Blame it on Mum's Snack Attacks!

Ever get a craving for a Big Mac with cheese? What about that biscuit that you just HAVE to have with your cup of tea or those crisps with a glass of wine after work? Well the latest theory about people that CRAVE junk food is that it all started in the WOMB. Researchers now say that mums who eat junk food while pregnant may be putting their unborn child at a greater risk of becoming obese. That’s the way it works with RATS anyway. Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College have found that when pregnant rats were fed a diet of biscuits, sweets and crisps, their offspring tended to go for the more unhealthy food options. The babies of the junk food-fed rats were also found to be born lighter than average, but quickly put on weight. Researchers believe that the study shows the rats' eating habits were "programmed" in the womb and that eating large quantities of junk food when pregnant and breast-feeding could impair their babies normal control of appetite and promote a taste for junk food in later life. So yet another thing to blame on good old mum!

And while we’re on junk food yet another junk food addict is making a play for his share of the McDonalds millions. A man in South Carolina has sued McDonalds after going into one of their establishments and ordering two hamburgers WITHOUT cheese. Unfortunately he got cheese on both hamburgers and he’s allergic to cheese and is suing for $10 million. He claims he almost died and although McDonalds offered to pay his $700 medical fees, he’s going for the big bucks saying apart from him almost kicking the bucket, his family "risked their lives" to rush him to the emergency room. Oh….. And If you're wondering why he didn't see the cheese before he bit into the hamburger its because he likes to eat his burgers in a darkened room! Perhaps he should switch to Burger King, isn’t their slogan ‘Have it Your Way’?