Food Investigators on SBS

The Food Investigators series started last Wedensday on SBS at 7:30pm. I wasn't home on Wednesday night - so I just watched it just now - online at sbs.com.au. (One of the things I love about SBS is that if I miss something I know I can see it later, fast AND free).

But back to the show: the host, Dr Renee Lim is perfect. She's likeable, cheerful, eloquent and smart. The look of the show is bright, the segments are short, sharp and informative and the analysis seems quite well balanced. Basically, I really enjoyed it - the 'average Joe' (Joe Avati) is a little annoying in that he tends to over-act - but it was episode one after all and he will hopefully warm into the role.

Basically the show is great. Much better than channel 9's What's Good For You which just happens to be on at excactly the same time. WGFY seems to fluff around with time-consuming and uneccesary graphics and annoying music - and the show doesn't excactly wear its commercial interests on its sleeve; some segments are just advertisements for products cleverly disguised as 'health' advice.

Another annoyance about WGFY is that if I want to watch it later online I have to suffer through the advertisements - something SBS has not yet introduced to its online content (- though it's only a matter of time).

I'll be watching Food Investigators again - and so will you if you know what's good for you.

MORE bacon?!!

Everyone knows (though they might like to tell themselves otherwise) that junk-food is bad for us. Of course the massive rise in obesity in Australia and around the world has meant that fast-food restaurants have had to change their tactics somewhat. For example McDonald's has healthy choice options and Subway of course is touted to be the "healthy" fast-food *couph couph*.

You can even find inspiring images like this on the McDonald's website;


But what I really love is that whilst all the other fast-foodies are rushing to become the healthiest and the leanest and the most fat-free - good old KFC is just adding more bacon. The latest treats from KFC include a "pocket" that has a piece of chicken, a hash brown, some bacon, maybe some cheese, perhaps some whipped cream ... - I digress.

Basically, I think it's honourable (-as honourable as a mass corporation that has no social concience can get) that they aren't even bothering with the healthy option. They should just have an ad where a fat man or woman stops hoovering from that famous bucket for one moment to tell the viewer "Hey - I really like KFC - and so do you - because it tastes shit-loads better than a piece of lettuce".

* And no, the irony of having changed their name from Kentucky Fried Chicken to KFC because they didn't want the word "fried" in the name is not lost on me ... but it does make me hungry.