Fat chance

A leading public health nutritionist is calling on local authorities to tackle the growing number of cafes opening in Scotland’s high streets, with planners “turning a blind eye” when approving new fast food outlets, tea shops and cafes.

It is not the food that is the problem, but rather the quantity consumed. The professor is obviously another one of those individuals who want everyone else to abide by their own choice of lifestyle.

Colain Gurteson One is so tempted to say if they make their bed (eat their cakes) they’d better be ready to sleep in it. Except that hard-up health services will have to deal with the consequences. Mind you, eight out of ten hospital workers are bursting out of their tunics last I saw. #sparetyre. The media also need to start using pictures of flabbies eating cakes and sodas, not anorexics.

honeysuckle2 The real reason for the increased obesity, diabetes and heart disease is the consumption of fructose, refined carbohydrates and Omega 6-rich polyunsaturated vegetable oils. Which, of course, are the main ingredients of a lot of modern baked goods. Added to that is the chronic malnourishment of large parts of the population whose diet just does not have the essential vitamins or minerals needed.

Scunnered Fatties get much better treatment that folk who do all the right things.

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