So U think Vegan is healthy?

[Aractus]

I'm 30.

I make our own bread and with only one and a half teaspoons of sea salt in it.

That's the same amount that is in most fresh bread that you'd get from the bakery (/bakery section in coles and wollies). A tsp is about 5g. Just checked the label on the bread, the sodium content works out to almost exactly 2g of salt in the loaf.

Without the salt it is rather bland. You do need some salt in your diet (red blood cell function et al) and since I do not cook with salt this amount is acceptable.

My aunt loves her salt. She's in her 70's, and she's the one who's gluten intolerant, she loves adding lots of salt to her food. But she also has great blood pressure, so she can get away with it. I doubt she could eat as much salt as she wants, however she can eat quite a bit without it affecting her blood pressure!

Have you checked out the additives lists? Interesting reading. I am more convinced that our food shortages are not due solely to production but distribution issues. Hence all the additives.

I only buy bread that's freshly baked- ie I'll buy the bread either from a bakery or from the bakery section of coles/wollies. Aside from flat "wrap" breads that is, they do contain preservatives, but I eat those occasionally. Usually as veggie-wraps, here's my recipe: onion + carrot + pumpkin, fry in non-stick pan with 1/2 tbsp of olive oil and 1/2 tbsp soy sauce, put fresh avocado + cheese + tomato on wrap, add the cooked veggies and some pepper then toast the wrap to melt the cheese for about 2 minutes. Mmmmm, delicious.

As a single person living alone, my son relies heavily on pre-made frozen meals. Inexpensive, yes.... healthy choice? Not really. This is the reason I mention them, as I had stated, his father relied heavily on take-away (interstate truck driver) and as you can imagine had untold issues late in his life (if you can call being over 45 late).

One of my favourite takaways, which has now been sold to new owners grr, was the one place I could get a schnitzel burger with the lovely chicken meat cooked on the stovetop and not in a deep fryer (nice thick meat as well, not thin and dry tasteless junk that you can get in some places). Everywhere else - every club, every takeaway gives you deep fried schnitzel! So, now I just don't eat schnitzel unless at home.

How old is your son? Truck drivers have little excuse to do with access to healthy foods because they go past plenty of bakery-cafe's and late-night "diners" which can serve them plenty of healthy options, not to mention they can keep fresh fruit in the truck at all times if they want to have something to snack on - you can get fresh fruit from any 7-11 and most servos too. Even the 24/7 Mcdonalds serve healthy options. In fact I was at the 7-11 filling up earlier today and the guy gave me an apple that I guess was looking ready to be thrown out (nothing wrong with it though). The problem, though, could be that because no one sees you in your truck on your route you can eat whatever you want all the time and not have to worry about anyone saying "should you really be eating that pie?"

I also know for a fact that most cafes will make the food the way you want it (and the one's that won't probably aren't worth eating at anyway). Hell, there are people that want their coffees served at 80 degrees and they get catered to! Just because the "big breakfast" comes a certain way doesn't mean you can't have them do it how you want it. It comes as a standard way because that's what most customers want - pretty simple logic really!

Your son though also has the option to buy, say, a cooked chicken and then make salad or cook veggies and reheat the chicken (or have it cold however you want) that takes little to no effort. You can even buy pre-made salad and then just add some vinegar + oil as dressing (or readymade salad dressing). He could also buy a roll of corned beef, cook it and then keep it in the fridge until you're done with it. I love corned beef - I don't eat it much though. He can make vegetable stir fries that will keep for maybe up to a week in the fridge, and simply add the meat when he's ready to eat each serving. He sounds lazy, lol!