Now whether they’re doing it for religious reasons or because it’s a way of helping them diet I don’t know, but what strikes me is that they often follow the public declaration with a moan about how much they don’t really want to, or with a comment about how hard it will be.

Either way it shows how much power they give to this food and how much it will be in their thoughts right up to the time they allow themselves to eat it again.

No food should have that much control over anyone.

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Rows and rows of sweets and crisps lined the route to the till, which you would expect because they make so much money from them.

So we are fair game but as usual I was paying attention to who picked some of it up.

One guy picked up a sandwich and a drink so he was probably hungry and guess what he was a good weight.

Another lady picked up a chocolate bar and she was slim too.

Another lady went to pick something up but then changed her mind, so I guess she is on a diet and is prone to yo-yoing.

And one young lady walked out with two packets of crisps, a bag of sweets and two bars of chocolate. Guess whether she was overweight or not?

So is it the supermarkets fault that the UK is getting fatter? No, of course not, because those few minutes showed we all have a choice.

The supermarkets are good at tempting you, but you have to pick the stuff up, pay for it and eat it.

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The only problem is that half of her Facebook comments are about how desperate she is to have chocolate, what sort and how much chocolate she is looking forward to February.

I wonder if she will keep her weight off or will she yo-yo?

Answers on a postcard …

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Maybe your lover does not do it for you. Maybe you have not got a lover at the moment, or possibly your current lover comes with all sorts of other issues that spoils the fun.

Whatever is going on for you at the moment one thing proves chocolate is not a good replacement for sex: As long as you use good contraception, when you finish having sex it does not hang around your hips in the same way chocolate does!

Plus, sex should burn calories too so it’s a nice extra way of getting slim. Unfortunately chocolate fails there too.

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The boffins have found that eating chocolate can help you reduce the amount of wrinkles you get.

BUT … as usual there is a catch.

It only works with dark chocolate that is very high in flavanols, the antioxidants that occur naturally in cocoa beans which are the main ingredient in chocolate.

So it’s dark chocolate and not the stuff that most people eat too much of.

So can chocolate be good for you? Yes, but only when it’s the right sort and the right quantity.

Sorry guys.

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