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　　Over the past few years, people seem to have become tired of being told what they can't eat．They also have taken too much advice that doesn't seem effective．They want to hear messages about healthy food．They are understandably worried about some food industry practices and problems．

　　The food industry puts money-making first．Buyers and companies have been less informed on food safety than they should have been．The result is human cost has been high．

　　The food industry defends(保卫)itself．It says that it tries to provide as good a product as possible at low prices, as cost is a major consideration in buying food．It is the buyers who are to blame．They are waking up to the hidden costs of cheaper food．Chicken burgers, for example, may have only a little chicken in them．

　　The increasing organic(有机的)food market shows that people are prepared to pay more for fruits and vegetables that haven't been grown purely(纯的)for its outside look and money business．

　　There is now a new kind of food called functional food．It contains so-called beneficial(有益的)additives(添加剂), such as fruit drinks with added Vitamin C．It is believed that adding this makes a product healthier．In fact, this unnatural food will become a problem in the future．

　　If a mother-to-be wants to protect her unborn baby from illness, she needs to eat a special breakfast to which certain additives have been added．Yet she can get these things much more cheaply from other healthier foods, like orange juice or green vegetables．We shouldn't be led to believe that we need to eat these“special,”expensive products to be healthy when most of the good things we need are found in cheaper natural foods．

　　I buy as much fresh organic food as possible．I believe that future studies will show that eating organically will make us healthier．I also enjoy them more and feel strongly like supporting the organic farmer's cause．

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　　Being a mother is apparently not like it was in the good old days．

　　Today’s parents yearn for the golden age that their own mothers enjoyed in the 1970s and 1980s, researchers found．Mothers have less time to themselves and feel under greater pressure to handle work and family life than the previous generation．As a result, 88 per cent said they felt guilty about the lack of time they spent with their children．

　　The survey of 1,000 mothers also found that more than a third said they had less time to themselves than their mothers did－just three hours a week or 26 minutes a day．And 64 per cent said this was because they felt they ‘had’ to go out to work, while nearly a third(29 per cent)said they were under constant pressure to be the ‘perfect mother’, the report found．

　　Other findings showed social networking and parenting websites, as well as technology such as Skype, were important in providing help and support among female communities．Kate Fox, a member of the Social Issues Research Centre, which conducted the survey for Procter & Gamble, said, ‘With increasing pressure on mothers to work a “double shift”－to be the perfect mother as well as a wage-earner－support networks are more important than ever．

　　It comes as a separate report examining childcare in the leading industrialized nations found that working mothers in Britain spend just 81 minutes a day caring for their children as a ‘primary activity’．Mothers who stay at home, on the other hand, manage twice as much time－more than two and a half hours－looking after their offspring, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development．

　　Critics say the pressure on women to work long hours, and leave their offspring in the hands of nurseries or child minders, is putting the well-being of their children at risk．

　　The study also reveals that, despite the fact that more and more modern mothers go out to work, the burden of childcare still falls on them－even if their husband is not in work．A father who is not in work tends to spend just 63 minutes a day looking after his child－18 minutes less than a mother who goes out to work．Working fathers spare less than three quarters of an hour with their children．

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　　Being a mother is apparently not like it was in the good old days．

　　Today’s parents yearn for the golden age that their own mothers enjoyed in the 1970s and 1980s, researchers found．Mothers have less time to themselves and feel under greater pressure to handle work and family life than the previous generation．As a result, 88 per cent said they felt guilty about the lack of time they spent with their children．

　　The survey of 1,000 mothers also found that more than a third said they had less time to themselves than their mothers did－just three hours a week or 26 minutes a day．And 64 per cent said this was because they felt they ‘had’ to go out to work, while nearly a third(29 per cent)said they were under constant pressure to be the ‘perfect mother’, the report found．

　　Other findings showed social networking and parenting websites, as well as technology such as Skype, were important in providing help and support among female communities．Kate Fox, a member of the Social Issues Research Centre, which conducted the survey for Procter ＆ Gamble, said： ‘With increasing pressure on mothers to work a “double shift”－to be the perfect mother as well as a wage-earner－support networks are more important than ever．

　　It comes as a separate report examining childcare in the leading industrialised nations found that working mothers in Britain spend just 81 minutes a day caring for their children as a ‘primary activity’．Mothers who stay at home, on the other hand, manage twice as much time－more than two and a half hours－looking after their offspring, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development．

　　Critics say the pressure on women to work long hours, and leave their offspring in the hands of nurseries or childminders, is putting the well-being of their children at risk．

　　The study also reveals that, despite the fact that more and more modern mothers go out to work, the burden of childcare still falls on them - even if their husband is not in work．A father who is not in work tends to spend just 63 minutes a day looking after his child - 18 minutes less than a mother who goes out to work．Working fathers spare less than three quarters of an hour with their children．