When a calorie isn`t a calorie

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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2 ... ?full=true

[Al]

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327211.200-the-fat-that-makes-you-thin.html?full=true

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Yeah remember him talking about it Al & also reading about it in the 90`s amazing how they all seem to catch up with each other eventually

I remember when I did some cold water plunging after training & would be shivering for a couple of hours afterwards, must have really set that brown fat working then

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Further to the "calorie" theme.

I came across a postcard at work other day with a list of food stuff that was allowed each week during the war.

Weekly ration (one person)

Bacon & ham 4oz (100g) (perhaps a pork chop & 4 sausages)
Cheese 20oz(50g)
Margarine 40oz (100g)
Butter 2oz(50g)
Milk 3 pints (occasionally dropping to 2 pints)
Sugar 8oz(225g)
Jam 1lb(450g) every 2 months
Tea 2oz (50g)
Eggs 1 fresh egg per week if available but often only 1 every 2 weeks
Sweets 12oz (350g) every 4 weeks

[Scott]

I came across a postcard at work other day with a list of food stuff that was allowed each week during the war.

when was it posted, 1940?

Bacon & ham 4oz (100g) (perhaps a pork chop & 4 sausages)
Cheese 20oz(50g)
Margarine 40oz (100g)
Butter 2oz(50g)
Milk 3 pints (occasionally dropping to 2 pints)
Sugar 8oz(225g)
Jam 1lb(450g) every 2 months
Tea 2oz (50g)
Eggs 1 fresh egg per week if available but often only 1 every 2 weeks
Sweets 12oz (350g) every 4 weeks

not a lot of food.

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basic rations, but a lot was added


my great grand father was a game keeper, so plenty of fresh (decent ) meat most of the time......plenty of fish too

many had allotments and and the farms were still being run by the women (land army-and all that)

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basic rations, but a lot was added

my great grand father was a game keeper, so plenty of fresh (decent ) meat most of the time......plenty of fish too

many had allotments and and the farms were still being run by the women (land army-and all that)

Oh yeah there was a lot of "improvisation" going on with food, encouragement for growing your own in every available square inch of soil. And then items procured through the black market