What PHE says you should be eating at Christmas

Many of us are looking forward to tucking into a traditional roast turkey with all the trimmings this Christmas.

But if health chiefs were in charge of your yuletide meal it would be a much less indulgent affair.

The Taxpayers’ Alliance has calculated what a Christmas dinner would look like if Public Health England (PHE) decided on the portions – and it’s almost unrecognisable.

Nutritional guidelines would allow an adult male just a few slices of turkey, a half-serving of boiled potatoes and a twentieth of a mince pie. 

Alcohol is also strictly limited to just a quarter of a glass of champagne and three quarters of a glass of wine.

And chocoholics would have to content themselves with just a quarter of a fun-size Mars bar. 

This year, PHE has spent over £40 million of taxpayers’ money telling Brits what they can and cannot eat, drink and do in their leisure time. 

Many of us are looking forward to tucking into a traditional roast turkey with all the trimmings this Christmas

John O’Connell, Chief Executive of the Taxpayers’ Alliance, said: ‘All year long taxpayer-funded public health Tsars tell us what to eat, drink and how to spend our leisure time. 

‘If they had it their way, we would be eating nothing but salad and Brussels sprouts this Christmas, with a meagre sliver of a mince pie for pudding. 

‘I wonder if public health officials this year will be practicing what they preach by following their own healthy eating guidelines?’