Yeah, it's total horseshit.  I bake my own multi-seed batch loaf bread, get fresh fruit and veggies from the farm shop and decent quality meat from local butcher. From these base materials I perform a type of wizardry, unknown to most fatties, called Home Economics. Cooking your own healthy meals is far cheaper than buying ready meals and other junk from the supermarket.  The belly pork joint I cooked on Sunday fed me today as well, and tomorrow it will be starring in a fried rice dish. Usually get a chicken which will do about 5 days good meals and lunches, plus soup from the leftovers. All for £5 plus the cost of a bit of veg and some spuds. I am not a rich man, but I eat extremely well. 'Well' in the sense of high quality and amble quantity, not the fat meaning of 'eating well' which as far as I can tell means 15 double cheeseburgers.  However, you try telling them this and you get the inevitable 'I don't have time' argument. Just can't help some people!