Fleck lite

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

Can't beat Dandelion and burdock,especially with fish/chips and mushy peas

Or Tizer.

 

[Dellas Cowboys]

Bought some today, two 500ml bottles for £2 or £1.65 for one.

Was drinking one bottle to accompany my dark chocolate bounty bar and noticed that the 29% of an adults daily sugar intake it shows on the label relates to a serving of 250ml as per the small print. So if I drink it all that's 58% of my daily recommended sugar intake. Fleck probably has to run round like buggery just to burn this stuff off.

 

[Stanthemanfan]

I don't know why then don't give people the choice to pay more for the sugary version.
Fucked original lucozade up with the same change. Only pop I liked.

Same here, didn't know they'd changed it but defo can tell the difference

 

[BushBlade]

Bought some today, two 500ml bottles for £2 or £1.65 for one.

Was drinking one bottle to accompany my dark chocolate bounty bar and noticed that the 29% of an adults daily sugar intake it shows on the label relates to a serving of 250ml as per the small print. So if I drink it all that's 58% of my daily recommended sugar intake. Fleck probably has to run round like buggery just to burn this stuff off.

Trying to cut sugar out of your diet is difficult because they put it in everything. You almost have to make all your meals from scratch. The levels of sugar, salt and saturated fats in most pre-prepared foods are almost toxic.

Just add up what you've consumed having your bounty and tizer, then add it to the rest of what you've eaten and will eat today. It's frightening.

 

[blade too long]

Irn Bru lite wont have enough uumph to wash down a battered mars bar

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

The two aren't mutually exclusive.
I remember having classes on healthy eating in the mid nineties. They are part of the national curriculum today. The government claim that the money raised from the sugar levy will also go towards improving children's health.
I rather suspect that a lot of my fellow students don't remember the classes we had, but that's not entirely the school's fault. Clearly we need to keep working on how we communicate these messages and make them stick, but that's only part of the solution.



I suppose this is all down to perspective but I would say that the narrative around healthy eating is clearer, more consistent and more informative than it has ever been. If you're looking for a detailed explanation of the biochemistry of nutrition then you're not going to find that outside of a science class, but the information that people need - eating more fruits and vegetables and less sugary foods makes you feel better, live longer and have less chance of contracting a chronic disease - is everywhere.



Yes, I'd like to see this as well. I suspect it's unlikely to ever happen with the current government.



That's not how the social contract works. We all have the right to comment on things that affect our experience of the world. We might not have the right to dictate what should happen, but it's not only reasonable but actually important that a variety of voices contribute to such discussions.




Companies spend billions of pounds trying to impel people to buy their products. They lobby against, distort and misrepresent scientific evidence to show their products in an artificially positive light. Beyond distorting the truth, they don't even want conscious decision making to play a part in your consumer behaviour - companies actively compete for your subconscious mindshare in a widely successful attempt to make purchasing preferences instinctive and automatic.

Having spent inordinate amounts of effort trying to subvert our ability to make balanced and informed decisions, companies have a massive responsibility to work alongside society to undo the health problems that have manifested as a result.

Beyond the corporate impact, we know that individuals (especially but not exclusively children) are poor at making decisions that involve short term 'loss' as a payoff for long term best interests. This becomes even more challenging when we're talking about the interests of other people. Conversely, it's easier for us to agree as a society that it would be better for us all if the NHS was less oversubscribed, if everyone lived happier and more productive old ages, etc.. Some people may take affront to the impact on their 'right' to spend twenty years immobilised on a hospital bed slowly dying of heart disease, but I'm not overly sympathetic.



Kids/parents these days eh?

Agreed!

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