Policy is moving towards anti sugar

(ianrobo) #1

Here in UK the teachers unions have said

across the world, slowly and surely we are getting towards the point of realising the damage sugar does

(VLC.MD) #2

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Except that sadly, their main concern is caffeine !

Let’s not worry about feeding more liquid sugar to obese kids.
Let’s worry about caffeine !
That oh so deadly demon.

All drinks over 10g of sugar should be banned from schools. Easy.

The enemy isn’t caffeine. Is it good for you ? Probably not. Is it all that harmful ? Definitely not. When looking at the poor drink choices promoted by schools … and you battle caffeine ?

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If you want to improve kid’s health you battle the guy on the right. I see the teachers union is picking on the little guy on the left.

Let me introduce a friend of mine.

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Do they still have water fountains in school ? or did the bottled water people shut those all down ?

(Brian) #3

I like bottled water, mostly because I despise the taste of chlorine. It’s hard to really get a good drink at a water fountain. About all I end up getting is a few good sips.

Having an option like sugar free sparkling water, maybe with a few flavors, (like lemon as an example), would be something I would appreciate. Having just plain water with some real lemon to go in it is probably asking too much in a school setting. (?)

(Patrick) #4

All the schools in the area where I live have water fountains with the bottle filler stations built in.

(Ken) #5

Hmmmmm. Which is the least healthy? A candy bar, a granola bar, or a whole grain muffin? Providing they all have about the same number of net carbs.

See what I mean? It’s still not addressing the root problem.

(ianrobo) #6

if they all have the same then they are equally as unhealthy but of course one of them probably says fortified with something that is useless