Health and Fitness

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Not in My Fridge

August 7, 2013 Longrider 7

Hummus. Apparently, according to the Guardian, natch, we are in love with hummus. It is the beige dip that launched a thousand picnics, and Britons […]

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Sugar is the New Demon

August 4, 2013 Longrider 3

More puritan twaddle. This time it’s sugar. Our addiction to sugar is linked to obesity, cancer and heart disease – and soft drinks are among […]

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I Agree With Julia

June 6, 2013 Longrider 5

WRAP off, frankly. As Julia, notes, this government funded (i.e funded with money stolen from us) quango is interfering where it has no business being. […]

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Oh, FFS!

May 23, 2013 Longrider 3

I don’t drink coffee these days. It’s a migraine trigger, so I had to reluctantly give it up. But, my, oh my, when passing a […]

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Smoking Causes…

March 7, 2013 Longrider 11

Everything, apparently. I mean, who would have thought it causes MS? One of the leading theories behind multiple sclerosis is a viral infection, but smoking […]

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Oh Sugar!

February 14, 2012 Longrider 6

The latest target of the bansturbators is that poison, sugar: Last week, a trio of American scientists led by Robert Lustig, professor of clinical paediatrics […]

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Nudge Off

February 10, 2012 Longrider 8

I see that the Cameroid’s nudge unit is in top gear. The latest target is the elderly. It seems that this group is now the […]

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Oh, God…

January 10, 2012 Longrider 14

More bloody nagging… In particular, the report emphasises the importance of the four main lifestyle risk factors – diet, physical activity, alcohol and tobacco. They […]