View Full Version : what a load of old cobblers.....
dizzyblonde
12-03-09, 12:40 PM
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090312/tuk-chocolate-tax-call-in-obesity-fight-6323e80.html
this must be the biggest load of crap I ave ever heard. My waistline is not huge, I eat tonnes of chocolate, always have, I work in a chocolate factory, most of the people in there eat loads, and the majority are skinny. It not chocolate that makes you fat, or indeed with young kids that eat the stuff, its lack of exercise, too much playstation and more 'sweets' as in boiled variety that make you fat, and the lack of a healthy balanced diet. My son is like me he eats chocolate as a treat, his teeth are far better than some 7 year olds, he doesn't eat 'sweets' as often. He has a healthy 'active' life...not a slob factor in it.
What a load of twaddle......rant over:smt074
jamesterror
12-03-09, 12:42 PM
Chocolate tax? oh dear.
You can eat tonnes of chocolate if you wanted, its not good for your teeth of course, but if you did the exercise to burn it off then it doesn't matter.
SoulKiss
12-03-09, 12:43 PM
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090312/tuk-chocolate-tax-call-in-obesity-fight-6323e80.html
this must be the biggest load of crap I ave ever heard. My waistline is not huge, I eat tonnes of chocolate, always have, I work in a chocolate factory, most of the people in there eat loads, and the majority are skinny. It not chocolate that makes you fat, or indeed with young kids that eat the stuff, its lack of exercise, too much playstation and more 'sweets' as in boiled variety that make you fat, and the lack of a healthy balanced diet. My son is like me he eats chocolate as a treat, his teeth are far better than some 7 year olds, he doesn't eat 'sweets' as often. He has a healthy 'active' life...not a slob factor in it.
What a load of twaddle......rant over:smt074
+1 - and the fact that I just went into Tesco's where they are selling 10-Packs of Nik-Nak crisps for 91p.......
Got to be worse for you than chocolate.
dizzyblonde
12-03-09, 12:47 PM
You can eat tonnes of chocolate if you wanted, its not good for your teeth of course, .
there was once an article on the fact that some more expensive brands of finer chocolate(with a higher cocoa content) was actually no too harmful for your teeth, as the chemical make up of cocoa actually ate the plaque on your teeth.
You wouldn't believe the amount I eat....my dentist says I won't make him any money ever...neither will any of our family and hes been treating a family of skinny chocoholics all hs dental career ...thats about 30 years!
there was once an article on the fact that some more expensive brands of finer chocolate(with a higher cocoa content) was actually no too harmful for your teeth, as the chemical make up of cocoa actually ate the plaque on your teeth.
You wouldn't believe the amount I eat....my dentist says I won't make him any money ever...neither will any of our family and hes been treating a family of skinny chocoholics all hs dental career ...thats about 30 years!
I shall throw away this fruit I was about to eat for my lunch and go and buy half a dozen mars bars. Much better for me obviously.
I shall throw away this fruit I was about to eat for my lunch and go and buy half a dozen mars bars. Much better for me obviously.
Rots your teeth, fruit.
Rots your teeth, fruit.
Tell me a food substance that does not if you don't brush your teeth.
Tell me a food substance that does not if you don't brush your teeth.
Radishes?
dizzyblonde
12-03-09, 01:23 PM
Tell me a food substance that does not if you don't brush your teeth.
yes exactly.
As for the chocolate, its not the chocolate that is bad for you, its the other 'fillings' thats accompanying the chocolate thts the bad part.....maybe half a dozen mars bars Ape ain't that good, but I'll happily eat them all!.......in one go:smt106
It not chocolate that makes you fat, or indeed with young kids that eat the stuff,
no?
well lets replace healthy school dinners with mars bars then.
chocolate tax is good, althought it should include crisps etc
gettin2dizzy
12-03-09, 01:53 PM
MP trying to make a name for himself. That's it.
fizzwheel
12-03-09, 01:54 PM
Everything in moderation and another example of how our current government like to think for us rather than letting us make our own minds up about things.
No doubt next week chocolate will be good for us and something else will be bad.
gettin2dizzy
12-03-09, 02:01 PM
Everything in moderation and another example of how our current government like to think for us rather than letting us make our own minds up about things.
No doubt next week chocolate will be good for us and something else will be bad.
already happened of course ;)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/413099.stm
If people want to be fat, get diabetes and die on the sofa. Let the fat f*ckers. Likewise, if people want to smoke or drink themselves to death, it's their business.
already happened of course ;)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/413099.stm
If people want to be fat, get diabetes and die on the sofa. Let the fat f*ckers. Likewise, if people want to smoke or drink themselves to death, it's their business.
No cos we all have to pay for their healthcare to keep they dying on the sofa for even longer.
dizzyblonde
12-03-09, 02:13 PM
no?
well lets replace healthy school dinners with mars bars then.
chocolate tax is good, althought it should include crisps etc
come on Hovis, you chopped the rest of the sentence off, of course if you feed your child nothing but cack for its life, its going to get fat, coupled with a diet of Xbox and TV. If you give your child a good diet, a variety of stuff to do, other than Xbox and TV then you can give em chocolate and it won't do anything to them.
I'm not telling anyone to replace healthy school dinners with crap food, I'm dead against it, I'm just fed up of the powers that be, telling us all what to do, eat, sh!t, sleep...etc etc.
I ain't fat, my kid is far from fat, I bring him up the old fashioned way, the way my mum did, dicipline, manners, family food, treats as a reward, an abundance of fruit, exercise, xbox and cartoons as a reward, and not on tap, go out and play instead of siting indoors moaning. Its about time this whole society of mollycoddlers got a backbone and got back to doing things right, and not living by being told what to do constantly.
come on Hovis, you chopped the rest of the sentence off,
i did, and your right about the exercise, if they play sports etc, they can probaly get away with the odd bar, but alot of kids dont, as fizz said everything in moderation,
I ain't fat, :-dd
gettin2dizzy
12-03-09, 02:37 PM
No cos we all have to pay for their healthcare to keep they dying on the sofa for even longer.
They die 20 years earlier, saving a fortune in pensions and other health ailments.
They die 20 years earlier, saving a fortune in pensions and other health ailments.
But they've probably never worked for long enough to earn enough to pay enough tax to cover the cost of their healthcare.
Anyway, nothing is gonna change. No-one is gonna take away someone's right not to look after themselves, at the taxpayer's expense. And they probably shouldn't either, as its the genuinely ill people who would ultimately lose out.
gruntygiggles
12-03-09, 03:44 PM
already happened of course ;)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/413099.stm
If people want to be fat, get diabetes and die on the sofa. Let the fat f*ckers. Likewise, if people want to smoke or drink themselves to death, it's their business.
Yeah, but I pay 40% tax to pay the massive NHS bill for these people. Obesity related illnessess account for an enourmous chunk of the NHS bill every year. I'm no skinny bones, I love my curves too much but they're in the right places and I'm healthy.
I don't think we can tax all unhealthy foods and even if we could, there are far worse foods out there than chocolate. I just hope that if they do tax anything, they put the money towards the health care.
I remember reading about a scheme where local councils were thinking about actually giving obese people incentive cash payments for losing weight. For goodness sake. People are going to have to learn to do things for themselves again. It's simple, eat less, exercise more.
The more the government wants to dictate what we do and how we do it, the more the lazy people take advantage and make it worse for the rest of us!
bikebunny
12-03-09, 04:01 PM
Rots your teeth, fruit.
'tis true acually. My dentist told me not to eat or drink any acidy fruit juices (like orange etc) for at least an hour and a half after you've brushed you teeth. And when you do drink any fruit juices, you should use a straw... something about acid erosion to the teeth, blah blah blah... I like chocolate/crisps/sweets!!! :D
missyburd
12-03-09, 04:05 PM
Rots your teeth, fruit.
Pineapple juice is the worst.
Why the hell should we have to fork out more to pay for a treat just because some people combine chocolate in excess with other crappy foods? I love chocolate but I certainly don't gorge mesen on it, but then I don't eat chips and crisps every day either.
Beer is just as calorific, they've already taxed that and yet it doesn't stop people buying it, it won't now. If they're going to do it then they shouldn't just tax chocolate, should be on any snack foods. It's not just chocolate people binge on is it?
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