Karamoko Dembele

[Julio_Geordio]

@caoimhaoin

Most countries have shown little or no change since putting in a sugar tax.

Agreed but they are getting revenue for the health system from the people most likely to cost the health system

@caoimhaoin

Tax sugar and ounish the poor. Generally uneducated people make the poor choices and get easy foods. That won’t change, it will just put th out of pocket more.

Lets educate them then. Use the tax money to help people lead healthier lives. Doing nothing obviously isn’t working. We are just getting fatter and fatter.

@caoimhaoin

Movement is the answer. Less work is the answer, more time outside is the answer, more walking, more doing.

Ya absolutely but is that realistic? Use the tax revenue to build facilities for people to exercise if thats what we need.

@caoimhaoin

No interest in climate control.

Are we still talking about sugar?

@caoimhaoin

People are so fucking weak and unhealthy now its criminal. Grip strength is a great indicator of health. What i see day in day out is terrible grip strength. People do fucking nothing now.

That’s a different issue. Excercise & diet are obviously both important. This is a diet conversation.

@caoimhaoin

If you understood to any level Anatomy & Physiology, Neuromuscular Science, Biomechanics and you watched the way people are now you would not be blaming sugar for everything.

I’m not blaming sugar for everything. I clearly said that in my post.

@caoimhaoin

Most dieticians and nutritionists i deal with are avsolutely tearing their hair out with this sugar thing. They know deomizing anything fails. And they know the issues are way deeper. I had a Nutritionist in a couple of weeks ago with my clients and she surprised them all with her approach. Do not abstain, do not deny yourself. She said she has a taz bar a day to keep her chocolate addiction at bay. She doesn’t go mental on a saturday.

Did she say eat a load of sugar? No? Absolutely enjoy things in moderation, but if you are one of these people drinking a can of coke+ a day and you give it up it’ll have huge immediate benefits. It’s an easy change to make. Being more conscious of your sugar consumption doesn’t mean not consuming sugar.

@caoimhaoin

I would have a rule with clients, if you see something on RTE or any other main news/tv station, take it with a significant pinch of salt. In fact thinking the opposite is often a good barometer.

You who are not a nutritionist, and have admitted the same, (saying you tell your clients you are not a nutritionist), yet still giving people nutritional advice over ruling actual nutritionists, is exactly why people regard your field as quackery.

[caoimhaoin]

What? There is no nutrional advice there? I tell them to ignore tv shows spouting nonsense.

Fucking hell. Stop making stuff up.

And diet and exercise and work and everything is all interlinked. And this is the problem. People want everything put in little boxes. The reason someone drinks cans of coke is to feel good from being fatigued from work. Its amazing how people cannot grasp this. We are all one organism. Our brain is the control tower. Starting turning off the lights (in most cases thru stress and/or fatigue) and everything goes to shit.

You have cery clearly shown a complete ignorance to the issue.

[caoimhaoin]

And as if the tax generated will be used for health issues.

Are you really that fucking naive?

[Julio_Geordio]

@caoimhaoin

And as if the tax generated will be used for health issues.

Are you really that fucking naive?

That’s a completely different issue.

[caoimhaoin]

Of course its not you moron. Its a fundamental issue.

Its more robbery. Creat an even greater rich-poor gap.

Anyway i’m talking to someone who has no interest in reality of having a deep think about it. So why am i bothering.

[Tassotti]

you are playing senior hurling here

[Julio_Geordio]

@caoimhaoin

What? There is no nutrional advice there? I tell them to ignore tv shows spouting nonsense.

You are telling them to ignore nutritionists on the TV and even do the opposite of what they say. Even though you are not a nutritionist.

[caoimhaoin]

No. I am telling them to ignore fitness people, 15 min Joe, diets, fads, fitness celebs, operation transformations and all this other rubbish which rarely if ever has actual clinical dieticians involved.

You are beat up a stick here.

[Julio_Geordio]

@caoimhaoin

No. I am telling them to ignore fitness people, 15 min Joe, diets, fads, fitness celebs, operation transformations and all this other rubbish which rarely if ever has actual clinical dieticians involved.

You are beat up a stick here.

You talk some shit.

[caoimhaoin]

I’m not the one making shit up here fella.

[gilgamboa]

It would be an interesting study to do in Ireland and the UK who drinks more coke per head of capita, those who work too much or those on the dole

I know where my money would be going!!!

[flattythehurdler]

I drink a can of coke most days. I’m about to have one now after a little nap. What immediate health benefits would I get from giving it up?
Genuine question.

[Julio_Geordio]

@flattythehurdler

I drink a can of coke most days. I’m about to have one now after a little nap. What immediate health benefits would I get from giving it up?
Genuine question.

You’d lose weight anyway for a start, but you sound like you live a fairly active lifestyle so maybe not as much as someone who doesn’t.

I’ll tell you what will definitely happen though, if you give it up for a few weeks and you go back and drink a can you’ll nearly get sick as to how sweet tasting it is and wonder how could you ever drink it in the first place.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@Julio_Geordio

@flattythehurdler

I drink a can of coke most days. I’m about to have one now after a little nap. What immediate health benefits would I get from giving it up?
Genuine question.

You’d lose weight anyway for a start, but you sound like you live a fairly active lifestyle so maybe not as much as someone who doesn’t.

I’ll tell you what will definitely happen though, if you give it up for a few weeks and you go back and drink a can you’ll nearly get sick as to how sweet tasting it is and wonder how could you ever drink it in the first place.

What are your qualifications for dishing out nutritional advice, fella.

[Julio_Geordio]

@Fagan_ODowd

What are your qualifications for dishing out nutritional advice, fella.

Same as Kevs

[gilgamboa]

Same as Dr Eva’s too I believe

[Juhniallio]

@caoimhaoin

No. I am telling them to ignore fitness people, 15 min Joe, diets, fads, fitness celebs, operation transformations and all this other rubbish which rarely if ever has actual clinical dieticians involved.

You are beat up a stick here.

Horseshit Kev. Those operation transformation people are all about long term lifestyle changes and choices. And getting exercise all the time. Sure they have whole towns out walking to help their fattest inhabitants. They organise giant fun runs. And they use people with actual medical/dietary qualifications.

It seems in your hurry to shit on these people you have neglected to ever watch them to appraise them.

[caoimhaoin]

Juhy. The research shows the vast majority of people on these shows end up back at square 1 or worse within 2 years.

They sell an image of exercise that is extremely damaging.

You haven’t a clue what you are talking about.

[caoimhaoin]

You can not be sure of any of that.

You really need to read up on the psychology od addiction and/or habits.

[TreatyStones]

@caoimhaoin

The research shows the vast majority of people on these shows end up back at square 1 or worse within 2 years.

What research is that?