Eating butter is bad for you Trev compared to say asparagus.

(apart from the smelly wee)

Paddy Dillon wrote (see)

Paul - I'm essentially a real food eater on all my trips. Best of all, I like to sample local produce wherever possible. If there's any kind of 'regional speciality' on my travels, I just have to sample them, and I reckon it's an essential part of the whole travel experience. I was in North Devon at the start of this month, and started sampling 'Devonshire Cream Teas' just to see who did the best one! I'm heading for Northumberland with immediate effect, and Craster Kippers are high on my list! Whenever I'm following a trail that is well supplied with food outlets, I simply can't see any benefit in carrying food supplies.

So... when you're in Manchester Paddy do you go for 'Betty's 'ot Pots' ??

'Natural' does not necessarily equate to 'good for you'

I know the 'health food' companies will try to persuade you that it does.

Ricin
Hemlock
Digitalis
Amanita
MRSA
Ebola

All natural.  All bad for you...

I know MSG is bad for me; a matter of observation.  Sadly, loads of companies are now using it.  Even Oxo cubes contain it.

Fortunately, there are companies who are now moving back to non-MSG flavourings.  Sainsbury's snacks, for instance (Walkers, having previously prided themselves on natural flavours, now use the triple-whammy of E621 Monosodium glutamate, E627 Disodium guanylate and E631 Disodium inosinate in many of their crisps, especially the 'Gourmet' ones...)