The other side of reducing sugar in foods

Thanks Sparklefizz - for the tip when drinking PLJ. I was thinking it was a more healthy option than squash with no sugar (but DOES have artificial sweeteners)

I do usually rinse with plain water after, I hope that is enough. I already have crowns!

I really wish all manufacturers were forced to gradually reduce the amount of sugar and salt in our food over several years. And not add artificial flavours instead. Our taste buds would gradually adapt.

You should be more worried about the air you breath in fact.
I'm holding my breath

Love sugar. We have just polished off the last of the Xmas cake. Yum! Sugar never did me any harm and I've been consuming a fair old amount for 77 years now. Not gonna stop.

Tbh honest though, I can never tell the difference between something sugar sweetened, and the artificial stuff. Must have a shocking palate. ?

Referring to earlier posts - My dog won't drink tap water. I have to go out into the garden and get it from the barrel!

Regarding children eating too much sugar, surely it is the parents who are to blame or do children do their own catering these days?

Jane - my cats are the same. They prefer to drink outside from puddles or even the pond!

mabon1 @12:24. One assumes you have not tasted natures best? Breast milk is unbelievably sweet, so I do not understand your argument. Obviously its combination will fluctuate a little depending on climate, but sweet it remains.

Note: I am not some sort of babymilk fiend. It was during midwifery training!

JaneA I never had a cat who drank out of a bowl. It was watering cans, birdbaths, the toilet, puddles and the odd drain.

bijou Regarding children eating too much sugar, surely it is the parents who are to blame or do children do their own catering these days?
No they don’t, but modern parents seem to be of the view that unless children are fed with snacks between meals they will either perish, the world will end, or they will throw a tantrum because they haven’t had a snack.
So they get snacks.
Of course the snack could be fruit, cut up vegetables or nuts but more frequently it’s some sort of sugary confection.
Also unless parents are super-vigilant it’s easy to fail to spot how much sugar there is in yoghurts and fruit smoothies and cereal bars, which all seem to have a ‘healthy’ image.

And don’t get me started on breakfast cereals?

DD1 has poor tolerance to aspartame, and it caused her to suffer Lupus like symptoms. She avoids it now and is symptom free.

I’ve cut out processed sugars over the last year, which effectively ends up being processed carbs. As I’m allergic to palm oil too I’ve lost 3 to 4 kilos over the last year.
It didn’t stop the doctor nagging me about my blood pressure today though.

SarahellenW.... artificial sweeteners also make me feel quite ill with stomach cramps and the need for the loo, quickly. I drink water and a few cups of coffee a day. The first cup of the day always has one lump of sugar in it and afterwards no sugar. I tend to drink a lot of milk as a cold drink.

I like Vimto, which has a no artificial sweeteners version, although I must now check to see if it contains fructose. We avoid aspartame as it gave my husband terrible leg pains. Very bad for you!

Is sweet food addictive?
Where we live there's a high rate of obesity. every other person you see is carrying some kind of drink in their hand. And probably most of the drinks are sweetened.
Or some snack food probably with added sugar (or the other one.)

Morgana I think you'll find that "original" Vimto, like "original" Ribena now contains Acesulfane K, an artificial sweetener. Neither are the original formula at all.
Artificial sweeteners give me a hangover so I am always reading labels.

Typical Tory fudging:

don't have a clean air act - ban smoking and leave other dangers in place (eg gangs work in the London underground without masks and come up black and choking, but they aren't allowed to smoke because it's unhealthy)
don't legislate for reduced sweeteners - tax sugar and allow sweeteners which have the same diabetes causing effects and are contraindicated for may illnesses

Fennel

our bodies are designed to crave high energy difficult to obtain (in nature) sugars and carbohydrates - we haven't changed much since we walked everywhere and getting honey was a challenging and difficult operation.
Now we are largely seated and static and carbs and sugars are cheap and easily available but the craving is still active

sorry - that should be that they don't legislate for reduced sweetness

ie taxing sugar and allowing sweeteners means foods are just as sweet and our cravings for sweet things continues

I like my sugar in alcohol

I'm Diabetic Type 2 , advice is not to replace sugar with sweetners. Fruit is high in sugar so I'm restricted to 2 portions per day (apple, banana are 1 portion each, handful of grapes or 2 plums) also beetroot, parsnip & sweetcorn are high in sugar too. I have 2 cups of coffee per day, maybe 3 in the Winter, 1 in the Summer with 2 tsps of sugar coffee doesn't hit the spot without sugar I've tried to cut down but I find it almost impossible. I don't have a "sweet tooth" preferring savoury. I rarely buy a ready meal preferring to cook from scratch but also find it almost impossible to lose weight

Legs have you looked at the low carb thread?

I'm baffled as to why so many brands of toothpaste contain artificial sweetener. It's disgusting and leaves a vile taste behind - not really a desirable result of cleaning one's teeth.

Check out this article on NHS Choices about a recent study into Aspartame sensitivity www.nhs.uk/news/food-and-diet/research-casts-doubt-on-aspartame-sensitivity/