Family who are 'too lazy to work' say £22,000 worth of benefits is not enough

[CaptainCrunch]

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Boblobla

the dog in the first pic or the second...

The dog in the first pic is worth having.

The dog in the second pic probably costs too much to feed. Bacon Butties are out of my pet food budget.

[burn_this_city]

Haha this thread has made work livable today

[Bagor]

Originally Posted by Locke

Which one?

The one with the chubby cheeks.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

They eat this every day

http://www.hgca.com/minisite_manager...?minisiteId=12

Their arteries have to be clogged.

Uhhh, I would eat that every day too if I could.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Azure

Uhhh, I would eat that every day too if I could.

Yes but you don't, I applaud your self control and lack of becoming a lump of grease.

[CaptainCrunch]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/wo...e/11bacon.html

Researchers at Leeds University spent more than 1,000 hours testing 700 variants on the traditional bacon sandwich, which many Britons refer to as a bacon butty (eschewing the term sandwich, said to have been coined to honor the fourth Earl of Sandwich’s habit of eating meat between slices of bread around 1762).

[REDVAN]

Why don't we just exterminate all fat people?

[Bagor]

Could feed them to the bears. Bears would then die of high cholesterol.

[burn_this_city]

Feed them to dogs, then have the dogs eaten by bears. Then either shoot the bears or let them die of high cholestrol.

[Bagor]

They could also be useful for training the folks that try and return beached whales/dolphins to the oceans.

Could also rent them out as bouncy castles.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Bagor

Could feed them to the bears. Bears would then die of high cholesterol.

There is no link between high consumption of dietary cholesterol, and an increase in your 'bad' cholesterol.

The bears would be fine.

[missdpuck]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Maybe we could harvest their fat and use it to fuel cheap cooking stoves for hobo's.

Everyone wins.

And for soap, like in Fight Club.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by missdpuck

And for soap, like in Fight Club.

Better yet, we could have the next evolution of "Bum" Fights! ...

[OilersBaby]

Originally Posted by Phanuthier

I think 1/3 people down here in California are that obese. I don't know why Americans (at least in Denver, and South Bay California) are so much fatter then Canadians. Americans live pretty similar life styles, eat the same types of food...?

Or are foods in the USA less regulated and (for instance, McDonalds) have more fat in them?

Wow I'm surprised that you think people in the South Bay are fat...have you ever been to any of the Midwestern States (Michigan, Illinois, etc)? They make us California's look THIN!

[4X4]

Originally Posted by OilersBaby

Wow I'm surprised that you think people in the South Bay are fat...have you ever been to any of the Midwestern States (Michigan, Illinois, etc)? They make us California's look THIN!

I always thought the 'midwest' referred to the states of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska.

[Ch40s]

Originally Posted by Azure

There is no link between high consumption of dietary cholesterol, and an increase in your 'bad' cholesterol.

What? Of course there is.

To Change Your Values:

• Total cholesterol and LDL
  • Decrease intake of SAT and trans fats
  • Decrease intake of cholesterol
  • Increase intake of fiber (mainly soluble)
  • Lose weight if necessary

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Ch40s

What? Of course there is.

A study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition showed that risk of cardiovascular disease in men and women did not increase with increasing egg consumption. In fact, it showed quite the opposite. From their findings of analyzing more than 27,000 subjects, they indicated that the egg consumers actually had lower serum cholesterol levels than those subjects who abstained from eggs.

The Harvard School of Public Health's research showed the dietary cholesterol in eggs does not have a negative effect on blood cholesterol levels of healthy people. This and numerous other studies have shown there is no link between eating eggs and a higher risk of heart disease or stroke for healthy adults. Some recent studies have even shown that HDL (good) cholesterol increased when people ate an egg-supplemented diet.

http://www2.canada.com/travel/good+n...html?id=802163

I can post more if you want.

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Originally Posted by Boblobla

I am sure. Reasonably healthy meals for the week you make a nice dinner every night plus I need chicken/turkey or something for sammiches during the week. Compare the cost of all the chicken breasts, veggies, rice, bread, cheese that it takes to make dinner lunches for a week to the cost of a 48pack of pizza pops at costco or a bulk pack of smokies or hotdogs and buns.

I have no idea how much a 48 pack of pizza pops cost but you could get real meat cheaper then hotdogs. Maybe not chicken breast but you can get whole chickens that are rather inexpensive. Rice and bread is inexpensive.

Fresh ingredients are more expensive. Maybe not if you compare the cost of 2 pizza pops with the cost of a chicken sammich BUT you can buy unhealthy food in bulk. I now need to make 3 or 4 trips to safeway a week to pick up fresh veggies, and I am happy to do that.

You can buy healthy food in bulk. Take a look at the produce department in Costco. And fresh food isn't the only healthy food. Sometimes frozen or canned food is even more healthy then fresh because it's been packaged when it was at its peak.

Safeway must have the worst produce department around if you can't keep vegetables from there fresh for more then two days. Most vegetables can keep for a week easily. Some for far longer.

[Ch40s]

Originally Posted by Azure

I can post more if you want.

You're going to have to...

A study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition showed that risk of cardiovascular disease in men and women did not increase with increasing egg consumption

If you hadn't noticed, this is an extremely specific study. You can lower your total cholesterol and LDL in part by decreasing cholesterol intake. This study is not suggesting otherwise.

In fact, it showed quite the opposite. From their findings of analyzing more than 27,000 subjects, they indicated that the egg consumers actually had lower serum cholesterol levels than those subjects who abstained from eggs.

This just proves it's not even worth publishing. Are they suggesting that raising your cholesterol decreases risk of heart disease? That's ridiculous.

The Harvard School of Public Health's research showed the dietary cholesterol in eggs does not have a negative effect on blood cholesterol levels of healthy people. This and numerous other studies have shown there is no link between eating eggs and a higher risk of heart disease or stroke for healthy adults. Some recent studies have even shown that HDL (good) cholesterol increased when people ate an egg-supplemented diet.

Healthy people with healthy cholesterol are of no concern here, and it's no secret that eggs, in moderation of course, are good for you (or, at the very least, not bad for you).

It's funny that someone mentioned earlier about the press in Britain being very unreliable. Most articles don't tell the whole story, tell it prematurely, or convolute it entirely. If you want reliable, look for peer-reviewed papers.