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The brief video in this BBC piece is well worth a look:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35599402
I bet you won't expect the result!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35599402
I bet you won't expect the result!
The impact of poor diet/ sugar consumption on society is enormous, financially and socially. I read yesterday that in the States the first generation to be smaller and die younger than the one before is now in progress. Whether true or not, I don't know.
What I do know is NHS projections are for near double digit growth in type 2 diabetics and frankly frightening resultant costs in managing those conditions.
I'd have no moral issue with sugary foods being taxed more heavily, perhaps if alongside it healthy foods were subsidised.
What I do know is NHS projections are for near double digit growth in type 2 diabetics and frankly frightening resultant costs in managing those conditions.
I'd have no moral issue with sugary foods being taxed more heavily, perhaps if alongside it healthy foods were subsidised.
Adam Ansel said:
The brief video in this BBC piece is well worth a look:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35599402
I bet you won't expect the result!
I don't know why people buy that shttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35599402
I bet you won't expect the result!
t. It is just adult milkshake. It's obviously full of sugar. Can't you taste it?
Adam Ansel said:
The brief video in this BBC piece is well worth a look:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35599402
I bet you won't expect the result!
The Beeb do absolutely excellent shows on this.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35599402
I bet you won't expect the result!
The Truth About series is very good. It covers calories, fats and sugar as far as I can recall. The twin doctor shows are very good as well.
Halb said:
Adam Ansel said:
The brief video in this BBC piece is well worth a look:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35599402
I bet you won't expect the result!
The Beeb do absolutely excellent shows on this.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35599402
I bet you won't expect the result!
The Truth About series is very good. It covers calories, fats and sugar as far as I can recall. The twin doctor shows are very good as well.
Reading all the pages in this thread throws up some determined advocacy...
According to Public Health England child obesity (age 2 - 15) peaked in 2004/5 at 19%, and has since stabilised at 15-16%, whereas in 1995 it was 12%.
The choice of food in supermarkets does allow for a healthy nutritional food to be found, usually in the fresh fruit and veg aisles (top tip here).
You'll have to exercise care in the meat section, but with healthy competition amongst the retailers you can usually find affordable less-additive-free-range-type protein on special offer, so you can avoid the strange multipack chicken-like pieces of wobbly pale flesh pumped with water and God-knows-what.
But if I wish to microwave a tasty oven ready tagliatelle for my supper washed down with litres of Sunny Delight and finish off with Instant Whip then why not? My choice - at least I have one.
As for Saint James of Essex, the boy's done well (his '15' chain giving unemployed peeps a chance was an innovation for a celeb) and enjoys the high profile. Just because he thinks he's right doesn't mean he isn't, but he can come across as rather strident. But that's not always a bad thing.
According to Public Health England child obesity (age 2 - 15) peaked in 2004/5 at 19%, and has since stabilised at 15-16%, whereas in 1995 it was 12%.
The choice of food in supermarkets does allow for a healthy nutritional food to be found, usually in the fresh fruit and veg aisles (top tip here).
You'll have to exercise care in the meat section, but with healthy competition amongst the retailers you can usually find affordable less-additive-free-range-type protein on special offer, so you can avoid the strange multipack chicken-like pieces of wobbly pale flesh pumped with water and God-knows-what.
But if I wish to microwave a tasty oven ready tagliatelle for my supper washed down with litres of Sunny Delight and finish off with Instant Whip then why not? My choice - at least I have one.
As for Saint James of Essex, the boy's done well (his '15' chain giving unemployed peeps a chance was an innovation for a celeb) and enjoys the high profile. Just because he thinks he's right doesn't mean he isn't, but he can come across as rather strident. But that's not always a bad thing.
The Don of Croy said:
But if I wish to microwave a tasty oven ready tagliatelle for my supper washed down with litres of Sunny Delight and finish off with Instant Whip then why not? My choice - at least I have one.
Absolutely but choice is best if its informed. Possibly O/T but the supermarket traffic light system of categorising food ingredients is nothing short of criminal with foods such as nuts and fresh fish demonised for their "unhealthy" fat content.
Also thoroughly recommend "Fat, sick and nearly dead" on Netflix.
There is certainly a case for re-education. There's an argument that food & drinks companies have pushed fat as being the devil, whereas in fact, sugar if far worse in your diet. Sugar is cheaper and therefore more profit. So they can push "low fat" products but in order to improve the taste, they are pumped full of sugar.
This is a good watch on the subject: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3892434/
This is a good watch on the subject: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3892434/
Digger said:
Hoofy said:
Digger said:
Because. Girls.
You mean I could get hot chicks if I drink adult milkshake?And at the worst, I get to see my hot dentist more often.
It's a well known fact that heads are denser than guts. Ingestion of sweet sticky things is usually, but not always, voluntary. Ergo: death or remedial treatment via NHS for self inflicted maladies should be taxed for the 'sufferer' ie pay before treatment. The alternative, of course, is for the consumer to take an interest in their own morbidity, and eventually, mortality. Follow the money, when manufacturers notice their products aren't selling, they mysteriously produce other products.
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