| In 2008 we live in a time of plenty, we have more | | | | Everything you need to have a healthy balanced diet. |
| disposable income than ever before yet we are more | | | | Go to any supermarket in Italy and try to find a |
| in debt than ever before, we have more leisure time | | | | pre-made pasta sauce, you won't find one anywhere, |
| than ever before yet we work harder than ever | | | | why not? The answer is because although the Italians |
| before. Likewise we are more health conscious than | | | | consume more tomatoes than anywhere else in the |
| ever before but yet obesity rates are rising in most | | | | world they also know what is good for there bodies, |
| parts of the world faster than imaginable. | | | | and a ready made tomato sauce with all the additives |
| We are all aware of the amount of exercise that we | | | | that goes into it doesn't come in that healthy in the |
| have to do on a weekly basis and how much fruit and | | | | whole scheme of things. |
| vegetables we have to eat but yet the world is getting | | | | I guarantee you that if you spend twenty minutes |
| fatter. Italian food may have the answer. | | | | making your family a fresh healthy tomato sauce you |
| There are many reasons for this but the main reason | | | | will never go back to buying a ready made version. As |
| has to be poor diet. Sugar and salt levels in most | | | | well as this, coupled with the recommended amount of |
| foods is vastly greater than the levels of twenty years | | | | exercise each week you will soon find that you really |
| ago, couple this with the fact that fast food is for | | | | can make a difference to your waist-line. |
| many people a stable diet then you can begin to see | | | | The beauty about Italian food is its simplicity; it really is |
| where the problems lie. | | | | a case of less is more. |
| One answer many lay in eating more Italian foods. | | | | A basic tomato sauce consists of nothing more than |
| Most people love pasta and are more than able to | | | | tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper. To make the |
| make a plate of pasta for themselves and their | | | | sauce takes no more than twenty minutes from start |
| families but how many people actually make their own | | | | to finish, cook the pasta (use wholemeal if you're really |
| tomato sauce, free of added sugar and salt made | | | | health conscious) while the sauce is cooking and you |
| with totally natural produce, free from additives and | | | | should be sitting down to a very healthy and nutritious |
| preservatives and ready to eat in less than 25 minutes. | | | | meal within half an hour. |
| It's no coincidence that Italy, and particularly Sardinia | | | | I can't guarantee that Italian food will solve the world of |
| have the longest life expectancy of anywhere in | | | | all of it's obesity problems but if we all started to take |
| Europe. Coupled with a wonderful climate the diet Italy | | | | a leaf out of their cook books and start to eat a basic |
| Sardinia id based around tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, | | | | healthy diet consisting of the above ingredients we will |
| fresh meat, fresh fish, fruit, vegetables and pasta. | | | | be taking giant steps in the right direction. |