![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Just one portion of oily fish a week gives you all you need of omega-3. But putting omega-3 in baked beans, say, doesn’t mean you’re going to get as much as you would by eating fish. This fatty acid, found in oily fish such as salmon and mackerel is a great way to protect your heart and possibly aid concentration. Indeed, only last month, a Which? report said that it was ‘hard to see the point’ of products enriched with omega-3 (the manufacturers’ favourite additive). But there is growing scepticism about this wonderfood status. The suggestion is that the product has something extraspecial that’s worth paying for. These are foods that don’t just fill you up, but have ingredients - often added in the manufacturing process - with particular health benefits or so it’s claimed.įor years, breakfast cereals have been fortified with minerals and vitamins to boost their appeal, but now everything from baked beans to simple foods such as eggs comes adulterated. Over the past few years, there’s been a real boom in ‘functional foods’. In fact, the story of ‘health-boosting’ cranberry juice is just the tip of the iceberg. Falling for the label? Over recent years, there's been a real boom in 'functional foods' ![]()
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