General Medical issues thread

[TheRealTMA]

Try the price of fish.

Never mind the fish! Frenched Lamb Chops $59/KG.

 

[Pushka]

Never mind the fish! Frenched Lamb Chops $59/KG.

Well yes. But fish is good for you. Lamb is just delicious. In Adelaide Flathead is $50 kilo but saw it in Melbourne markets for $25

 

[Milboo]

Crazy that Tomatoes are more expensive then most fruit at the moment.

Their local growing season was badly affected by weather so there is a short supply.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Well yes. But fish is good for you. Lamb is just delicious. In Adelaide Flathead is $50 kilo but saw it in Melbourne markets for $25

We get Stradbroke flathead for about $30/kg. Good fresh stuff.

We are lucky here with food standards (overall). I read that eating raw fish in Thailand is extremely dangerous with more than 20K people now suffering from liver/kidney cancers from eating raw fish. Sheesh.

 

[love_the_life]

I'm not fussy when it comes to food - any old eye fillet, black truffle and butter just does me fine!
I suppose we are very lucky in that we can afford to buy most things (in very small quantities) and I like to cook.
Not sure it is necessarily good for our health though.

I am a very rare medical profession visitor though am going next week for a bit of a check. :shock:
I had a lot to do with doctors about 25 years ago (and also earlier when I was a toddler) so reckon I can afford to slack off a bit now. If it's going to get me, it will! No point worrying.

 

[whatmeworry]

Well yes. But fish is good for you. Lamb is just delicious. In Adelaide Flathead is $50 kilo but saw it in Melbourne markets for $25

Didn't see any flathead at Footscray Market, but plenty varieties in the $16-22 range IIRC. Shall keep a lookout next time for a price point.

Their local growing season was badly affected by weather so there is a short supply.

That's what I mean. With the Cyclone, most of the tomatoes were wiped out but Bananas were spared.

Although I take various vitamins for my health, but nothing beats the source stuff. Always pleased this time of year with Cherries from California.

I worked with one guy that would only eat things that were locally in season.

 

[love_the_life]

Oops. Wrong thread.

Oops, perhaps too many free coughtails on the package already???:mrgreen:
No. that's just plain mean of me.

 

[Pushka]

Oops, perhaps too many free coughtails on the package already???:mrgreen:
No. that's just plain mean of me.

Jealous more like. . And that is definitely mean of me.

 

[Flying mermaid]

The message used to be five serves of fruit a day but that's changed to vegetables. Fruit contains a lot of sugar.

I hate this "serve" concept. It is so unscientific. What is wrong with 5 x 50g, or 3 x 75g or whatever it is. Then you would know exactly how much you are supposed to eat. I have big hands, so is my handful of cherries, one serve or two?

 

[AisleSeat]

I hate this "serve" concept. It is so unscientific. What is wrong with 5 x 50g, or 3 x 75g or whatever it is. Then you would know exactly how much you are supposed to eat. I have big hands, so is my handful of cherries, one serve or two?

Haha, because I'm sitting here with a 475ml tub of ice cream and it says "Servings per pack: 5" and the tub is half gone just this evening.

 

[drron]

Very little real evidence to suggest vitamin supplements are worthwhile unless you have a proven deficiency.
They do best in nature's original packaging.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/...myth-why-we-think-we-need-supplements/277947/

 

[cove]

I think of vitamins as helping to produce expensive wee.
We tend to have flu shots in both the northern hemisphere and locally and all good for us.

 

[Flashback]

And the other downside is I am not allowed to turn up the volume knob past the 10 o'clock position in my own home!!!. Surround sound is not surround sound without high dynamic range. I was told that it's bad for my ears......

Just like the UK.. As houses are too close together. It is one of the few things I miss about Aus!

 

[Pushka]

Very little real evidence to suggest vitamin supplements are worthwhile unless you have a proven deficiency.
They do best in nature's original packaging.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/...myth-why-we-think-we-need-supplements/277947/

Vitamin D is the issue for me. Deficient even at the end of a summer. An uninformed GP said to get more sunshine. I am fair skinned and burn very easily and fathers face (whom I take after) was a sad patchwork of surgeries for skin cancer and had lost an out ear form it (thanks to stupid naval caps worn on an aircraft carrier for years). I'm on a high concentrate liquid Vit D but just make it into the normal range even so. Common with auto immune stuff.

 

[love_the_life]

I hate this "serve" concept. It is so unscientific. What is wrong with 5 x 50g, or 3 x 75g or whatever it is. Then you would know exactly how much you are supposed to eat. I have big hands, so is my handful of cherries, one serve or two?

There is a formula for what a constitutes a serve.
https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/food-essentials/how-much-do-we-need-each-day/serve-sizes

 

[Flying mermaid]

There is a formula for what a constitutes a serve.
https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/food-essentials/how-much-do-we-need-each-day/serve-sizes

that is very useful! So as far as fruit and vegetables go serves are equivalent in kj, but not in grams. 75g of vegetables and 150g of fruit. Now I will be weighing everything for the next couple of weeks Much more useful than things I have seen before (handfuls and size of a baseball).

 

[Quickstatus]

They do best in nature's original packaging.

You can now get peeled orange boxed in a clear disposable plastic box (USA)
So they peel the orange skin and replace it with a clear plastic box

 

[MEL_Traveller]

There is a formula for what a constitutes a serve.
https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/food-essentials/how-much-do-we-need-each-day/serve-sizes

Interesting - but seems out of touch with what the consumer needs? At least for me. I dunno... do people actually measure out and eat 1/4 of a cup of breakfast cereal? Most people would pour out a fair bit more than that. A chocolate bar is designed to be eaten in one go... why make it 2.3 serves? I'm pretty sure the labeling suits manufacturers, not consumers

 

[love_the_life]

Interesting - but seems out of touch with what the consumer needs? At least for me. I dunno... do people actually measure out and eat 1/4 of a cup of breakfast cereal? Most people would pour out a fair bit more than that. A chocolate bar is designed to be eaten in one go... why make it 2.3 serves? I'm pretty sure the labeling suits manufacturers, not consumers

I don't think it so much the labelling as it is the package sizing for things like chocolates/sweets/yoghurts etc which are usually consumed in one sitting by one person. If the food was packaged in the appropriate single serve size, it would look very small on the shelves and consumers would be inclined to buy larger packs. With regard to things like cereals, the problem is that we tend to eat much more than needed.
Interestingly there was an experiment on a tv show about the amount of food to feed your dogs. Owners were asked to pour out the correct amount of dry food for their dog. Almost without fail, the amounts were way too much, in some cases over twice what was recommended. I think we have fallen into the same mindset and have a real problem with appropriate serving size. I think basically we need to eat less (and I am including myself front and centre here as well).

 

[Pushka]

Well clearly we aren't supposed to measure sizes but it gives an idea of portion size. Meat no bigger than the size of your hand.