Posted on 01/17/2024 9:58:04 AM PST by nickcarraway
I knew zero fat kids growing up.
Everyone drank juice.
I chugged apple juice like a maniac, and ate tons of tangerines.
I did play outside constantly though.
Look at beach pics from the 50’s & 60’s.
You’re telling me it’s because juice?
Both are a tasty treat on occasion.
Which the moms gave them as a healthier alternative to soda.
Very interesting. I already realized that in only a tiny part of human history could people eat things like strawberries all year round. I thought of it more as introducing food sensitivities and allergies.
The premise of the book “Don’t Eat for Winter” certainly makes great sense.
Sure, you burned all the carbs off, playing outside.
But you don’t do that playing video games all day.
That’s also why the harvest was such a big deal, it literally was a matter of life and death, to survive the winter.
That’s a lot of calories…
I drank water from the hose when playing outside.
Adults drank juice back then.
Maybe we should all start smoking and get drunk for lunch again.
Nothing better than water from a hose.
You need hose water after having bug battles…
Exactly.
My kid wanted an X-Box for Christmas.
She got a bicycle instead.
She needs to go outside and play with the other kids, not sit inside looking at a screen.
I drink no sugary soft drinks, only water, milk and 1.5 cups of coffee a day.
Anything else must have alcohol
Wine with meals
beer when it’s hot
scotch or bourbon after a meal
Fruit juice is not only bad in that it causes obesity, it also wreaks havoc on a toddler’s teeth. I learned that the hard way. My first grandson loved apple juice. In thinking that fruit juice was good for him, and remembering the apple juice I drank as a child, I let him drink all he wanted. We didn’t make that mistake on the grandchildren that came later.
Hubby and I paid for the dental work that was required and boy was it expensive! Apple juice sold now is not the apple juice of my youth. The amount of added sugars (totally unneeded in my humble opinion) is simply astronomical.
Fruit Juice is Sugar.
Sugar is Poison to the body.
Drinking Fruit Juice is like drinking Poison.
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The only fruits I eat are low-glycemic, like blueberries or blackberries.
Look at size of juice glasses from 50s and 60s
So it’s not juice, but total caloric intake.
Fried salty-sugar bombs are more responsible for calorie intake vs juice.
The article is crap.
More total calories taken in and fewer expended calories are to blame, not juice.
If every single American quit drinking juice, we would be fat as hell still.
Lies.
Sugar is the preferred energy source of the brain.
What’s neoglucogenesis?
But they are mostly empty calories, there are much better ways to get the Vitamin C you get in Fruit Juice.
Know what you weren’t doing when you were playing outside? Eating and drinking soft drinks. All obesity is a caloric intake problem. All of it is a caloric intake problem. All of it.
give these kids a whole 1/2 pint of Whole milk instead of these halves they're giving them. Cut out the muffin and give them cereal. They need vitamins and protein.
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