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.

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[ailbhe]

I hate that they've called "cake and junk food" unhealthy, as though it's an all-or-nothing deal. When I have PMS, a ton and a half of exceedingly finely refined sugar is way healthier than ripping the cat's throat out with my teeth, for example.

We do distinguish between growing foods and dessert foods, but about two years ago, maybe more, I had to explain that children need fat - because Linnea was refusing to eat anything with fat in it unless we pretended it wasn't there.

Of course, what *I* mainly look for in food is calories, because calories are the point of food. If I don't get enough calories I get really hungry. You wouldn't like me when I'm hungry. (Flapjacks are great for this; fast-and-slow release carbs, and some fat).