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Post by Moose on Feb 6, 2014 20:21:33 GMT
I was thinking about the old adverts for Mars Bars we had in this country, which had the slogan 'a Mars a day helps you work, rest and play.' In the playground we changed this to 'A Mars a day helps your teeth rot away' which was probably more accurate but I was just thinking how odd it is that you would never, ever be able to get away with that type of advertising these days ... implying that there was something healthy or beneficial in eating sugar laden confectionery. Things have changed so very much in not more than a generation.
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Post by Miisa on Feb 6, 2014 21:01:15 GMT
Hmm, not really. Lots of foods falsely have the image of being healthy, yet are just as laden with sugars, such as yoghurt. Most juices will rot your teeth too.
Lots of foods are labelled as "Fat free", as if that means healthful. I have even seen that as an advert for lollipops.
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Post by Alvamiga on Feb 6, 2014 21:15:00 GMT
Good old self-compiled check-lists! "Pure fructose! No added sugar! No artificial colouring! No artificial sweeteners! Low in fat! No artificial flavourings!"
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Post by tangent on Feb 6, 2014 21:28:38 GMT
Today's front page headlines in the Express.
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Post by Moose on Feb 6, 2014 21:29:39 GMT
Did they mention Princess Diana?
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Post by tangent on Feb 6, 2014 21:32:18 GMT
I didn't read the article. The NHS website disputes the idea. It is inaccurate to suggest that yoghurt can “fight bladder cancer”, as the premise that it can prevent cancer needs further study.
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Post by Alvamiga on Feb 6, 2014 23:11:17 GMT
The other thing with those kinds of things is that they mention one effect, but not another. It could, for example, increase your risk of heart attack by more than it decreases the cancer risk. What do you do then?
Most of these things "halve your risk" but in most cases it means a one in ten million chance becomes a one in twenty million chance. Could save one or two people in an entire generation over the whole country, in reality!
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 7, 2014 4:08:41 GMT
LS/MFT
Lucky Strike means fine tobacco.
I'm not sure what it was all about, but it came trippingly off the tongue.
I remember cigarette advertising. Lots of cigarette advertising.
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Post by whollygoats on Feb 7, 2014 4:09:24 GMT
"See the USA in a Chevrolet"
No, wait...I guess that's still a possibility.
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Post by Moose on Feb 8, 2014 1:44:09 GMT
Ah I've seen the old cigarette ads which had doctors promoting specific brands. Bullshit, because even then it must have been suspected that smoking was a Not Good thing.
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Post by Mari on Feb 8, 2014 10:04:19 GMT
Hmm, not really. Lots of foods falsely have the image of being healthy, yet are just as laden with sugars, such as yoghurt. How can there be sugar in yoghurt? It's sour... Unless of course you add the sugar yourself, which I never do.
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Post by Alvamiga on Feb 8, 2014 10:21:10 GMT
Plain yoghurt might be, but they usually add high-sugar fruit to it. It's one of the reasons grape juice, blackcurrant juice and apple juice are popular with the "no added sugar" brigade. They are naturally very high and to add more would be mad!
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Post by Alvamiga on Feb 8, 2014 10:23:12 GMT
Cigarettes used to be thought of as good for clearing the lungs and other positive things. I have a series of Bilko on DVD and they have included adverts from the time in the extras with the cast all standing about smoking and saying what a wonderful brand it is!
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Post by tangent on Feb 8, 2014 12:36:17 GMT
Ah I've seen the old cigarette ads which had doctors promoting specific brands. Bullshit, because even then it must have been suspected that smoking was a Not Good thing. Yes, I stopped smoking in 1967 when a second no-smoking campaign was announced because they told us that most doctors had given up smoking after the first no-smoking campaign. I reasoned that if most doctors gave up smoking it must be important.
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Post by Miisa on Feb 8, 2014 12:56:20 GMT
Hmm, not really. Lots of foods falsely have the image of being healthy, yet are just as laden with sugars, such as yoghurt. How can there be sugar in yoghurt? It's sour... Unless of course you add the sugar yourself, which I never do. I was thinking about flavoured yoghurt, which is after all what most people buy. Also, kids' snack puddings are still frequently marketed as good for bones and such, simply because they have milk base and therefore contain calcium. The whole ad presents an air of healthfulness that is extremely misleading.
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Post by tangent on Feb 8, 2014 20:51:17 GMT
Also, kids' snack puddings are still frequently marketed as good for bones and such,... As is this jam sponge that Sarah made recently.
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Post by Moose on Feb 8, 2014 23:42:55 GMT
that looks nice
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Post by Mari on Feb 9, 2014 10:17:57 GMT
How can there be sugar in yoghurt? It's sour... Unless of course you add the sugar yourself, which I never do. I was thinking about flavoured yoghurt, which is after all what most people buy. Also, kids' snack puddings are still frequently marketed as good for bones and such, simply because they have milk base and therefore contain calcium. The whole ad presents an air of healthfulness that is extremely misleading. Ah, I see. I was raised on plain yoghurt with a bit of sugar and over the years I cut back on the sugar till I stopped using it completely.
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Post by Moose on Feb 9, 2014 23:28:04 GMT
I much prefer plain yoghurt to sweetened. Natural yoghurt is delicious. I prefer the low fat version, which is unusual for me as frankly I don't normally care for foods that call themselves low fat.
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Post by Alvamiga on Feb 9, 2014 23:32:16 GMT
I suppose the one main difference is if something is naturally low in fat, as opposed to being treated to separate it.
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Post by tangent on Feb 10, 2014 0:48:00 GMT
I have tasted one teaspoonful of yoghurt during my lifetime and that is one teaspoon too many.
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Post by Moose on Feb 10, 2014 0:49:20 GMT
what kind did you taste? There are lots and they all taste different
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Post by tangent on Feb 10, 2014 1:39:08 GMT
I can't remember, it was a long time ago.
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Post by Kye on Feb 10, 2014 2:17:47 GMT
I'm not a big fan of yoghurt but I do eat it from time to time.
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Post by Alvamiga on Feb 10, 2014 9:43:47 GMT
I got fed up buying yoghurt when either the containers started to make thimbles look big or having to start considering a mortgage to get decent-sized ones!
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Post by JoeP on Feb 10, 2014 11:59:50 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2014 12:01:37 GMT
I have to put just a tiny bit of sugar in plain yoghurt because somehow, it reminds me too much of sour milk if I don't. They advertise quite a lot of sweet chocolate bars here in Germany as being healthy and full of milk.
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Post by Mari on Feb 10, 2014 18:23:22 GMT
Yoghurt is about the cheapest dessert here.
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Post by Moose on Mar 23, 2014 19:44:48 GMT
I am not sure that I'd call it a dessert exactly but I do like it very much
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2014 13:05:18 GMT
We used to have yoghurt as dessert when I was growing up, but today Frank and i never have it for dessert. Not sure if my parents still do, either.
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