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Petition to have carbs displayed on front of packaging

zand said:
Like some others I would prefer the traffic light system to be removed altogether.
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Yes I actually would prefer this myself but can you imagine the fight to do so? I'm hoping if we can get carbs added to it (and it should not be colour coded as different people can tolerate different amount of carbs before they have a problem) then it will draw attention to the fact that they exist. Carbohydrate is not a word you hear its always about 'sugar' and as carbs aren't displayed people assume (because this is what the food industry wants them to think) that they don't matter.

I'd abolish the traffic light system if it was up to me but I really don't think we stand a chance of getting rid of it, at present anyway.
 
OK you have persuaded me lol, I'll sign
 
I think I mentioned my previous DN who said carbs and sugars are different things, only focus on the sugars as carbs in bread, rice, spuds etc dont count as they are savoury foods.
 
I suppose he's still with us, is he?
 
lucylocket61 said:
I think I mentioned my previous DN who said carbs and sugars are different things, only focus on the sugars as carbs in bread, rice, spuds etc dont count as they are savoury foods.
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Does she have many type 1 patients, I wonder?
 
lucylocket61 said:
I think I mentioned my previous DN who said carbs and sugars are different things, only focus on the sugars as carbs in bread, rice, spuds etc dont count as they are savoury foods.
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Just wow.. they should be sacked! But that is what the food and pharmaceutical industries would have us believe.. just can't actually get my head around a diabetes specialist saying it!
 

Ah, sorry you have to be a resident of the UK to sign the petition.
 
zand said:
OK you have persuaded me lol, I'll sign
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Some posters have caused me to re-assess the pros and cons; but, on balance, it would raise awareness, so would be useful, unless PHE decided a high carb product is still green, as others have said.
 

The restaurant thing is the next petition lol I'm trying to keep this one as simple and as easily implementable as possible. If this succeeds then we want the info everywhere! Also why does alcohol not have nutritional info on it? And his brother may just be one of the lucky ones whose sugars never seem to rise (or hes in hospital as we speak having a toe off).
 

Taking advice from the food industry.. there are no words.

Because I'm petitioning for a change to UK packaging I told me that only uk residents could sign
 
Just signed but would like to point out that if it came in a packet it is by definition likely to have processed carbs in them just so that it can have good shelf life and be highly palatable. And yes you can dose for those (or make a guess) if you are type 1 and eat them very occasionally if you are a type 2 but the industry will always try and persuade you to buy. Perhaps the 'healthy whole grains' should be in the locked cupboard in a plain box alongside the ciggies?
I think that government could institute very effective behavioural changes that would benefit lots of people's health but until the nutritonal 'scientists' agree on what makes us fat and diabetic, then we can't blame Big Food for playing the game within the current rules laid out for them. I am aware that Big Food buys influence into that very group of scientific advisors but the obvious failure of the current advice will surely prompt more changes soon.
 
 
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