To think we should be allowed two cokes as part of the Nando’s bottomless drink deal?

I was at a Nandos recently and they no longer include full sugar cola in the bottomless drinks offer, they haven't done for a few years now as said due to the sugar tax.

They just give you the glass and assume you'll have one FS then choose a different drink.

As its been so long now I'm not sure why they don't just serve FS cola from the counter and do away with the FS at the refill station.

He could get another sugary coke if he wanted, he'd just have to pay for it. if something's free/ unlimited people will be encouraged to have more of it than they really want/ need, sugary drinks aren't good for people and not everybody finds it easy to moderate themselves. Banning unlimited sugary drinks means people aren't going to drink it just because it's there, but of course someone thirsty who wont drink the sugar free stuff can choose to pay for a second drink if they prefer.

She said the kids had fruit juice. But as a one off why not. It’s unlikely they are going to drink pints and pints of the stuff.
I personally prefer Coke Zero, just from a taste point of view, but I would much rather my kids drink the sugar versions than the artificial sweetener. I remember searching the supermarkets as sugared squash became rare. My kids aren’t overweight, in fact at least one is underweight. Weight is not the only health issue.

I’ve been drinking fat Coke for years and am a size 8. It’s probably not the drink making people fat, it’s the full English, multiple bags of crisps and white bread toast before bed daily that’s responsible

And don't get me started on calorie counts on menus. My daughter is a recovering anorexic and she doesn't need any reminders of what she might be consuming. She just needs to look at a menu and choose what she fancies/what her body needs.

This resonates. I'm the same. And I do choose my food based on the calories on those occasions, even though I try to ignore it. I can't. I still have some recovering to do.

All the best to your daughter and your family. It's a long road.

Illegal as in under arrest illegal?

I drink Coke, proper coke, but as advice for next time, if you get the refill machines which do flavoured Pepsi Max, get the Pepsi Max and add the lime flavouring. It's really nice. The sweetener aftertaste is almost entirely gone.

I don't know about the Nando's machines, I haven't been for ages.

I used to work for Pizza Hut… I’d have to spout that It’s Pepsi, ok? with a big smile knowing full well it’s never ok!
Staff got unlimited soft drinks on shift, and posting this has reminded me of our work-around the Pepsi issue… equal amounts Pepsi, 7up and tango in a pint glass. Looked revolting, but really kept you buzzing on a 1am closing shift!

If it's from a machine it bears no resemblance to actual Coke anyway

An 8 year old should never be having bottomless full fat coke….!!!

There's a toilet in the restaurant? You go before you leave...
How do you think people manage after a night out drinking?

This is exactly the same as me.

Normally I only drink water, tea or (occasionally) wine.

But like your DH, on the rare occasion I want a fizzy drink, I want the sugar version. I really can’t stand artificial sweeteners, I can really taste it even if it’s only a little bit, and it sends me a bit fuzzy in the head.

Dont even get me started on the salt obsession!!
Not everyone has high BP....!!!
And maybe more children would eat more veg if- shock horror- they were allowed to season it!

"If OP's DH fancied two cokes he could have bought a second. Just don't see the big deal"

Exactly this.
Free drinks are a bonus, not a human right!

Or just don't drink fizzy drinks

Surely 'you' could have had the sugar coke, and 'dh' had the sweatner coke for your second drink... obviously they look the same so who knows which you'd pick up at the table...

I too would have just had the second. But I'd imagine the single servings are coming nandos way...

I don't know how people drink 2 glasses of anything without needing a wee all the way home.

The sugar tax needs to be abolished, I am so sick of nanny state britain trying to give me cancer instead of possibly consuming extra calories from a drink. It's a huge migraine trigger for most people and I can't believe the govt are happy for children's food and drinks to be full of artificial sweeteners and UPFs instead of normal sugar and salt well, I can, because they are clearly now dependent on the money raised!

I do believe artificial sweeteners are bad as well

I have tried and failed so many times to explain to dp that his digestive issues are related to him drinking squash over water!!!!!! Argh!

I love Diet Coke, love it! It’s making me smile reading all the hate on here for it 😁. I know immediately when I am given normal coke, I find it sickly, sugary and cloying and cannot drink it. They taste completely different.

You can’t have bottomless coke with sugar in but you can have bottomless ice cream and other sugar laden desserts. I’m not sure why they’re targeting drinks

Its a joke isnt it. Even Calpol has succumbed to the sugar shit. I remember as a child we LOVED it!! Now all my children, and everyone else's that im aware of, hate it, and i can only assume its because of the swap from sugar to sweeteners. Because when your kids temp is pushing 40° the most important thing that matters is fucking sugar 🙄!!!

The double standards remind me of in the covid days when we could get a maccys but not go to the gym. Make it make sense!!!!!!!!!!!

My dp also wont drink diet energy drinks, only full sugar, but he won't drink plain water only squash..which is artificial sweeteners?! Make it make sense 😂!

i agree it's a silly policy. As a nation we are so hyped up about obesity we have forgotten that some people need calories.

When my 80 yo mum was in hospital with no appetite the only thing she wanted to drink was cold coke. To her, as a health conscious, budget strapped, war baby and then thrifty adult it was novel and exciting. It had the benefit of the sugar and caffeine boosting her energy levels and also being (to her) a glamorous and delicious treat.

Sadly the NHS guidelines meant none of the shops or cafes onsite in the hospital were allowed to sell full sugar drinks, only diet drinks . We had to go off site to buy what she needed.

There are similar problems at our local mental health unit. Despite a significant number of their patients being anorexic and so needing all the help they can get with calorie loading and developing normal eating patterns the 'healthy' choices they are offered are 0 calorie, reinforcing their mindset that the lower the calorie count the better.

And don't get me started on calorie counts on menus. My daughter is a recovering anorexic and she doesn't need any reminders of what she might be consuming. She just needs to look at a menu and choose what she fancies/what her body needs.

He could have had yours.