Lazy bloody town and damned sports candy

[ailbhe]

Linnea is really confused by what constitutes "healthy" food and since I explained that fruit contains sugar (we were talking about dental health) she's not sure whether she's ALLOWED to eat fruit any more. I can't see why any child likes bloody Lazytown because it is incredibly irritating and all the people are wholly unattractive and the puppets are horrible, but they do - and it's a bit crazy about the whole food thing.

Sports candy. Fruit is FRUIT, it's not a substitute for sweets and cake. It's worth eating in its own right. And conflating sugar and refined sugar is really annoying.

Comments

[gloriap.livejournal.com]

Use your own common sense and judgement. My kids were brought up drinking real fruit juices, sometimes watered down, and in their 30s they rarely drink sodas.

If teeth are a concern, brushing or even rinsing well with clear water after drinking is an option.

I would never give a child soda, with either real or artificial sweetener. IMO, It sets up bad eating habits.

There are currently studies being done that point to artificial sweeteners creating more thirst and a craving for sugar and additional sweets.

[ailbhe]

We had fizzy drinks as children and I don't think an of the five of us drink them as adults. They were a treat. My children have been offered them but since they don't like fizz on principle I'm not sure they've tasted any.

The sugar in juice isn't any better than the sugar in Coke, but I believe aspartame is worse... And most of the others are laxatives.

[jentifred.livejournal.com]

Here in the US, the sugar in sodas is generally high fructose corn syrup. So I'd MUCH rather give my kids juice than soda.

I used to have a Pepsi-a-day habit, until I got a hold of some Pepsi Throwback, which was made with cane syrup instead of HFCS. But it was a limited-time run, and I found that just a couple of weeks of sugared-soda was enough to turn my palate off to HFCS soda. I am not complaining.

[jentifred.livejournal.com]

I've been drinking Izze drinks lately. 70% juice, 30% sparkling water. I have yet to find a cola drink I like that's not Pepsi (or, well, now Pepsi Throwback).

They are bringing Throwback back for the holidays I hear, but I think by then I will have thoroughly lost any taste for colas and it would probably be better if I kept it that way. ;-)

[st-lemur.livejournal.com]

I've made my own soda in the past. It's not hard once you find a source for food-grade essential oils, everything else is available off-the-shelf and recipes can be adapted easily from http://www.colawp.com/colas/400/cola467_recipe.html

[ailbhe]

I'm not at all sure I've ever encountered HFCS in the wild. I don't usually drink fizzy drinks so even when I *was* in the US I probably didn't meet it. Much, anyway. I did find the hotel had no unsweetened breakfast foods except melon and eggs.