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To think that caffeine & sugar are drugs?

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dieselKiller · 10/06/2024 06:27

The mood altering effects of caffeine & sugar are pretty obvious, I think, and both positive (more energy) & negative (anxiety, aggression). AIBU to think that we should be more explicit as a society that caffeine and sugar are mood-altering drugs?

Do you talk to your kids about the effects of caffeine and sugar so they’re not caught unawares by them?

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AmelieTaylor · 10/06/2024 06:39

dieselKiller · 10/06/2024 06:35

I typically drink a couple of cups of coffee a day and eat cake. I’m not trying to start a campaign to ban coffee & cake. I’m talking about being aware that coffee & cake aren’t completely neutral to your mood and that there are both positive and negative effects (which are dose-dependent).

@dieselKiller

To what end?

water is wet, but I don't feel the need to start a thread about it?!?!

Bringbackthebeaver · 10/06/2024 06:38

Are you talking about sugar or added sugar, OP?

I would talk to kids about not consuming too much added sugar and particularly UPFs - although I still don't see it as a drug in the way that caffeine is.

Added sugars can be addictive and consuming too much can be detrimental for health in many ways, this is common knowledge.

But sugars in terms of the carbohydrates that occur in many foods are essential for a healthy diet.

CaptainHaddocksPychotherapist · 10/06/2024 06:38

Sorry, that's just a daft assertion.
Neither are addictive, neither necessarily cause the symptoms you describe. These are personal to you.
If you are telling your children they are addictive, you are in the wrong and scaremongering

OhMyReallyYouAbsoluteMoose · 10/06/2024 06:36

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dieselKiller · 10/06/2024 06:35

I typically drink a couple of cups of coffee a day and eat cake. I’m not trying to start a campaign to ban coffee & cake. I’m talking about being aware that coffee & cake aren’t completely neutral to your mood and that there are both positive and negative effects (which are dose-dependent).

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Snooglequack · 10/06/2024 06:33

Lovely though (as I sip my first coffee of the morning and would totally be having a caramel shot in it if I wasn't fasting)

Andthatwasthatshesaid · 10/06/2024 06:32

We’re all fucking doomed then if we can’t have a coffee first thing or a packet of sweets when we need them.

Jeez. 🙄

WineIsMyCarb · 10/06/2024 06:31

I will make sure I mention it to them when I make them a cup of tea with a teaspoon of sugar in it before school!

I really should limit their intake of crack, too, it does affect their behaviour at school.....

RosesAndPoppies · 10/06/2024 06:31

Neither makes me aggressive. I'm more concerned about artificial sweeteners and all the other shit that is put into much of the food in offer that people consume unawares tbh.

Bringbackthebeaver · 10/06/2024 06:30

Sugar isn't a drug. It's essential for us to function.

Caffeine is a drug but it's not damaging in the same way as a lot of other drugs (nicotine, cannabis, cocaine etc.)