Nanny state approved Christmas lunch
This year Public Health England has spent over £40 million of taxpayers money telling Brits what they can and cannot eat, drink and do in their leisure time. Using these warnings and guidelines, the TaxPayers' Alliance has calculated what a public health puritan approved Christmas lunch would look like.
Following the nutritional guidelines set by the NHS, an adult male could enjoy the following on Christmas Day:
| Items | Approved amount |
| Breakfast | |
| Smoked Salmon | 75 grams |
| Eggs | 1 egg |
| Bread | 1 slice |
| Butter | 5 grams |
| Advent calendar chocolate | Quarter of a fun size Mars bar |
| Lunch | |
| Turkey | 125 grams |
| Gravy | 56.25 grams |
| Boiled potatoes | Half serving |
| Pigs in blankets | One quarter chipolata |
| Sprouts | 25 grams |
| Broccoli | 25 grams |
| Carrots | 25 grams |
| Parsnips | 25 grams |
| Dessert | |
| Christmas pudding | Tenth of a serving |
| Brandy cream | 15 millilitres |
| Brie | 30 grams |
| Stilton | 15 grams |
| Nuts | 30 grams |
| Pate | 30 grams |
| Crisps | 30 grams |
| Mince pie | Twentieth of a mince pie |
| Custard | Twentieth of a serving |
| Goose fat (cooking) | 15 grams |
| Additional salt (cooking) | None |
| Drinks | |
| Orange juice | Tenth of a glass |
| Wine | Three quarters of a glass |
| Champagne | Quarter of a glass |
| G&T | Quarter of a glass |
| Port | Quarter of a glass |
| Brandy | Quarter of a glass |
| Dinner | |
| Turkey sandwich | Half a sandwich |
A visual representation designed by the TPA is below: 
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?"
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Chloe Westley, Campaign Manager
TaxPayers’ Alliance
55 Tufton Street, London, SW1 3QL
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