From New Zealand to the Netherlands – you’ve joined us from all four corners of the globe and we’re thrilled at your slimming success! We love hearing about your experiences of Food Optimising in foreign climes and take on board all your suggestions for making bodyOPTIMISE internationally easy!
Groceries gone astray?
A few of our overseas members have reported a bit of a quandary about Quorn and a minor fix over fromage frais! Some of those common Food Optimising items we take for granted here in the UK aren’t always available in other countries – but it’s still a piece of (low-Syn) cake to optimise!
Because Food Optimising is all about using basic, non-branded food (such as meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruit and grains) you’ve got everything you need to cook up a healthy feast - wherever you are in the world!
The Free Foods you’ve told us are hard to find include dairy products such as fromage frais, cottage cheese and quark or vegetarian products such as Quorn. There are lots of easy (and Free!) alternatives that can be used however…
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Very low fat or 0% fat cream cheese, soft cheese and yogurt can be used in place of quark, fromage frais and cottage cheese. As for Quorn, you’ll find alternative vegetarian meat substitute brands on your Syns lists. |
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You’ll find a recipe translator at the bottom right hand corner of every recipe page so if you’re mystified by marrow or confused by coley – check out the description with this handy tool.
Healthy Extra help
Branded food items such as cereals, bread, cheese and soups come in all shapes and sizes, with differing nutrition values. This means that Healthy Extra suggestions for UK members may not be as readily available to people in other countries.
Don’t worry – there’s no need to miss out on those vital fibre and calcium-filled foods! In the Getting Started section you can find a basic list of the Healthy Extra products available in countries including Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada. Also, the drop-down boxes within the Food Diary contain the most popular Healthy Extra products from around the world.
If your country isn't amongst these lists, you should find that many of the Healthy Extra products mentioned in the UK lists are available to you. Alternatively you can select a brand that is the most alike, (e.g. supermarket’s own version of Bran Flakes) as the nutrition content is likely to be very similar.
Where to begin with Syns…
Syns Online contains over 39,000 products – many of which are basic everyday foods, available in any country. If you’re after a quick guide to simple Syn values, say ‘mayonnaise’ or ‘burger’, use the ‘basic foods’ search on Syns Online.
If you want to find out the Syns in branded foods that are only available in your country, you can do this by entering the product’s nutrition information into the Syns Calculator.
Food Optimising really is the most flexible and generous eating plan around, so you’ll soon be seeing a slimmer you, wherever in the world you are!
bon appétit from bodyOPTIMISE!
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