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Last update: Wednesday 25th March
 
Adverts for some favourite British foods will be barred from TV before the 9pm watershed under plans to cut the bulging waistlines. The ban will go far further than the burgers, chocolate, crisps and sugary drinks widely accepted as junk food. Baked beans, soup, breakfast cereal and even fish fingers could join sex, violence and bad language beyond the watershed.
Food and DrinkThe Sentinel - 15th Novemeber 2004
 
Dietitians have accused high-street shops of selling unhealthy sandwiches after a survey found that some of their products contained as much fat as four Mars Bars. Cheese sandwiches, which are often made with mayonnaise dressings, contained the most fat in a study of 50 sandwiches. A Marks & Spencer Red Leicester and Cheddar sandwich, with mayonnaise and salad cream, topped the list. The sandwich, priced at £1.40, contained 41.9g of fat a pack. The Food Standards Agency suggests that no more than 35% of the daily intake for an average adult should come from fat. This works out at about 86g of fat for the average man and 61g for the average woman. It is estimated that Britons on average eat 40 commercially made sandwiches a year.
Food and DrinkThe Independent – 4 October 2004
 
It could be one of the most popular medicines to be prescribed. Research shows that the 196 million cups of tea which Britons consume every day could form a potent weapon in fighting Alzheimers disease.Alzheimers, a form of dementia affects about 10 million people around the world. The findings come in the wake of much research that suggest flavanoids contained in tea, particularly green tea, protect against strokes, heart attacks and many different types of cancers, as well as more prosaic conditions such as tooth decay and dehydration. One study shows that drinking three cups a day is the equivalent of eating six apples.
Food and DrinkThe Independent – 26 October 2004
 
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