Freakshakes - Action on Sugar calling for a ban.

The following is just an observation ... don't have any answers ...

Sugar is the latest bad guy .. a little while ago it was salt, before that butter etc. Oh, and we could only have a couple of eggs a week if we wanted to live dangerously.

Before "healthy eating" came out children used to have bars or chocolate or 2oz of sweets most days. School lunch included a sponge pudding and custard type dessert. Men especially used to have several cups of tea every day with two teasponfuls of sugar in every cup.

As far as I can remember nobody was hyper, very few behavioural issues in school, and just look at all the over 80s, they lived in a time when it was the norm to smoke at least 20 a day.

We ordered a milkshake for DGD after swimming and it came with marshmallows, Malteezers and enough whipped cream to sandwich a cake. She said the Malteezers were not nice in the hot chocolate. Forgot all about it til we took her to a different for a hot drink after a very cold outing and she ordered one of three kids' shakes which had flavours named after biscuits. No Malteezers or marshmallows this time but even more creamy topping and a thing like a chocolate bar sticking out. She said the whipped cream was too sweet, even for her. I agree these seem to be aimed at teenagers, but I think they could be gimmicky or pretty without being so laden with sugar.

Sugar does not make children hyper. That myth was busted over 20 years ago www.livescience.com/55754-does-sugar-make-kids-hyper.html .It is all about parents expectations.

This Freaky whatsit, doesn't look like a child's drink. I would says it was aimed at late teens and young adults and the occasional adult. DGS, aged 8, is a chocolate and milk shake obsessive, but I have known him not order one in a restaurant because it looks too big. He actually finds these hyper milk shakes frightening and off putting. I am sure plenty more children react like that.

FlexibleF I think most kids would end up feeling sick and never wanting another one

Great 'aversion therapy' perhaps!!

I think your average 7-10 year olds would struggle to eat / drink a whole one. Also they'd only have them on special occasions. I think most kids would end up feeling sick and never wanting another one tbh and it would be adults buying them for them. I just get really tired of everything needing to be banned. Coffee shops sell coffee's that are just as sugar laden and I doubt most adults drink them on a regular basis either but some certainly drink far too much coffee. Your link was going on about kids having them o a daily basis they'd end up hugely obese but it's not likely they'd have them weekly let alone daily.

jusnoneed Kids must be hyper after eating one of them!

That was the first thing that occurred to me! I think some adults would be, too!

I was amazed at them when they showed pictures on the news this morning, all the sweets/biscuits etc piled on top of the 'liquid' part. Kids must be hyper after eating one of them!

Sorry, meant to include a link....

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46179175?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=facebook