That’s child abuse right there … But according to @anon7035031 and @Ambrose_McNulty we have the finest education system in the world so we will be fine, eventually people will learn about health and diet themselves…won’t they?
I’ve an awful hankering for pudding this morning.
A big black one is it?
I like white pudding too.
Did you say anything pal?
I saw an obese woman shopping wth her overweight teenage daughter yesterday and as they loaded the 2 litre
twin pack of diet coke into the trolley I found it hard not to climb onto my little imaginary pulpit… but then an image of Ray Darcy flashed through my cerebral cortex and I carried on.
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She was of the inner city variety so I held my counsel. You’d hope all schools would have rules for banning that sort of shit but maybe not all.
You sound like Kev. Welcome to cork bohy!
Can someone clarify things for me in the midst of all this sugar outrage. Its obvious that sugar is bad for people - if you need TV hysteria to tell you that you’re probably a bit dim. But is this going to promote a behavior where everyone now starts to buy sugar free stuff which is probably just as bad for you due to all the chemical processes to remove sugar? Or are there sugar free alternatives that are actually healthy for you? I’d have assumed your body needs an acceptable amount of sugar to function not to be completely deprived of it.
The main problem is drinks and chocolate/candy - people need to reduce their intake of these full time not look for lighter versions… you can get your sugar intake from the same place our ancestors did - fruit/honey .
We get most of the sugar we need from carbs, seasonal fruit + veg, etc. Our addiction to sugar which is hard-wired into our DNA stems from hunter-gatherer times when sugar was harder come by - when you found it, you went to town on it.
Sugar is not just the bags you see in the shops - it’s fructose, sucralose, lactose, etc. From memory, one teaspoon of granulated sugar equals 3 grams of sugar - so a low-fat yoghurt with 15 g of sugar has the equivalent of 5 tsps sugar.
This link has been drawn before:
Sugar --> Candida --> Cancer
A “beat candida” diet would be a great plac to start @Mac. First step is a major detox.
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There’s 12g of sugar per 100g banana. Grapes have 16g. Blueberries have 10g.
Fruit is riddled with the sugars you need, and deserve, @Mac.
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I know that, and most TFK people know that. I’m just wondering if it will result in more people buying Diet Coke rather than normal Coke like idiots. [quote=“ironmoth, post:12638, topic:7643”]
Sugar is not just the bags you see in the shops - it’s fructose, sucralose, lactose, etc. From memory, one teaspoon of granulated sugar equals 3 grams of sugar - so a low-fat yoghurt with 15 g of sugar has the equivalent of 5 tsps sugar.
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That’s a useful way to look at it
They’re the good sugars though
There’s nothing holy about it
Stevia
I’m not suggesting Diet Coke is good for you, but it certainly isn’t as bad as regular. The calorie difference, all sugar, is massive. Why are people idiots to drink diet rather than regular?
Cauliflour base pizzas - talk to me
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That’s misleading Mac. If you have a sugar-related illness, such as candida, there’s nothing good about eating a banana when you’re body is in healing mode. A detox would involve avoiding fruits as well in order to beat the yeast.
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Someone explained to me before than the chemical processes used to remove the sugar from the recipe are more harmful than sugar itself and most of the sweetners used are worse than sugar too… Similar with all sugar free confectionery apparently…
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Princess has made it a few times - they’re grand - a bit of work in them but can be tasty if done right.
I was always under thst impression too.chemical sweetners are worse than natural sugar
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