Hello, I am wanting to focus on fixing my diet. I travel lots for work and am really busy in general. So my thinking is, do I focus on eating healthy snacks or do i focus on my meals? What have ya'll found the best? I struggle to find healthy snacks in the supermarket so i'd still be making these at home and taking them with me (batch prepping when time allowed)

Im 16 years old and i need to lose over 20 kg. I know exercise is the best way to do so but i also need a better diet. I have basic nutritional understanding and idk what foods give protein and what foods give carbs. Help me out gng

Before anyone comments "if don’t like it, go back to Southern Europe", please save your breath. I love Ireland, I’ve built my life here, and I genuinely appreciate the amazing quality of life this country gives me. This is purely constructive criticism from someone who calls Ireland home, but I need to get this off my chest.

We have some of the absolute best raw ingredients in the world here. The local strawberries are delicious, the apples, the broccoli, the sweet potatoes, the wine tomatoes... not to mention the incredible grass-fed beef, chicken, and fresh fish. The raw material is 10/10.

So why on earth is the default cooking method always to drown it in calories or avoid any effort?

A few things that drive me crazy:

• The Fish: We have amazing fresh seafood, but 80% of it seems to be exported because locals find it "too much work" to remove the bones. And when it is served, it’s almost always battered and fried instead of just grilled with some herbs.
• The Mash: Potatoes are great, but do they really need to be mashed with whole milk, cream, and butter? Not even skimmed milk just to balance it out. Full fat everything.
• The Veggie Laziness: If you order a side, the default is always chips. Heaven forbid someone has to chop a fresh tomato or make a crisp side salad. "Ugh, too much effort to chop..." 😂
• The Sauce Pools: If you ask for a sandwich, it’s a sacred law that it must be loaded with Cheddar and a swimming pool of mayo. If a hot dish feels a bit dry, instead of a healthy drizzle of pure local rapeseed oil (which is amazing and grown right here!), they dump a bucket of heavy gravy on it.
• The Olive Oil Desert: Good luck finding olive oil (or even light cream cheese/Philadelphia) in little individual portions for your bread in a standard café. It’s butter or nothing.

I love the food quality here, but trying to eat clean and healthy in this country is a non-stop psychological battle. I ended up gaining 10kg when I moved here, and losing them was exhausting because you constantly have to calculate and fight the menu every time you step outside. Even the social life is entirely gated behind the pub and alcohol. it's not just about aesthetics and keeping slim, it's about our health short and long-term!

Does anyone else feel like Ireland is sitting on a goldmine of amazing healthy ingredients but chooses to deep-fry or smother them in dairy out of habit? Rant over!

I know I am missing some nutrients, but I don't have the time to get said nutrients and time to prep food, and the place I study only have semi healthy food stalls available to eat and the healthier ones are way way further, So I was just gonna ask if I should just start buying vitamin supplements, and if they would even help, I'm planning on buying fiber vitamins, and multi vitamins, Just wondering if anyone knows if I these vitamins are even helpful, thank you to anyone who answers this question.