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It is not a mis-use. Bacon is absolutely a processed meat. “Microwave ready meals” are typically just pre-cooked meals prepared for reheating - they’re probabl
by matthewmacleod 7y ago
It is not a mis-use. Bacon is absolutely a processed meat.
“Microwave ready meals” are typically just pre-cooked meals prepared for reheating - they’re probably not the best meals in terms of ingredient quality or cooking methods, and low-quality ones might have some plant starches as filler, but most of them are pretty straightforward.
- ianai 7y agoAnything prepared for the microwave like that is high in sodium. We’re talking over a days worth of sodium all at once. Very far from healthy. Actually, most meat nowadays is injected with huge amounts of sodium. It’s like we’re all eating log term storage foods-even that raw meats.
- matthewmacleod 7y agoOf course there exist low-quality or over-salted meals. But I just took a look in my freezer at two bog-standard ready meals I have there just in case - macaroni and cheese, and a beef lasagne. They’re each about 1.5g of salt, and there’s nothing notable about the ingredients.
- ianai 7y agoAnything more than like 700-900 mg/day is less than ideal. 1.5g leaves you no budget for the rest of the day. (Though some sources say you just need to be below 2.5g. Still, that’s not much higher than 1.5g when we’re talking an entire rest of the day to eat.)
- matthewmacleod 7y agoWhat does “less than ideal” mean? NHS guidelines in the UK are <6g of salt (2400mg sodium) per day. US guidelines are 2300mg. Salt and sodium are not the same; 1.5g of salt is about 600mg sodium, or about 1/4 of the recommended daily limit. That seems entirely reasonable for a main meal.