Any chaos will be in Kent ( and other UK lorry parks )

The UK Government  narrative is clear. If there's friction exporting to the EU and it's "all a bit slipshod and disorganised and there's therefore chaos because of failure of the EU to plan" then HMG is going to blame the direct consequences of leaving the Customs Union and Single Market on the EU. We've left the EU and at the end of the year we exit the Withdrawal Agreement's Transition Period that's been in place since the 1st of Feb. During the Transition Period we continued to be in the Customs Union and Single Market although no longer an EU member. That's what's kept our imports and exports flowing freely since then. It means we're yet to feel the practical effects of Brexit. Next year the EU will continue to exist and operate its Customs Union and Single Market. With or without an FTA, as we'll be outside the Customs Union and Single Market and a third country, all our exports to the EU will be subject to checks at the border. Wh
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Time for more meat in the fast food burger?

The UK Government is expected to announce new measures to try and curb obesity and they may include a ban on TV junk food adverts before the 9PM 'watershed'.

A more useful approach to tackling obesity may be better food standards and in particular requiring more protein in fast food.

I found this May 2020 New Scientist article very interesting for what it said about appetite, hunger and overeating.

Simplistically, we get hungry and eat until no longer hungry.

The article suggests there's more to it than that. In particular, we get hungry for a number ( five ) different things and ideally eat until we're no longer hungry for all five.

Of those five, the hunger for protein is the one that really needs to be satisfied. We'll keep eating until we've had enough protein even if that means eating more carbs.

This is basically how the low carb keto diets work. Stuff yourself with steak and you won't have any chips and you overall energy intake will drop.

Sadly the reverse seems not to be true. Stuff yourself with chips and you'll still want some steak to get that protein so your energy intake is higher.

It seems we need about 25% of our food to be protein, not all of which we can absorb.

If you look up the figures for a fast food burger they are about 10% to 15% protein so a bit low. But then you add the chips ( virtually no protein ) and then a fizzy drink ( no protein ) and you've now added a lot more energy and the meal is very lacking in protein.

It's also interesting to note that when you 'go large' you get more chips and a bigger drink but not more meat.

Poor Morgan Spurlock never stood a chance!

Time to put more meat in the fast food burger?

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