One in 10 parents actually believe Jaffa cakes count towards fruit and vegetable portions, according to a shocking new survey!

I read this last week, 14/11/08 on the sky news web site, and to be honest it has taken a while to digest! I spoke with my own children and asked them what they thought of it all. Freddie is 8 and Megan is 10. They were both amazed that anyone could think that a Jaffa Cake, a glass of coke or a spaghetti hoop could be seen as a fruit or vegetable.

The report stated that...

When I talk to people about their diet and how we are going to get them back into balance, one of the biggest fears people have is will they be able to go out and enjoy a few drinks and a meal with friends or will they have to live their life totally like a vegetarian hippy. Now, whilst I think it would be fantastic if we could all live a life that was based around eating from the land and taking what Mother Nature gives us, I also realise that we are social creatures, we all live different l...