Please don't feed the fish (white bread)

Yes, environmental health nuts are taking their campaign for whole grains to the ponds of the UK. British anglers have been banned from using white bread as bait because it apparently makes fish fat:

A fishery has become the first in the country to veto white bread amid fears it is unhealthy for the fish.

Instead, fishermen have been urged to cast out pieces of wholemeal and granary bread into lakes.

Experts say white bread lacks the protein that brown slices contain and too much of it leaves fish bloated, lethargic and with bad guts.

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