And you just assumed that was my regular diet so instead you just saw the bad things.(Original post by difeo)
So you say your diet is good and then go on to say you eat too much and a lot of it is *****y food (3 cans of pepsi in one day, creme eggs, doner kebab, barely any veg)... okay
Being fat doesn't mean you're always stuffing your face. It does mean you eat too many calories.
I eat potatos just not much other veg mostly as it takes up a lot of space in the fridge (though just bought a new fridge so buying more) as funnily enough I prefer veg to meat hence me buying that large salad at a takeaway and chucking out 4/5 of the meat from the kebab and eating the bread and salad.
But you ignore the notion that maybe I ate too much in the past hence me not gaining any more and assume I eat too much now.
FYI that was the first donner kebab I have had in about 3 months, I eat 1-2 take aways a week if that and if I do I eat nothing else before or after.
Just as it was the first creme eggs I had in 2 weeks, the only thing is I eat little veg though its my favourite food type.
Part of the reason for that is I live thriftily and go to supermarkets late so I get reduced products.and that almost always ends up as things like pies.
So why focus on the bad things as thats what you want to see? Why can't you accept that you get some fat people in better condition than some thin people?
If I said I never ate bad foods you would claim I am in denial or lying wouldn't you?
My diet can altenate between living off things like chicken and rice, pork chops (ones without bones/fat) pork stir fry, chicken burgers, home made spaghetti bolognaise, home made lasagne, home made fish pie.
Because I mentioned what I did on 2 days do you think that is the norm?
I never meant my diet was good just it wasn't as bad as you might think nor am I stuffing my face.
Thats why I don't gain weight much if at all and lose it.
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Fat? Polyunsaturated fats, plant sterols, fish oils etc. are thought to be healthy. Fat isn't taxed is it?
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Personally i dont care. It doesnt affect me too much (only drink sugary drinks a few times a month). I do think it is just a sneaky way for George Osborne to generate a tiny bit of extra cash for his budget because he hoped people wouldnt care much. However too many liberals in this country so people ***** about everything and claim it hurts their rights. What needs to be done is taxes on all high sugar and salt products, not just one. Education isnt the issue. Its just that these products are cheap. And people like cheap so they buy. Its just a weak, lame attempt by thr government to do "good" without really thinking it through.
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(Original post by pereira325)
Personally i dont care. It doesnt affect me too much (only drink sugary drinks a few times a month). I do think it is just a sneaky way for George Osborne to generate a tiny bit of extra cash for his budget because he hoped people wouldnt care much. However too many liberals in this country so people ***** about everything and claim it hurts their rights. What needs to be done is taxes on all high sugar and salt products, not just one. Education isnt the issue. Its just that these products are cheap. And people like cheap so they buy. Its just a weak, lame attempt by thr government to do "good" without really thinking it through.
The cynic in me says the government has just taxed it as they know its something that the general public are addicted to in the sense its in almost everything they buy food wise so they have no choice whilst with cigarettes and alcohol people may not use them so they don't get the money.
What I worry about is soft drinks already have a massive mark up and if on a night out and you are a non alcohol drinker or even tipsy and wanting to stop most places already charge you just as much if not more for a soft drink than alcohol due to promotions, I have seen £1 bottles of alcohol and even £1 pints when the same places charge almost £2 for a small glass of soft drink!
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This may have already been said (haven't read all this thread) but from a purely econonic standpoint...
Taxing demerit goods such as sugary drinks doesn't always work (and probably won't in this case) because drinks like Coke tend to be price inelastic. There aren't substitutes to full sugared colas - the closest thing is diet colas but people don't see these as perfect substitutes, so people will continue to buy full sugared drinks. Therefore all this does is raise more revenue for the government.
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It's a good sweetener for the government purses
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(Original post by pereira325)
Personally i dont care. It doesnt affect me too much (only drink sugary drinks a few times a month). I do think it is just a sneaky way for George Osborne to generate a tiny bit of extra cash for his budget because he hoped people wouldnt care much. However too many liberals in this country so people ***** about everything and claim it hurts their rights. What needs to be done is taxes on all high sugar and salt products, not just one. Education isnt the issue. Its just that these products are cheap. And people like cheap so they buy. Its just a weak, lame attempt by thr government to do "good" without really thinking it through.
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Firstly, unhealthy food is often cheaper than healthy food, so while a tax on unhealthy stuff is arguably a good thing, that needs to be coupled with subsidies on healthy foodLast edited by tomclarky; 30-03-2016 at 20:11. -
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It's a complete myth that 'healthy food' is expensive. We're just a lot less willing to spend our money on food now because of how cheap mass produced has become. We take food for granted massively. Apparently 50 years ago we used to spend approximately 30% of our income on food, whereas now it's less than half that number. So no, healthy food doesn't need to be subsidised, we need to stop being tight with our money when it comes to the one of the essential things that keeps us alive and healthy
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What happened to parental and personal responsibility? I hate the nanny state.
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What happened to parental and personal responsibility? I hate the nanny state.
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I'm not a fan of the nanny state but I would however say the levels of salt sugar and fat is way too high in foods which have easy substitutes to make them taste either the same or very similar rather than a tax I would rather legislate
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They are using the £520m revenue from the sugar tax and investing it back in to schools. I cant see how this is any bad considering the price increase will only be a few pennies higher.
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Or just stop buying junk food for yourself and your family. Businesses don't sell that for which there is no demand. What happened to making educated and informed choices? Nobody is forced to buy anything and all products are labelled.
As an example is there really a need for original coke? No there is not their is Coke Zero and Diet Coke both with zero sugar.
I'm not 100% sure but I think there is more than the rda in one can, that's just not acceptable.
Then there is the lazy and stupid people society ends up paying for because we fail to educate even if we did label everything correctly in a standardised matter.
It may be convenient for narrative to be libertarian about everything but it isn't right in practice.
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They are using the £520m revenue from the sugar tax and investing it back in to schools. I cant see how this is any bad considering the price increase will only be a few pennies higher.
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(Original post by paul514)
Sorry that's complete crap the labelling is confusing, not standardised across all labels and unless you prepare everything from scratch then you are almost certainly eating too much of something bad for you.
As an example is there really a need for original coke? No there is not their is Coke Zero and Diet Coke both with zero sugar.
I'm not 100% sure but I think there is more than the rda in one can, that's just not acceptable.
Then there is the lazy and stupid people society ends up paying for because we fail to educate even if we did label everything correctly in a standardised matter.
It may be convenient for narrative to be libertarian about everything but it isn't right in practice.
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I agree with your point about the lazy and stupid. I don't think society should end up paying for people's bad habits - they should pay for it themselves. Privatise NHS.Last edited by Sequin Rugby; 01-04-2016 at 12:01.
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