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Sugar, Spice & All Things “Nice”

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Type-2-Havent-A-Clue

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
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Tablets (oral)
Just watched an eye-watering documentary by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall about sugar.

I couldn’t believe the numbers associated with some of the markets leading “healthy breakfast/cereal bars” such as “Nutri Grain Elevenses” etc.

More sugar in some of these brands than in a basic chocolate bar like a Mars or Toffee Crisp.

These companies should not be allowed to get away with this surely?

Walking around walls of confectionary at till points (it’s bad enough in my local Tesco having to navigate a mountain of Easter Eggs now!)

It’s shocking when you actually stop and take a moment to look around you and you never see anything aimed at promoting healthy eating. It’s funny that you never see a wall of broccoli or a mountain of fresh leafy greens isn’t it?

If anything seeing this programme has just enforced my determination to beat obesity and diabetes even more.

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I know what you mean, once my eyes were opened I remember the first time I actually LOOKED at what was available at a fuel stop when I was in Manchester for work.

Everything had carby sugar in it, pastries, choc this and that. I ended up with a bottle of water.....
 
Spl@ said:
I know what you mean, once my eyes were opened I remember the first time I actually LOOKED at what was available at a fuel stop when I was in Manchester for work.

Everything had carby sugar in it, pastries, choc this and that. I ended up with a bottle of water.....
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It makes so much tax for the government that they will never act on it with big corporations. Convenience stores like the one you mentioned is a bit more understandable to a point. The “grab & go” aspect just about makes it excusable but I like you just breeze past it now.
 
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