ukdm

Living in the UK what I appreciate most of all is the amount of information now available on food packaging. You can give me all the advice in the world, but without that information on the pack it means very little.

The recommended daily limit for salt is 6 grams as far as I know. It's quite difficult to stay within that limit if you eat what is seen as a healthy diet. Breakfast cereals can have a surprisingly high salt content. Two slices of bread instantly take a gram of salt out of your allowance. Like soup? Most cans contain 2-3 grams of salt. Packaged meals can be packed full of salt, especially curry.

The only way to be healthy is a balanced and varied diet in my opinion. Keep your saturated fat levels down (> 20g a day), eat fruit and veg regularly, and at least keep an eye on your salt. And of course, combine it with some regular exercise.

If Bill Gates can create another monopoly, but this time offering clean energy for the world, I don't think anyone would complain

I suspect it was rushed out when someone actually paniced about "the competition". There's rumors Facebook is starting it's own e-mail service and the social network just scaled back it's ad relationship with Microsoft. It is clearly growing competition and has 400 million+ users compared to Gmail's 120 million+ (I believe those figures are roughly right).

It is feasible Google did this on purpose too. I can't remember where I read the article, but it suggested this was an expected reaction to Buzz and the fallout was worth dealing with due to the free promotion Buzz got from it. Kind of like the car recall offset against potential deaths/lawsuits caused by faulty parts scenarios. Put simply: it was worth the bad press to get Buzz integrated into millions of accounts now.

Buzz is here to stay whether we like it or not. What's worrying is Google were prepared to push this out to millions based on the feedback of 20,000 Google staff.