For someone who doesn't really understand much science, I was fascinated (if also a bit perturbed) by the info given in The Secrets of our food (bbc2) It was shown on Fri but I was out, so only caught up last night. I don't like to consider how yeast works, I'm a bit squeamish. But the whole programme really was interesting and informative and today I will be trying to purchase veggie sources of omega 3. I was also pleased to note how beans on toast is an excellent example of combining grain and protein. When investigating diet in preparation for raising children for whom I wasn't going to cook meat, I discovered the value of combining certain foods. Vit c, for example, increases iron absorption, so a kiwi fruit after scrambled egg means we get 7 times the amount of iron than if just eating the egg.
Worth a watch if you get chance and are also interested in what we feed ourselves :-)
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