It never ceases to amaze me how some "professional" research promulgated (today's word of choice:)) by Nanny is clearly a load of old bollocks.
A couple of recent studies carried out in the UK warn of the dangers of drinking freshly squeezed fruit juices.
For why?
Seemingly the sugar content is very high.
Well now, that may be true. However, as the old adage goes, so long as you eat and drink a variety of things in reasonable quantities you are unlikely to kill yourself.
Surely the way to counteract the sugar would be to add plenty of salt to the juice?;)
Anyhoo, not content with warning of the dangers of juice, the research goes on to advise us that we should in fact eat more dried fruit.
Eerrrmmm...wouldn't the dried fruit actually contain the same amount of sugar as the squeezed variety?
Oh but what do I know? I'm not a professional researcher/scientist.
Oh, by the way, the research was presented at the World Nut & Dried Fruit Congress.
Aha!
Visit The Orifice of Government Commerce and buy a collector's item.
Visit The Joy of Lard and indulge your lard fantasies.
Show your contempt for Nanny by buying a T shirt or thong from Nanny's Store.
www.nannyknowsbest.com is brought to you by www.kenfrost.com "The Living Brand"
Celebrate the joy of living with booze. Click and drink!
Visit Oh So Swedish Swedish arts and handicrafts
Why not really indulge yourself, by doing all the things that Nanny really hates? Click on the relevant link to indulge yourselves; Food, Bonking, Gifts and Flowers, Groceries
As you rightly say Ken; Every thing in moderation.
ReplyDeleteIf I eat a large amount of fruit or drink a lot of fruit juice, I then I clean my teeth.
The danger from eating lots of fruit, is not really from the natural sugars, but from the effect of the acid in the fruit on ones teeth.....More mixed up messages from Nanny.
Everything in moderation and use ones own commonsense and one won't go far wrong afterall, as a species, we survived and thrived long before Nanny was around.
By the way, I see that Dot Gov is back again on our airwaves telling us what to do......Almost every ad break on Gold radio has a message from Dot bloody Gov.
Nanny has indeed dropped a bollock over this particular warning. It's refined sugar that poses the main risk of all manner of dietary caused maladies. The natural sugars in fruit may risk tooth decay but that's nothing that can't be prevented by brush and toothpaste, or at least a mouthwash.
ReplyDeleteWhile Nanny hates sugar she smiles benevolently on artificial sweeteners. Some such as aspartame and sucralose have been blamed for some horrifying side-effects, but Nanny remains quiet as the big businesses making them rake in the cash.
what if you use the brand new, government regulated and ordained low-fat orange squasher - available from all good stores - cost 3 million pounds with no effect on the ozone layer and fundementally compatible with a wind farm generator?
ReplyDelete