MARY-ANNE CHAPMAN
Food blogger
Industrialisation lets us mass produce food and ship it worldwide. Other people sow it, grow it, harvest it, even cook it.
It frees up so much time. Just go to the supermarket and look how much choice there is – incredible! We can even eat what we want and optimise our health. Too many carby crisps? Add a protein shake! Too much caffeine? Swap for a mushroom coffee! The power we have is immense. Calories are just Calories, afterall: a measure of the energy content of food. What can they even tell us? Current legislation allows for a 20% margin of error in the Calories reported on packages.
FACT
A Calorie is the energy it takes to make 1 kg of water 1 oC hotter.
ISSUE
Taking vitamins doesnít seem to work as well as eating foods containing them – scientists aren’t sure why.
QUESTION
Do you know where and how your food is produced?