Pringles and other stackable chips/crisps are not good for your health

Pringles and other stackable chips/crisps are not good for your health. They contain carbohydrates processed at high heat and this processing creates Acrylamide, a cancer-causing and potentially neurotoxic chemical, which you ingest when you eat these snacks. Read what Dr Mercola has to say about this. The more natural and less processed your food is, the better for your health.

Look at the salt content! - That 'healthy' bowl of soup may be more salt-laden than a load of crisps!

Look at the salt content! -This Daily Mail article has given a helpful reminder this week about salt levels in a selection of supermarket convenience foods. High salt content is especially unhealthy for children. Remember; if it's high in salt it is NOT a healthy choice.

Most bags of crisps are about twice as large as they used to be, despite manufacturers pledging to reduce their size.

See the Telegraph article. You certainly can't accuse snack food manufacturers of falling over themselves to make their products less unhealthy, especially the salty snack brigade. But they do provide us with a free laugh or two, e.g. "PepsiCo, who make Walkers and Doritos crisps, announced a major commitment to healthy living in March, saying they would scrap the 40g and 50g ‘grab bag’ of crisps by 2015." - Only 5 years to wait...(o: - How many children's lives have they damaged with their salt-laden junk? And how many more will suffer in order to swell PepsiCo's profits?

Andrew Lansley, the UK Secretary of State against Health and for Food Inc, favours a “non-regulatory approach” to tackle obesity. Personally, I favour a change of job for Andrew Lansley.

Children need to be protected from salt and salty food. See Children and Salt.

Celebrities should not endorse junk food.

Here's a Telegraph article criticising celebrities who advertise junk food. - Celebrities should not endorse junk food

I certainly agree with the sentiments of the article and I welcome the actress Emma Thompson's assurance that she would not endorse junk food.

I've often wondered how much harm Gary Lineker has indirectly caused to how many hundreds of thousands of children by his participation in the highly popular adverts for Walker's crisps. - The salt those crisps contain can be extremely injurious to children.

Shame on the celebrities who harm children and others in order to swell their bank balances!

See Children and Obesity

TV loophole lets children watch junk food ads. - IT'S THE HIGH SALT JUNK FOOD - LIKE CHEESTRINGS AND CRISPS - THAT DOES GREATEST HARM TO CHILDREN...

TV loophole lets children watch junk food ads

Extract from the Telegraph:

"Millions of children are being exposed to junk food advertisements on television despite regulations to stamp them out, says a new report.

Mars bars, Cheestrings snacks, McDonald's restaurants, Pringles crisps and a host of other junk food brands are regularly being advertised during programmes popular with young children, says research by the consumer group Which?.

Complicated rules introduced by the broadcasting regulator Ofcom have failed to prevent children aged nine and under from being exposed to a regular stream of crisp, chocolate and fast food commercials, its report says.

The rules, which came into force in April, ban any product high in sugar, saturated fat or salt being advertised during a programme watched predominantly by children. However, the rules are based on the proportion of children watching a programme rather than the actual number.

Which? analysed all programmes broadcast during two weeks in September and found that only two of the top 10 most popular shows watched by the under-10s, in terms of numbers, were subject to the restrictions.

The three most popular programmes were all family orientated - Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, X-Factor and You've Been Framed - watched by 1.2 million under-10s.

See Children and Obesity

If your child is overweight, it's best if you give them meals that are low in salt. - There is no need for them to go on a diet.

Children would be better not eating salted nuts and salted crisps, and not eating Marmite sandwiches, because Marmite contains a lot of salt. Salt is usually more harmful to children than it is to adults. Salt can cause fluid retention and that means unhealthy weight gain.

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You can also lower your risk of heart attack and stroke, as well as lose weight by eating less salt! Go on! - Try it! - You will feel so much better!
How to Lose weight!

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Read my Mensa article on Obesity and the Salt Connection

See Sodium in foods and Associated health conditions

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