Fat in crisps....Surely this is misleading

[Cockney_si]

this picture represents how much fat there is in crisps over a period of time.

news.bbc.co.uk/.../jpg/_42116490_crisps_416.jpg

Surely this is misleading us into a false sense of security, why do they not show men shovelling salt into someones mouth from the back of a line of gritting salt trucks or a someone drinking a lake dry from a straw.

What do you lot think?

[4getmenot]

cant get into link. But did you know that vegetarians cant eat cheese and onion crisps

[Psychick]

I dont want to think about the salt intake right now after just eating four packets of pickled onion space raiders :( lol

It says there is 0.2g of sodium in each bag.

Can you still get some more please?

[Kaylz1988]

Funny all this talk about crisp coz I was having a bitch and moan this morning about this women that gets on my bus every morning with her 6yr old son... and every morning he gets on the bus with a pack of wotsits! I think its disgusting what shes doing to her childs health!

[Psychick]

They contain animal rennet 4get

I knew that :) me feel clever now!

[meaty]

I eat what I want when I want you only live 1nce If I die tommorrow Ive enjoyed myself get hat I mean

[Psychick]

Kaylz do you think that is his breakfast? In which case it makes it even worse for the poor kid!

Im amazed at what Ive seen little kids cramming into thier mouths on the way to school!

[Kaylz1988]

I dont know if it is his breakfast or not, but at the end of the day when I have kids they will not be filled up on junk food! No way! Its not even like hes a teenager hes under the supervision of his mum. It is the parents faults when such young children become obease! Coz they dont wanna hear their moaning they give in! Tut tut........

[Cockney_si]

Sorry for the link not working, here is the pic again

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42116000/jp g/_42116490_crisps_416.jpg

[Psychick]

I feel sick after seeing that!

As a kid I accidently drank cooking oil ( for some reason my silly mum had poured some into an orange squash bottle and put it in the fridge!) It was one of the worst things I have ever tasted and that picture has brought that taste back!!

*goes to be sick* lol

[Kaylz1988]

Im not even going to lie, when they had a big thing over crisp a while back ago made me think twice. Coz I used to be addicted to crisp love em! But seeing things like that its just so not worth it. Im not frightened of putting weight on coz I cn eat like a horse and my weight doesnt go up... but think of the long term affects such as diabetes, heart disease ect....

[4getmenot]

Hi Kaylz :-) sorry but I dont see whats wrong with wotsits as a snack, my little nephew loves them he does only have a few with dinner though. When I was young and when to parties they had wotsits in bowls and crisps and cakes. Its all gone mad. Kids are bigger now because they dont have a balanced meal. This 6 year old could be getting a good breakfast and thats his mid morning snack. and yes rennet psychick but only in Walkers Cheese and Onion

[Kaylz1988]

Hi 4get... but totally disagree. A mid morning snack is like 10-11... not 7.30 every morning! Every single morning without a doubt hes stuffing his face with wotsits... then he has a packed lunch aswell. So theres probably another pack of crisps in there! Long term that child is going to become really unfit. Its cruel...

[4getmenot]

yer but maybe he gets up at 4. lol Or maybe his mum just does it to keep him quiet on the bus

[meaty]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm lovely picture what a load of crp thats through a life time and they have made it look bad by putting it with a kid

[Psychick]

If thats the case, an apple or banana would keep him quiet and be so much healthier. I agree with kaylz on that one.....his mum should really stop and think the long term effect it will have on the poor kid!

[Kaylz1988]

Well if she does that then she obviously is a push over parent and needs to put her foot down. Kids are like dogs i think if they know whos boss they wont take liberties, i dont care what anyone says all this comes down to bad parenting. We've all seen the tv shows with fat kids... the parents give in to the lil brats screams and crys! What they need is a gud hiding lol

[4getmenot]

clip round the ear :-)

[bigmamma]

I was eating a packet of crisps last night , I wasn't thinking about the salt content though , just how fast the contents seemed to disappear :-)

[Cockney_si]

I've also seen on tv before surveys done in the street where they have a big debate on how much salt is in a bowl of cereal.

This involves offering a person the choice between eating a bowl of cereal or a cup of salty water, yes it's obvious what people would rather settle for.

Wonder why your mum put cooking oil in the fridge Psychick? Would have thought it would have been better at room temperature....


When I was a kid my mum always limited my crisp intake to a packet of cheese and onion every no and then, mainly because I had greasy hands after eating them.

Mind you my mum also used to use LARD to fry the chips with too...lol

[Kaylz1988]

Ergggggh LARD *yuk* My Nan always uses that. I hate it... when I was 10 I was making my toast and there was lard in the fridge... I fort it was butter lol