Vegemite doesn't just taste good, it's also good for you
Vegemite, you either love it (us) or hate it (the rest of the world).
Join me in horror when I found out it is featured in the Disgusting Food Museum in Sweden. How very dare they.
It joins century eggs, maggot cheese, roasted guinea pigs and hakarl, a type of preserved shark meat that the late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain described as “the single worst, most disgusting terrible tasting thing” he had ever eaten. Wow.
Well, turns out Vegemite might have the last laugh, as it is packed with vitamin B6 which has been found to reduce feelings of anxiety and depression.
We are extrapolating here because the study was done in England using Marmite (yuck) but the sentiment is the same.
So tomorrow morning, you are not just having Vegemite on toast, but you are also tucking into some anti-anxiety medicine. Go you.
Love my Vegemite.
According to this assessment ...
Vegemite is a healthy spread with very few health concerns. However, some people worry that Vegemite contains too much sodium. A single teaspoon (5 grams) of Vegemite provides only 5% of your daily sodium needs.
in our household.
Only argument I have with my husband is...which goes first on toast... butter or vegemite.
He's for vegemite first and I will not have mine unless it is thickly covered with butter and then thinly spread with vegemite!
We arrived in Australia in 1947. When I eventually started school I can remember children saying they had Vegemite on their sandwiches, I asked my Mother to buy some Vegemite and the first mouth full I found rather salty . I never said I didn't like it and persevered with it on my lunches. It only took a week to get used to and it has become a favourite ever since. Even after 70 years you will see it on the top shelf of my fridge. I'm never without it. Those Swedes don't know what they are talking about. My Brother-in-Law is Swedish and some of the dishes he talks about is disgusting.