AIBU to think some weekly shops contain far too many snacks?and this is not grocery shopping!?

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AIBU to think that the amount of processed snacks people buy in their grocery shopping is getting ridiculous? Watching people share their grocery shop on instagram etc and I can’t see what meals they can even make as it’s all snacks?? And then they say oh grocery shopping is so expensive!Do people really do this? I don’t buy any biscuits, fizzy drinks (18-20 pack slabs) or crisps as a part of me weekly family shop. I buy the meat, veg and pantry items. That is my weekly shopping. I buy one packet of oat bars for my DCs lunches. If my dc want a snack they have fruit, yogurt, homemade flapjacks etc.

You won't need to wait until your death bed. People who eat diets high in UPFs end up in their 50s and 60s with metabolic disease, heart disease, cancers, cognitive decline, type 2 diabetes and all its complications, early onset dementias, Alzheimer's, etc etc, and you can spend what remains of your life suffering from those and other debilitating health problems - aka, all the diseases of ageing that we now know are in fact diseases of diet and lifestyle.

God these posts are tedious.

One packet of oat bars for my children's lunches 😂

@Calliopespa ,this reply says a lot more about you. It was posted to try to wind me up, and the contents of the second paragraph are ridiculous. Would you really try to feed someone with dangerously low blood sugar a dry no added sugar cereal ? Given that you didn't know that shredded wheat didn't mean Shreddies, then you probably might.

You've also accused me of "being quick in judging the habits of ...those with disability.". Given that I have members of my close family with disabilities, you have completely twisted my posts to suit your agenda.

As I pp, I have close family with disabilities. One, a wheelchair user, lives independently and eats very healthily. One, limited by arthritic hands does eat UPF, mainly because he/she cannot prepare fresh food and although has a lot of help, is limited by what products can be prepared. You even managed to twist that.

a@SquirrelGG ,not everything but the main supermarkets only sell a few items loose. Depending on where you live, there may be greengrocers who sell fruit and veg individually by weight.
The ones near me are either in the town centre or very close to the supermarket.

I love watching the grocery videos! I find it fascinating to see what different people chose to buy! Sometimes I get ideas for new things/meals to try, and sometimes I think "what the actual heck is going on?!"

You’ve missed the point in your defensiveness.
Buying sweets/sugar every week because you are Type 1 is not the issue. Buying and eating lots of junk food in addition to that is.
No one looking at 7 bags of sweets amongst a load of vegetables, meat/ fish /tofu is going to think - that person needs less junk. 7 bags of sweets amongst crisps, ready meals, processed meat products and little fresh stuff might be different

One of the reasons I am healthy is that I dont use the NHS. I have access to decent healthcare and if I fancy a treat, I have one. I certainly don't depend on a totally inept government and health system to instruct me. I don't drink, i am 8 stone and fit. Crisps are just crisps, not smack.

Maybe its time ypu looked at why you have created a sub culture of brainless morons who are incapable of making basic decisions about food the rest of us do. And an education system that doesnt teach children how to cook or get jobs. Or a benefits system that means that 99% of people on a grotty high street carry a walking stick under their arm or drive an invalid scooter. Maybe the UK should fortify tattoo ink and pink hair dye with slow release vitamins and then their average 30 to 60 year old women would be able to lose 30 stone and get a job.

Ha! That reminds me of my mum telling me that when she came out of her coma and was told she was diabetic (type 1 - not diet related!) at aged 17 the first thing she said to the doctor was ‘can I still eat crisps?’

Why I have created a sub culture….
didnt realise I was responsible tbh!
having spent the last 35 years trying to educate others regarding health promotion I refuse to accept that responsibility 🤣
i do believe that governments and the food industry have to accept a lot of the responsibility but agree that individuals need to primarily as it is affecting their bodies and those of their children

Also the average 30-60 year old woman in the U.K. doesn’t fit your description as I’m sure you know