New Posts For Thread: sugar tax is not a tax at all.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30667607/sugar-tax-is-not-a-tax-at-alla true sugar tax would be aimed at the sugar companies at source. not the secondary food makers. Tate and lyle which was sold off recently should be taxed. bag of sugar costs 60p - it used to cost 89p a couple of years ago? everything else is gettingi have reduced my sugar content down to almost nothing now - was a major sugar fiend. eating a couple of pounds(£) worth of chocolate a day. there's a guy on youtube - dr eric berg that explains why you get cravings for sugar. He tells you the bodyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30667607/sugar-tax-is-not-a-tax-at-all?post_id=548166583#548166583i have reduced my sugar content down to almost nothing now - was a major sugar fiend. eating a couple of pounds(£) worth of chocolate a day. there's a guy on youtube - dr eric berg that explains why you get cravings for sugar. He tells you the bodyWed, 23 Mar 2016 05:36:17 -0500Sugar is a grey area, I was gonna C/P this but it's a bit long for Chit Chatters...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SugarIt's fair to tax soft drinks imo but should also encompass other things like sweets and chocolate.I brew my own beer and it's amazinhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30667607/sugar-tax-is-not-a-tax-at-all?post_id=548147547#548147547Sugar is a grey area, I was gonna C/P this but it's a bit long for Chit Chatters...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SugarIt's fair to tax soft drinks imo but should also encompass other things like sweets and chocolate.I brew my own beer and it's amazinSun, 20 Mar 2016 17:17:59 -0500How the devil can they afford it in the first place???!!!!Do you expect them not to eat or drink? They're poor but they still buy things like other people.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30667607/sugar-tax-is-not-a-tax-at-all?post_id=548143649#548143649How the devil can they afford it in the first place???!!!!Do you expect them not to eat or drink? They're poor but they still buy things like other people.Sun, 20 Mar 2016 11:39:20 -0500What baffles me is that the poor apparently buy more of this shoite than the wealthy.Therefore the luvvies are furious with the sugar tax cos the poor are penalised.How the devil can they afford it in the first place???!!!!Why don't peeps drink waterhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30667607/sugar-tax-is-not-a-tax-at-all?post_id=548141443#548141443What baffles me is that the poor apparently buy more of this shoite than the wealthy.Therefore the luvvies are furious with the sugar tax cos the poor are penalised.How the devil can they afford it in the first place???!!!!Why don't peeps drink waterSun, 20 Mar 2016 08:31:55 -0500imagine the poor kids getting wheened off sugary drinks turning 14 and having a starbucks xmas coffee they,ll all be running round like loonies headbutting the walls,the high st will be like a war zonehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30667607/sugar-tax-is-not-a-tax-at-all?post_id=548141109#548141109imagine the poor kids getting wheened off sugary drinks turning 14 and having a starbucks xmas coffee they,ll all be running round like loonies headbutting the walls,the high st will be like a war zoneSun, 20 Mar 2016 07:40:50 -0500Not this again Sugar consumption in the UK has been falling for decades and obesity levels are no worse than they were in 2000, but we need a moral panic so that we can raise taxes to fund the parasites of the 'public health' industry. As an added bohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30667607/sugar-tax-is-not-a-tax-at-all?post_id=548140131#548140131Not this again Sugar consumption in the UK has been falling for decades and obesity levels are no worse than they were in 2000, but we need a moral panic so that we can raise taxes to fund the parasites of the 'public health' industry. As an added boSun, 20 Mar 2016 06:31:04 -0500Physical activity is unfortunately in decline, but sugar consumption, and consumption of artificial sweeteners, has skyrocketed since the 1960s. There was a massive increase in fizzy drink consumption from the 1960s through the 1990s. Since then it hhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30667607/sugar-tax-is-not-a-tax-at-all?post_id=548138939#548138939Physical activity is unfortunately in decline, but sugar consumption, and consumption of artificial sweeteners, has skyrocketed since the 1960s. There was a massive increase in fizzy drink consumption from the 1960s through the 1990s. Since then it hSun, 20 Mar 2016 03:23:50 -0500I was born in the early 60's and was lucky to have 5 veg a week, never mind a day. We had sugar laden things back then but we played out, climbing trees, football, hide and seek. Sugar has always been there, exercise is in decline.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30667607/sugar-tax-is-not-a-tax-at-all?post_id=548137185#548137185I was born in the early 60's and was lucky to have 5 veg a week, never mind a day. We had sugar laden things back then but we played out, climbing trees, football, hide and seek. Sugar has always been there, exercise is in decline.Sat, 19 Mar 2016 16:18:01 -0500I was making the point that milk of whatever variety isn't cocoa . We'll stick some milk in that will do for a good selling point People will buy any old cr@p if you put a few pretty colours on the box good point Flower lad about the fat .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30667607/sugar-tax-is-not-a-tax-at-all?post_id=548135829#548135829I was making the point that milk of whatever variety isn't cocoa . We'll stick some milk in that will do for a good selling point People will buy any old cr@p if you put a few pretty colours on the box good point Flower lad about the fat .Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:35:27 -0500sugar is as cheap as chips ,so its stuffed into 'chocolates' and cakes like its going out of fashion .I believe it is as a result of the demonsing of fat. The obesity/diabetes epidemic began when food manufacturers were told to take the fat out inhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30667607/sugar-tax-is-not-a-tax-at-all?post_id=548133453#548133453sugar is as cheap as chips ,so its stuffed into 'chocolates' and cakes like its going out of fashion .I believe it is as a result of the demonsing of fat. The obesity/diabetes epidemic began when food manufacturers were told to take the fat out inSat, 19 Mar 2016 10:09:14 -0500