their mothers' - Indian Express
I read the news above a while ago. Some people make surveys just to please today’s mummys. Keeping in mind what all was said in the news above I see a whole lot of changes in the world today than the 70’s and 80’s.
My mother does not live today. But if she did I could prove otherwise. I thank her for my healthy living until I went abroad. While in London I had to put up with what was available. I can say the food I ate was neither healthy nor delicious. Most of the dishes cooked in plenty of oil, salt added and of course MSG.
No wonder I bloated sideways just after six months. Then I learned to cook myself from my mother. She wrote many letters telling me how to cook during the 70’s and 80’s. Many of my friends enjoyed the recipes my mother taught me.
Today any dick, tom and harry can easily find recipes on the Internet. Even I can make all those dishes like Mexican fajitas, Chinese stir-fry and chicken tikka masala” and more but I just don’t. I eat to live.
I have never encouraged my children with such food. From the day a child is born it is the duty of every parent to see, nutritious and healthy food is made acvailable to them.
My mother was born in 1920 never heard of the Internet, died in 2006. She never suffered from any illness.
What she served us at every meal was so delicious and healthy food. We never heard of Cancer, Diabetes, Flu, Dengue and most other modern day illnesses.
Britain and USA have largest population of fat children, men and women than any Asian country. Are these surveys paying any attention to such established facts? Well they have the right to their opinion but whether it’s correct is the big question.
Modern women has a lot more resources available than their mothers or grandmothers.
Hence it is much easier to specialize in cooking if they put the effort.
With all the resourses of modern day the number of hospitals with thousands of patients getting in there shows that more resources alone does not contribute to healthy food.
Most illnesses start with that one puts into his or her belly.
More facts on food: Key facts
Worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980.
In 2008, 1.5 billion adults, 20 and older, were overweight. Of these over 200 million men and nearly 300 million women were obese.
65% of the world's populations live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight.
Nearly 43 million children under the age of five were overweight in 2010.
Obesity is preventable.
Facing a double burden of disease
Many low- and middle-income countries are now facing a "double burden" of disease.
While they continue to deal with the problems of infectious disease and under-nutrition, they are experiencing a rapid upsurge in non-communicable disease risk factors such as obesity and overweight, particularly in urban settings.
It is not uncommon to find under-nutrition and obesity existing side-by-side within the same country, the same community and the same household.
Children in low- and middle-income countries are more vulnerable to inadequate pre-natal, infant and young child nutrition at the same time; they are exposed to high-fat, high-sugar, high-salt, energy-dense, micronutrient-poor foods, which tend to be lower in cost. These dietary patterns in conjunction with low levels of physical activity, result in sharp increases in childhood obesity while under nutrition issues remain unsolved.
The food industry can play a significant role in promoting healthy diets by:
Reducing the fat, sugar and salt content of processed foods
Ensuring that healthy and nutritious choices are available and affordable to all consumers;
Practicing responsible marketing;
Ensuring the availability of healthy food choices and supporting regular
LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks
Reply With Quote
