How often do you eat ham?

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I don’t eat much meat but I do like ham and with all the focus on ultra processed foods I am wondering if I eat too much. I buy a pack about once a fortnight and eat it over a few days (but I would only eat bacon or sausages about once a year!)

I also read this week that wholemeal bread is ultra processed so can I still enjoy a ham sandwich and a cup of tea which is one of my favourite things to have for lunch?!

I would have said my diet was fairly balanced and healthy but I’m questioning everything I eat now.

People have been eating ham sandwiches for decades if not centuries I'm sure you'll be fine

Tim Spector has a lot to answer for, he's a snake oil salesman.

Just eat the sandwich. Bread was good enough for Jesus, it'll do for me.

I'm not sure the bread that Jesus ate could be considered the same as the stuff sold in supermarkets nowadays. There is a lot of research, not just from Tim Spector, to suggest that Ultra Processed Foods are harmful to health.

There is ham and ham. What quality and quantity are you eating?

Packet bread is a pretty grim product, certainly.

I like Tesco finest ham, dry not slimy ham.

Never because I hate the stuff. Love bacon and Sausages though.

I buy ham as a change from cheese as tuna is so expensive and doesn’t stretch very far.

I think every time I should get something less processed.

When you read the ingredients on bread there’s a vast difference in Ingredients. The longer life ones have a longer list.

Never, UPF

Very occasionally.

I fell in love with pigs and really struggle to eat it without picturing a pigs face.

I eat ham everyday!

Misread as how often do you eat HIM and was expecting something quite different. As you were.

this upf stuff is overrated a load of nonsense

ham everynow and then is fine.
bread is fine
as long as that's not all you eat it's absolutely not an issue.

eat. not too much. mostly plants.

Pretty much every weekday I eat a ham salad for lunch. As PP, I buy "quality" meat, not Bernard Matthews type.

The UPF debate has been going on for years. I'm in my mid-40s and I remember asking my Dad in the supermarket if we could get the sliced ham with the "egg" in the centre. Even back then he refused because it was not "real food".

Never. No ham, no pork, no bacon, no shellfish. Accidentally ate pork gelatine last week (Marks and Spencer again. I should know never to eat without reading the packaging).

I used to buy it every week, but stopped when I read about the risk of cancer and processed meat (which is different from the UPF issue). I've substituted it with sliced chicken now, though I still eat it with sliced bread.

I haven't eaten ham for over 15 years, ditto bacon, and I only eat sausages rarely, usually at Christmas.

Do M&S Percy Pigs count as ham?

Never eat ham- so expensive for decent stuff. Try hummus

Not in over 35 years.

but I'm vegetarian. I cannot imagine eating it.

However, if that wasn't the case I'd eat ham. I seem to remember quite enjoying a ham & mustard sandwich. I'd be more likely to have fresh bakers bread & ham. Than cheap white with a different filling.

I was in Waitrose and genuinely heard someone tell their partner to go to the chiller section and get some naice ham.

I have ham sandwiches a few times a week. I've got to die of something, so I might as well enjoy my lunch.

I usually have it with mustard and salad.

I buy the nitrite free prosciutto from Lidl. Ingredients: pork, salt.

What you eat is completely up to you.

Ham is ultra processed and not healthy. But that's ok. I don't think anyone eats healthy all the time. It's totally your choice.

Once every 3/4 weeks. Avoid smoked ham.