Slushies not to be given to young children report says...

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I had no idea of the dangers of giving young children slushies. My kids are grown up but thought it important to share this news on BBC..

Children should avoid drinking slushies, say researchers www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0l196l2k8ko

The problem with glycerol is it's generally a natural product that is considered non-toxic. I believe there is no limit you can use in drink products. You can buy litres of the stuff as vegetable glycerin relatively cheaply online. Even a diligent parent doing a quick Google may therefore assume it's safe. Although seeing as it's also sold to relieve constipation it's not surprising that the levels in slushies are causing gastrointestinal systems.

How many of the parents who wouldn't dream of buying an occasional slush for their kids are sinking a bottle of wine every Friday night?

Alcohol is far more harmful than a slush so what's good for the goose...

I wasn't allowed cherryade because it made me vomit spectacularly. Must have been a good additive @Negangirlxx

Mine had them at soft play parties when they were younger. I think it was before the sugar tax though, maybe they had the less awful version.

I wouldn't even drink them as a kid. Rather have a fat coke.

Wow I had no idea. I let my boys share one with me once. And we were given one at a party last year (part of the package). I know they're full of sugar, but so is a slice of birthday cake - I didn't realise how damaging they can be and thought as a one-off it would be fine as a treat. Thanks for the heads up!

Oh my goodness! I bet it made the vomit an interesting colour! Yeah, my parents realised that I was hyper every time I came back from my grandparents, and what did they always give me as a drink? Cherryade! As soon as I stopped having it, they saw a massive improvement in my behaviour. Mind you, Cherryade used to be luminous in the 90’s. Bet it would have glowed in the dark! 😂

I used to quite like the old school Limeade. It’s not quite as tasty now, as I remember it being. I had some Cherryade recently, and thought it was terrible. So, at least I never went back! The Cherry Tango is quite nice though.

On occasion, I’m still quite partial to a Blue Slush Puppy 🙈 not very often, but sometimes I just fancy one!

No, they studied 21 children who had been hospitalised due to the glycerol effect, and said that these 21 could be the tip of the iceberg.

And on this thread there is a poster whose child was outside these 21 but hospitalised due to a slushy and others who observed a bad reaction to slushies.

Some very sanctimonious people on here. My dc only drink water 99% of the time but they have been allowed a slushie on occasion whilst at soft play/ on holiday etc.

Of all the sanctimonious, judgmental shit I've read on this site, this takes the biscuit.

No, they’re not full of sugar. That’s the issue! The sugar has been replaced by glycerol, which can cause shock, severe hypoglycaemia and loss of consciousness.

That’s crazy, a few soft plays/kids places round here do them, DD has had one before. Obviously never thought they were healthy but thought it would be fine as a one off

This is so interesting. I didn't know glycerol was an issue. Thank you.

I keep thinking about the effect that glycerine suppositories had on my guts, when I had to use them, and I dread to think what a slush would do to me these days 🤢 I just remember the horrific cramping. No wonder poor kids were getting sick.