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quincyquince · 2025-03-27T18:51:31+00:00

She's gluten free, so has a portion of small chips and either a small mcflurry or orange juice or sauce with the chips. We go after swimming. This is ok, right? My friend thinks it's awful that she goes twice a month. But it's not like she's having the processed bread and cheese and stuff all the time?

WORKERbeen · 28/03/2025 07:44

Haven’t had a Maccies breakfast in ages! Going for a sneaky one now after the school run - mmm breakfast wrap

Coffeeishot · 28/03/2025 07:43

arethereanyleftatall · 28/03/2025 07:37

Lol, the rush to insult anyone who doesn’t give a fortnightly mcds to a 5 yr old who doesn’t even seem to like it particularly/ is always mad on these threads. We have an obesity crisis, and behaviour in schools - well documented that UPF foods are having large negative impacts on brains - is increasingly worse. But sure, the parents who are teaching their kids that there’s treats elsewhere in life other than UPFs, are the bad guys.

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Not bad at all smug maybe but not bad !

arethereanyleftatall · 28/03/2025 07:37

ProfessionalWhimsicalSkidaddler · 28/03/2025 07:27

Great question! Very much my thoughts while reading the comments on this thread.

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Lol, the rush to insult anyone who doesn’t give a fortnightly mcds to a 5 yr old who doesn’t even seem to like it particularly/ is always mad on these threads. We have an obesity crisis, and behaviour in schools - well documented that UPF foods are having large negative impacts on brains - is increasingly worse. But sure, the parents who are teaching their kids that there’s treats elsewhere in life other than UPFs, are the bad guys.

BusyMum47 · 28/03/2025 07:31

Tbrh · 27/03/2025 19:10

Personally I think you're setting her up for bad habits in the future. Occasionally sure, but every second weekend, no way.

Seriously?? It's a handful of chips & an ice cream with her mum!!

Would you be so judgy about it if she was taking her to an organic cafe & eating the exact same thing? Or serving it up at home?

ProfessionalWhimsicalSkidaddler · 28/03/2025 07:30

@quincyquince honestly, every two weeks is more than fine. I’d do and have done every week (as the child being treated and the parent doing the treating) and there was more than just fries and ice cream. People here acting like it’s crack and your kid will be a meth head because she ate fries 26 times in a year?! Some people live in another world.

arethereanyleftatall · 28/03/2025 07:29

quincyquince · 28/03/2025 07:16

She doesn't like hash browns. (No child of mine! 🤣)

If she has a burger,and we take a roll for her, the meal is too big for her. Plus she actually doesn't like most of the products, even if she wasn't gf.

Like I say, she'll sometimes have the grilled chicken salad, as she's a weirdo that loves salad, but doesn't like a lot of the food other kids do... Fat chips, hash browns, nuggets, fish fingers... All nope! She prefers things like chicken drumsticks or lamb chops 🤣

For me this is kind of the point I was making. You’re saying…

mcdonalds - food wise - is not a ‘treat’ for her.

the treat is going somewhere different after swimming just with you.

so why reinforce a brain leap for her that junk food is treat food?

she actually likes good food already! She has joy in that. So why tell her UPF is a treat?

ProfessionalWhimsicalSkidaddler · 28/03/2025 07:27

GauntJudy · 27/03/2025 19:31

Why are people such wankers?

Great question! Very much my thoughts while reading the comments on this thread.

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quincyquince · 28/03/2025 07:16

She doesn't like hash browns. (No child of mine! 🤣)

If she has a burger,and we take a roll for her, the meal is too big for her. Plus she actually doesn't like most of the products, even if she wasn't gf.

Like I say, she'll sometimes have the grilled chicken salad, as she's a weirdo that loves salad, but doesn't like a lot of the food other kids do... Fat chips, hash browns, nuggets, fish fingers... All nope! She prefers things like chicken drumsticks or lamb chops 🤣

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quincyquince · 28/03/2025 07:09

Stephenra · 27/03/2025 23:33

The 'gluten free' thing is entirely manufactured bullshit. So is your mouthy chum.

No it's not, if my child has wheat she gets tummy aches and loose stools and soils herself.
We give her wheat products every so often to see, and same result. And when she's accidentally been given it, same result.

So, thanks for telling me I'm talking bullshit.

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CrownCoats · 28/03/2025 06:21

The fries in McDonalds are 14% sunflower/rapeseed oil which is quite a huge amount of fat. Eating deep fried food regularly is also linked to various cancers.

A McFlurry contains between 20-34g of sugar, along with various oils, stabilisers and artificial flavours.

Basically, they’re both ultra processed foods and I wouldn’t take a child there regularly. Saying it’s “just potatoes” or “just ice cream” is deliberately misleading.

GreenWheat · 28/03/2025 05:50

katepilar · 27/03/2025 22:58

Of course its not ideal, you know that. Up to you to decide whether it makes your life easier or happier enough to continue to do so.

Oh give over. What a silly response.

onwardsup4 · 28/03/2025 05:18

arethereanyleftatall · 27/03/2025 19:13

Whilst I wouldn’t do it - I don’t see mcds as ‘treat’ food, because there are far tastier options, I see it as ‘convenience, fuck we’re in a hurry and no food in’ food - I wouldn’t make a comment to you if you do.

It’s generally children that find going to be a treat, I doubt many adults find McDonalds food an actual treat except like you say for the convenience and not having to cook.

LBFseBrom · 28/03/2025 04:20

LilacPeer · 28/03/2025 00:06

I’ve got 4 DDs, 3 of which were until recently elite gymnasts training between 16 and 30 hours a week. We had McDonalds probably twice a week for 4 years on the way home from training. The other 19 meals of the week were all perfectly well balanced and nutritious. They’re incredibly fit and healthy, not addicted to salt or junk and seem to have survived the ordeal 🤪

Quite right too.

Op, your child will be fine. She'll eat a lot more junk than that later on when she goes out with friends.

Waterweight · 28/03/2025 01:44

Waterweight · 27/03/2025 23:07

In Australia they're also vegan so the company must have the equipment to cook nuggets sesperate ?!

Meant to tag you in this comment which doesn't really make sense on its own @JustMeHello

PyongyangKipperbang · 28/03/2025 01:40

MumWifeOther · 27/03/2025 23:26

Simply not true. None of mine had junk or excess sugar until much older and even then was very rarely. They have a very healthy attitude to food and actually make much better choices. They don’t have an addiction to sugary shit like most other school age kids I see gorging on crap every other day!

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Well done you.

Have your "I won at parenting" badge.

BinChicken1 · 28/03/2025 01:40

does anyone else remember the poster who said that ham sandwiches were a treat in her house..?

IpsyUpsyDaisyDoos · 28/03/2025 01:30

TheCountofMountingCrispBags · 28/03/2025 01:27

But they are still too thin, and absorb more oil than a proper chip because of surface areareal chip shop chips are healthier

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But usually not GF, do not healthier in that way, which is required in this instance.

My kid won't eat chunky chips either. Or anything that remotely tastes like potato. So given her "chips" / potato intake is so low, I wouldn't worry about skinny chips every 14 days being unhealthy.

Providing the other meals across the fortnight are decent, one where the chips are skinny is still balance.

Stephenra · 28/03/2025 01:29

TiredEyesToday · 28/03/2025 00:12

That’s interesting. I’m not coeliac but became incredibly unwell last year with a range of digestive / gastric issues. My GP suggested I try an elimination diet, starting with gluten which seemed the likely culprit based on a 3 month food diary.

Guess what?

Two months after cutting out all gluten from my diet, my symptoms have all cleared up.

im interested to know who has manufactured what in this scenario. Was it me? Manufacturing symptoms? My GP- manufacturing the “gluten free thing” for shits and giggles?

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You're confusing correlation and causation. Common fallacy. Look it up. Hope your health continues to improve.

The mendaciousness of the 'gluten free' thing is well documented. You just need to search and keep an awareness of how susceptible the human mind is to dietary fads.

www.mic.com/articles/135813/why-your-gluten-free-diet-is-probably-bullshit

TheCountofMountingCrispBags · 28/03/2025 01:27

MrsSunshine2b · 27/03/2025 21:34

That's what McDonald's chips are. Potatoes, cut and fried. They are cut somewhere in a factory and brought in in massive frozen bags before frying, but all they are is potatoes.

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But they are still too thin, and absorb more oil than a proper chip because of surface areareal chip shop chips are healthier

PyongyangKipperbang · 28/03/2025 01:01

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MsAmerica · 28/03/2025 00:20

I'm not sure what you mean by "okay." She won't develop massive health problems. But why would you want to support, and have her develop a fondness for, a company like that?

Exasperateddonut · 28/03/2025 00:19

Slice a gluten free roll and take it with you.

order a cheese burger and customise to remove the bun. Add extra sauce.

gluten free sorted. Done many many times 😄

TiredEyesToday · 28/03/2025 00:12

Stephenra · 27/03/2025 23:33

The 'gluten free' thing is entirely manufactured bullshit. So is your mouthy chum.

That’s interesting. I’m not coeliac but became incredibly unwell last year with a range of digestive / gastric issues. My GP suggested I try an elimination diet, starting with gluten which seemed the likely culprit based on a 3 month food diary.

Guess what?

Two months after cutting out all gluten from my diet, my symptoms have all cleared up.

im interested to know who has manufactured what in this scenario. Was it me? Manufacturing symptoms? My GP- manufacturing the “gluten free thing” for shits and giggles?

LilacPeer · 28/03/2025 00:06

I’ve got 4 DDs, 3 of which were until recently elite gymnasts training between 16 and 30 hours a week. We had McDonalds probably twice a week for 4 years on the way home from training. The other 19 meals of the week were all perfectly well balanced and nutritious. They’re incredibly fit and healthy, not addicted to salt or junk and seem to have survived the ordeal 🤪

Passmetheprosecco86 · 27/03/2025 23:59

My gluten free daughter (13) averages about one a week, despite my best efforts to keep it as a ‘treat’ 🙈
Her argument is that her friends get to try other takeaways and will mix it up with other cuisine whereas where we live, she is pretty limited with having to find gf options.