Hi to everybody...I don't believe it...I thought what can I have that isn't too fattening as a treat in the evening, so decided on a small packet of Maltesers...harmless enough I thought...little balls of airy centres surrounded by milk chocolate...not a bloody bit of it!! I've just read the ingredients...amongst the long list is glucose syrup - that's absorbed straight into the body and lays up as fat - and hydrogenated fat...which switches off the chemical telling you you've had enough, and now we know why you tend to keep gobbling those harmless little balls and wondering why they're so darned moreish...:-/
I thought most companies producing biscuits and sweets were doing away with hydrogenated fats in particular because so lethal...it might explain why there's such a massive increase in obesity as well...if you can't stop eating something, you're bound to get damned fat...and it's not because you're weak willed, it's because you're being fed lethal fats that interfere with your body's safeguards against over eating....Why are these ingredients not banned? The medical profession continually puts out now that obesity is a rapidly increasing problem in our society, but I very rarely if ever hear a doctor mentioning the contents of our food might well be responsible for the massive increase and not just plain greed.
It wasn't until I've had to watch my own weight since giving up smoking that I've explored the contents of so many foodstuffs that we consume pretty regularly or buy from time to time. It's scary...the only way I can stop myself from scoffing these Maltesers is to dish out so many for myself each day or whenever I want them during the week, and make sure the larger packet stays downstairs and out of my way. How weird is that? And it's nothing to do with me being greedy or weak willed. They're addictive....
So, my friends, that's it for now, have a good evening, and big hugs to one and all...