{"id":976,"date":"2010-04-02T10:23:16","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T10:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/?p=976"},"modified":"2010-04-02T10:23:16","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T10:23:16","slug":"this-weeks-food-news-2nd-april-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesramsden.com\/2010\/04\/02\/this-weeks-food-news-2nd-april-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week’s Food News | 2nd April 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Junk food compared with Class A drug<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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That could be a needle of drugs in his pudgy hand<\/p><\/div>\n

Research recently carried out in Florida suggests that junk food may be addictive in the same way as heroin or cocaine. The three-year study analysed the brain activity in rats eating high-calorie foods such as burgers and cheesecake, and found similar results to those seen in humans with a drug addiction. Read more here<\/a>. [South Park, with the unerring accuracy of a Rolex, portrayed Cartman snorting a line of KFC in what is possibly the funniest SP episode I’ve ever seen. Watch it here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

“This is not an amusement park,” declares Sergeant-Major
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\"\"<\/a>Troops in Afghanistan have been banned from eating junk food. Branches of Pizza Hut, Subway and Burger King have been forced to close in Helmand by General Stanley McChrystal, a workaholic known as the ‘warrior monk’. For an interesting insight into the eating habits of various nations’ armies click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Forget granola – full English is the healthiest way to start the day<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A healthy start?<\/p><\/div>\n

It seemed like a lame attempt at an April fool, but it looks like scientists are genuinely suggesting that a fried breakfast is a healthy option<\/a>. The study appears to show that breakfast programs the metabolism, and thus a fatty breakfast helps the body maximise energy usage. Convinced?<\/p>\n

Other food news this week:<\/strong><\/p>\n

* <\/strong>Spanish wine industry in serious trouble. Click here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n

* <\/strong>Hospitals urged to chastise those with drink-related injuries. Click here<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n

* <\/strong>Lincolnshire lays claim to having the world’s hottest chilli. Read about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* <\/strong>More junk food mania as Domino’s boom continues. Read more here<\/a> and last year’s post on the subject here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Blog post of the week<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

* Fiona Beckett writes a highly pertinent and evenhanded comparison of Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley and Gordon Ramsay’s newly reopened Petrus. Read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Recipe of the week<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Lamb is undoubtedly the Easter meat, and quite frankly I wish it was the Christmas meat too. Here’s<\/a> a cracking recipe for roast lamb.<\/p>\n

Puke of the week<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I made the mistake of trying Dandelion and Burdock for the first time. It will also be the last.<\/p>\n

And finally – the greatest episode of Come Dine With Me in the history of Christianity:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to watch it in all its fist-chewingly awful splendour.<\/p>\n

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