New Posts For Thread: Sugar Tax - Obesityhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30725805/sugar-tax---obesityI bought a bag of Sugar last year for the first time in a few years. I was shocked. The price the last time I bought it was 85p and now it was 55p - everything else had gone up in price.Bread had doubled? Bus fairs had trebled. (Inflation is being histop using fluoride. Iodine for gums.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30725805/sugar-tax---obesity?post_id=549732975#549732975stop using fluoride. Iodine for gums.Sun, 21 Aug 2016 17:17:15 -0500Yes DR C.Included are all NMESs"Non-milk extrinsic sugars are a category of sugars that are considered to contribute to dental decay. Extrinsicsugars are any sugars not contained within the cellular structure of a food, either because they have beenhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30725805/sugar-tax---obesity?post_id=549726675#549726675Yes DR C.Included are all NMESs"Non-milk extrinsic sugars are a category of sugars that are considered to contribute to dental decay. Extrinsicsugars are any sugars not contained within the cellular structure of a food, either because they have beenSun, 21 Aug 2016 07:10:01 -0500Lactose (milk sugar) in milk, is not the same as sucrose (table sugar.)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30725805/sugar-tax---obesity?post_id=549726339#549726339Lactose (milk sugar) in milk, is not the same as sucrose (table sugar.)Sun, 21 Aug 2016 06:14:08 -0500Most added sugar these days is fructose.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30725805/sugar-tax---obesity?post_id=549726295#549726295Most added sugar these days is fructose.Sun, 21 Aug 2016 06:05:35 -0500These figures about sugar consumption. Do they include fructose?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30725805/sugar-tax---obesity?post_id=549726283#549726283These figures about sugar consumption. Do they include fructose?Sun, 21 Aug 2016 06:03:55 -0500Up North we have soup kitchens.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30725805/sugar-tax---obesity?post_id=549726073#549726073Up North we have soup kitchens.Sun, 21 Aug 2016 05:31:41 -0500@Jack Hacksaw -- Could someone tell me where I could buy anything fast or remotely convenient with any vegetables in?Fish and chips? Especially with grilled fish, this is probably quite healthy, though I expect chips are not what you meant by vegetabhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30725805/sugar-tax---obesity?post_id=549726025#549726025@Jack Hacksaw -- Could someone tell me where I could buy anything fast or remotely convenient with any vegetables in?Fish and chips? Especially with grilled fish, this is probably quite healthy, though I expect chips are not what you meant by vegetabSun, 21 Aug 2016 05:19:24 -0500We can argue all day about how much sugar consumption has fallen, but I'm glad we're agreed that it has fallen over the last 30 years(at least). Yet we're also told we're all getting fatter.So, if sugar was the cause of obesity we'd expect levels ofhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30725805/sugar-tax---obesity?post_id=549725889#549725889We can argue all day about how much sugar consumption has fallen, but I'm glad we're agreed that it has fallen over the last 30 years(at least). Yet we're also told we're all getting fatter.So, if sugar was the cause of obesity we'd expect levels ofSun, 21 Aug 2016 04:47:34 -0500I mentioned in an above post that science based on people reporting what they are doing is not without flaws. So it is with this Defra report. If you read down there’s even a warning about some of the apparent contradictions and perhaps why they ochttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30725805/sugar-tax---obesity?post_id=549712479#549712479I mentioned in an above post that science based on people reporting what they are doing is not without flaws. So it is with this Defra report. If you read down there’s even a warning about some of the apparent contradictions and perhaps why they ocSat, 20 Aug 2016 04:33:37 -0500Good point about convenience food.Much higher percentage of our food is now eaten away from home and it is very, very difficult to findany 'fast' food that is healthy.Could someone tell me where I could buy anything fast or remotely convenient with ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30725805/sugar-tax---obesity?post_id=549712213#549712213Good point about convenience food.Much higher percentage of our food is now eaten away from home and it is very, very difficult to findany 'fast' food that is healthy.Could someone tell me where I could buy anything fast or remotely convenient with aSat, 20 Aug 2016 03:52:41 -0500