Should we change our eating habits?

The NHS watchdog NICE is calling for trans-fats - which are often found in biscuits, cakes and fast food - to be eliminated from food in England. Would you welcome such a move?

The artificial fats prolong the shelf life of food - but they have no nutritional value and can damage health.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is also pressing for further reductions in salt and saturated fats. Its experts say 40,000 of the 150,000 annual deaths are "eminently preventable".

Should healthier foods be subsidised? Would you like to see colour coding on food products? Have you recently changed your diet and taken up more exercise?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/haveyoursay/2010/06/should_we_change_our_eating_ha.html

We know it's not good for us when we pick it up off the shelves but it sure does taste good....

I cant really see it making any difference if they do change all the labels etc, people buy and always will buy the food they love the taste of and lets face it, most stuff thats bad for you tastes delicious. People who are on a healthy eating regime chack all the fats and stuff on labels anyway and know what to look out for

i need to change mine
ie get some food in me good or bad for me
plus i just go for what i can afford :dunno:

Id welcome the change with open arm's.......can't see the point adding it if it has no nutritional value and can damage health. Obviously just there like it say's to prolong storage life,,,,,,just have to eat the food quicker

We all know that processed food is not as good for us as fresh produce but it doesn't stop us buying it. Its like livingdoll said, we buy the food we like the taste of and unless I'm on a diet, I don't bother to read the labels.

But I don't agree with this artificial fat being added just to prolong the shelf life. That's for the benefit of the retailer, and not the customer and if its damaging to health, then it should be removed.

Having said all that, we've all done some stuff in our lives that could cause damage to our health and there was nobody to blame but ourselves............................ smoking, drinking to excess, not taking any exercise............but we're only human and as a famous lady once said "You gotta die of something"