its too late now to fatten them up for christmasOriginally Posted by ynwa
I started feeding the ducks with chocolate
its too late now to fatten them up for christmasI started feeding the ducks with chocolate
I started feeding the ducks with chocolateits too late now to fatten them up for christmas... cue Jonathan Woss for this sort of wise'quack !
... apologies, Ian
... but just couldn't resist it!
Seriously, though, I know what you mean about chocolate. Possibly- like me - you considered those pre-Christmas, half~price offers on Quality Street and Cadbury Roses, in Tesco, a tad too tempting to resist!
Having opted for the latter, I found myself more than 'a little' < (there I go again with these blasted puns of mine!) > "discontented" with the tin's contents ... which seemed in no way to measure up to the standards I'd grown accustomed to ever since my youth.
Now ... whether my taste buds have altered as an indirect consequence of the medication [Metformin] I was recently prescribed for Type II Diabetes - OR, it's simply a case of a marked decline in [manufacturing] quality following the takeover of Cadbury products by 'Kraft Foods' - I've absolutely no...
... but one thing's for sure - the sheer sense of enjoyment I'd experienced in relation to the said commodity hitherto, turned out to be sadly lacking on this occasion!
Metformin - commonly prescribed for diabetes - does have taste disturbance as one of its recognized side effects. ( It increases glucose use and decreases " gluconeogenesis " - formation of glucose - in combination with insulin, formed in the body or taken in addition ). It's a good drug, but, like most drugs, has side-effects, so it's no substitute for healthy diet in non-diabetics who find chocolates hard to resist !
Now ... whether my taste buds have altered as an indirect consequence of the medication [Metformin] I was recently prescribed for Type II Diabetes - OR, it's simply a case of a marked decline in quality following the takeover of Cadbury products by 'Kraft Foods' - I've absolutely no.
Another seasonal food, sprouts, seems to be especially enjoyed by people with a gene affecting their taste bud receptors such that they can't taste a bitter chemical in this vegetable. Those who don't like sprouts appear not to have this gene. What a shame - if you're worried about your weight - that a similar gene has not been found for chocolate, so that you could be genetically modified not to like it !
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