It's Bull

Apparently eating nothing but chips everyday ain't a good idea:

When Gina Gough was rushed into hospital in agony, with severe abdominal pains and jaundice, doctors initially suspected hepatitis and put her to an isolation ward.

In fact, the 22-year-old's condition was the result of a three-year diet that consisted almost entirely of crisps. She was eating up to 15 bags a day and went into hospital weighing 14st.

You could chalk this one up to the "Devoid of Common Sense Files" but that would be to straight forward... No we got to label chips now warning people of the horrible dangers:

Now Miss Gough is calling on crisp makers to put warning labels on their products. "I didn't listen to my parents, but official labels, telling people to eat crisps in moderation and warning about possible adverse effects on health, would certainly have got me thinking. Children are eating foods such as crisps with no idea about what they could be doing to their bodies."

Bull. She knew exactly what she what she was getting into. She had an addiction. Addictions are usually only the outward sign of something else going on in your life that needs to fixed. In this women's case it was her depression. Putting a darned label on her drug isn't going to cure her of the depression. She's fooling herself, and quite frankly I worry that she hasn't learned anything from this experience. I'm speaking from a painful personal experience with an addiction of my own: it's bull.

She was eating herself to death. It don't matter if it's chips, cocaine, heroine, alcohol or the drug of choice - it was taking control of her life. She was using it as an escape from her problems instead of dealing with them.

Now people are going to be railling about how chips are so unhealthy for you. But I'm sorry this man is right - and it's not corporate propaganda:

A spokesman for the Food and Drink Federation, which represents several crisp manufacturers, said: "Eating too much of anything - even fruit - is not a good idea. Snacks and treats can always be enjoyed in moderation.

Remember people when you point the finger at evil corporations for your own problems addictions and ails there are three fingers pointing straight back at you.

Going to McDonald's won't kill you. Eating chips won't kill you. Drinking won't kill you. But if you let any one escape from reality take control of your life it will destroy you.

Tip o' the hat to NealeNews.