Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

MaxK your making Freda's job on here redundant , but I'm sure he'll be in with his tuppence worth soon , unless the nurse gets there first .

Don't be like that V, I'm just trying to spread the joy around.

Vicky.

To hang on your wall.

Edit.

Put your own caption on it!

Is that a repeat prescription Freda .

You must be a local hero Freda , sticking up for the downtrodden in life . All this time you give to aid them is quite phenomenal have you ever received any public reward or recognition for your unfailing loyalty or do you just sit on your arse day in day out on ere and complain ad nauseam .

There is a difference on complaining and commenting.

Perhaps, you have them mixed up!

Perhaps you are a bit obsessed eh maybe , just maybe .

About time

Britain launches soft drinks sugar tax to fight obesity

LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Britain on Thursday said it would tax companies which sell sugary soft drinks and invest that money in health programmes for school children, part of a long-awaited strategy to curb childhood obesity that critics say is too weak.

Drinks companies were also angered by the plan which urges industry to cut sugar in products aimed at children, saying nearly a third of those aged 2 to 15 are already overweight or obese.

In a statement announcing details of the strategy, which has been in the works for several years, junior finance minister Jane Ellison said obesity was costing Britain's National Health Service (NHS) billions of pounds every year.

Campaigners and health experts, however, said the plan was weak.

Graham MacGregor, a professor of cardiovascular medicine and chairman of the Action on Sugar campaign group, said it was "an insulting response" to Britain's obesity and diabetes crisis which "will bankrupt the NHS unless something radical is done".

In opting for a sugar tax, Britain joins Belgium, France, Hungary and Mexico, all of which have imposed some form of tax on drinks with added sugar. Scandinavian countries have levied similar taxes for many years.

Britain's plans will see a levy applied to drinks with a total sugar content above 5 grams per 100 ml, with a higher band for even more sugary drinks.

The government's health department says sugary drinks are the single biggest source of sugar for children, and a child can have more than their recommended daily intake just by drinking a can of cola which contains nine teaspoons of sugar.

It wants the industry to work towards a 20 percent cut in products popular with children, with 5 percent in the first year. Progress would be reviewed every six months by the government's health agency, Public Health England.

But Gavin Partington, Director General of the British Soft Drinks Association, said the levy was a "punitive tax" that would "cause thousands of job losses and yet fail to have a meaningful impact on levels of obesity".

Sara Petersson, a nutrition analyst at Euromonitor International, said the focus on sugar may detract from other crucial factors in obesity.

"It is becoming abundantly clear that replacing a critical ingredient of a product, or single nutrient in a diet, is neither an easy process for food companies nor a successful obesity strategy," she said.

The programme the government intends to launch with funds raised from the sugar levy will focus on promoting healthy diets and physical activity in schoolchildren, Public Health Minister Nicola Blackwood said.

She said primary schools would be asked to help pupils get at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise every day. At least 30 minutes of this should be during school time, she said.

Standard coke does contain a lot of sugar.

Diet coke (1cal) has no sugar, but it does contain Aspartame and Acesulfame k.

Nasty shit by anyones reckoning


btw, aspartame is mixed up with phenylalanine (neurotoxin)


Acesulfame K contains the carcinogen methylene chloride. Long-term exposure to methylene chloride can cause headaches, depression, nausea, mental confusion, liver effects, kidney effects, visual disturbances, and cancer in humans.


http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/phenylalanine/faq-20058361

Apparently it's good at cleaning the bog , wonder why ? .

Well done the Brownlee brothers who came 1st & 2nd in the Triathalon..

Yes watching them incredible lads .

All those British athletes bringing home medals must make Fred cry .

Yorkshire grit.

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Corbyn pledges to 'win over' Tory voters

What a tosser

They are in a terrible state , Corbyn or Owen Smith ,oh dear .

Corbyn looks positively adult compared to Smith. Labour has a serious problem: in reality all the the minority parties have serious problems; I can't see a convincing leader in any of them. Dumb, dumber and dumbest. Choose the name to suit.