The Men Who Made Us Fat

[Paulinegin]

New series starts on BBC tonight.

The programme is about decisions that were made years ago regarding food production and how that has affected our tastes and way of eating today.

Tonight is about high fructose corn syrup.

Oooh, I LOVE a fat programme

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[Lastchancesalon]

Oooh, I LOVE a fat programme

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Oooh me too! I've set it to record thanks. I'm just watching biggest loser it gives me a huge kick of motivation!

 

[Zoesastar]

Supersize va Superskinny is my fave fat programm! Always makes me hungry though!

 

[CPL]

set the recorder as we have the Ireland game on, and they are not doing too well against Spain. Cx

 

[GrumpyWino]

It was worth watching, confirms much of what I had already heard/read about.

 

[sididd]

Ill have to put the bbc iplayer on and watch....I'm the same will watch owt, that's fat related x

 

[Saska]

Tks will check it out on iplayer. I've been watching Secret Eaters Wednesdays ch4@ 8pm...sure makes me hungry though ! Last one in the series next Wed. Saska

 

[Paulinegin]

Tks will check it out on iplayer. I've been watching Secret Eaters Wednesdays ch4@ 8pm...sure makes me hungry though ! Last one in the series next Wed. Saska

Secret Eaters is brilliant; especially love the weekly psychology bit!

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[Charlie Brown]

oh! I just posted a really good Guardian article about that program on another thread Pauline, really really good article.
Why our food is making us fat | Business | The Guardian

 

[jan9209]

I don't usually watch Telly but been watching the secret eaters! It's do funny 'I only eat 1000 cals a day with no snacks why am I fat' then find out they eating kebabs for breakfast and deep fried children for dinner haha shows you what denile really is!!

 

[Paulinegin]

Very interesting programme!!

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[CPL]

watched it last night!! we are being made fat by the sugar industry!! Its in everything we eat even the low fat stuff is full of sugar!! no wonder we have an obesity crisis. Caught a bit of a prog this morning on Ch 5, Big Body Squad, OMG those poor people, but then if they are bed bound who is giving them the food!! one guy put 4 stone on after leaving hospital he was nearly 60 stone!!

 

[CheeseGirl]

I always knew it, as soon as they started making everything "low fat" is when people started piling on the pounds! A woman goes into a restaurant and asks, have you got a diet speciality? Well, I'll take two

 

[Lyonsie]

I read somewhere a few years ago that most of the low fat stuff especially WW biscuits have extra sugar to compensate for the taste. Stands to reason that some of the dairy stuff would be the same. Need to check labels...