There are some expressions I really hate. ‘At da end’a’da day’ being top of the list. Followed by ‘24/7’; ‘oh yeah, hundred percent’, and ‘less is more’. Because less isn’t more. It’s… errrr… less.

My current hobbies are: tennis, tai chi, reading, terrorising my grandchildren, being really annoying and gluttony. Gluttony, the defining reason why less is not more, it’s FUCKING LESSSSSSSS!

In a study in 21 pubs and restaurants, they found, unsurprisingly really, that if they reduce the size of wine glasses, people drank 7.6 percent less wine. How that helps, I’m not sure. Certainly doesn’t help the pubs much, who are 7.6% down on wine sales. Wouldn’t make much difference to me either as I tend to drink wine out of the bottle to save time and washing up. But it keeps statisticians employed and provides subjects for PhD theses in Nutrition. Its value to society? I would estimate at… nil. Nothing. Nada. Its basically saying: if you drink less its better for you. Similar to: if you eat less you’ll probably lose weight.

Not interested in either. ‘Enough is as good as a feast’ is rubbish. A feast is as good as a feast, with enough coming in at a poor third after ‘is that all???’

We’ve tried reducing food portion size but there were sooooooo many complaints (all from a ‘Mr A Conway’) that (ab)normal sizes were returned by popular demand. Same as booze. No point stopping at ‘enough’. No point stopping at all. Worry about tomorrow, tomorrow.

If they really wanted people to lose weight they’d ban ‘buffets’ altogether. Especially in India, and breakfasts anywhere.

Next week; the healthy approach to ‘snacks’. (spoiler: there isn’t one. Not that I know of or am even prepared to listen to.)

Happy Friday

Your health guru
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