The UK sugar tax has had an unexpected consequence for health.
A study in Archives of Disease in Childhood identified 21 cases of children in the British Isles developing hypoglycaemia and suffering from what the authors describe as ‘an acute decrease in consciousness’ after drinking ‘slush ice drinks’ such as Slush Puppies. None of the children had a history of hypoglycaemia. None of them had an episode like this again, apart from one child who became ill after drinking another slushy ice drink.
The cause of their collapse was glycerol intoxication, and the finger of blame falls on the sugar tax.
Read all about it at the Spectator.
