The Times reported on Friday (30.4.10) the very sad tale of a two-year-old boy who had his lunchtime sandwich confiscated by staff at his day nursery. The reason - it was a cheese sandwich. The mainstay of British workers' lunchtime sandwiches for many years. Good old Cheddar. Mainstay it might be, but it was not on the authorised list of approved sandwich fillings. If his mother had thought to add a lettuce leaf or some tomato it would have passed the healthy eating test but plain Cheddar ...... definitely not. It obviously escaped the attention of these morons, but by adding a lettuce leaf or a piece of tomato, the size and nature of the cheese involved would be altered not one jot. If a certain sized piece of cheese is inherently unhealthy then it will be just as unhealthy whatever else is added to it.
In my professional capacity I am supposed to promote and encourage healthy eating but with the food gestapo blindly taking unilateral action like this without thinking what they are doing, the whole subject gets a bad name. The little boy in question went home completely traumatised, not to mention hungry. Was that healthy? Certainly not. These people had fallen foul of the common failing of many in authority whether individual or corporate. They see a problem and solve it ...... never mind what other problems their solution may cause; never mind whether the action is proportionate or not. It solves the problem doesn't it .... so it must be good.
I seem to remember a gentleman by the name of Adolf Hitler once had a little problem with some Jews. I leave you to draw your own conclusions.
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