Following a similar train of thought, homemade oven chips made using just potatoes and oil are no more ‘processed’ than roast or mashed potatoes prepared from scratch.
There are enough currants and sultanas in a classic homemade fruit cake, for example, for a slice to count as one of your five-a-day.
While fried eggs are higher in calories than poached, eggs are rich in protein, B vitamins, vitamin D and selenium – and frying doesn’t deplete any of that goodness.
If you trim off all the visible fat, unprocessed red meats like beef and lamb can be a healthy choice.
But in practice, studies suggest that cheese eaters often tend to be slimmer and don’t have higher cholesterol levels, despite eating more saturated fat.
A healthy wholemeal loaf has 0.09oz (2.8g) fibre per slice, but that doesn’t make white bread – with 0.03oz (1g) of fibre per slice – bad for you.
While for years full-fat milk was shunned by many in favour of skimmed – and skinny lattes and cappuccinos were all the rage – this mindset has shifted.
Because of their high glycaemic index or GI – the measure of how quickly a carbohydrate releases sugar into the bloodstream – potatoes have often been labelled as less healthy.
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