Another day, another misguided health initiative. Sigh.
On the TV news this evening I watched a story about a FSA proposal to require restaurants to publish calorie counts for the items on their menus. Yes, really.
To demonstrate the great benefit to us, the dimwitted public, we were shown three dishes - steak and chips at 530 calories, ham and cabbage at 620, and a puffed meringue with caramel sauce at 410 calories.
The implication of course was that low calorie is a better choice. With the option of only one of those three dishes, the weight/health conscious might be forgiven for opting for the lower calorie meringue, about 2/3 of the calories in the ham dish. No appreciation or understanding of the real issues, the effect on blood sugar and insulin.
Elsewhere on the BBC website, in the Healthy Living department, the message is reinforced. Faced with the dread prospect of fatty meats as a starter to your low calorie meal,
It's almost enough to make you turn over to ITV :shock:
All the best,
fergus
On the TV news this evening I watched a story about a FSA proposal to require restaurants to publish calorie counts for the items on their menus. Yes, really.
To demonstrate the great benefit to us, the dimwitted public, we were shown three dishes - steak and chips at 530 calories, ham and cabbage at 620, and a puffed meringue with caramel sauce at 410 calories.
The implication of course was that low calorie is a better choice. With the option of only one of those three dishes, the weight/health conscious might be forgiven for opting for the lower calorie meringue, about 2/3 of the calories in the ham dish. No appreciation or understanding of the real issues, the effect on blood sugar and insulin.
Elsewhere on the BBC website, in the Healthy Living department, the message is reinforced. Faced with the dread prospect of fatty meats as a starter to your low calorie meal,
It's almost enough to make you turn over to ITV :shock:
All the best,
fergus
