The Depths to which the Sugar Pushers Sink - Tesco

[LauraBridges]

We are exhorted to avoid sugar (I don't have any ever other than a bit of fruit). Yet day in day out it is peddled and pushed on to us and our children at home, in schools, by others.

This morning Tesco delivered our weekly shopping. There was an item I had not ordered. It is in front of me now. I asked the delivery man about it. It is a free gift. Guess what it is? Sugar.. or rather an organic rice cake think covered in Belgian chocolate. At Christmas Tesco gave us a large box of sugary biscuits in a tin.

Why don't they give customers carrots or cucumbers? Why just junk food that ruins your health?

I told the driver I did not eat any sugar but perhaps my family might eat it. He took a while to believe me, said he could never manage that and then disclosed that he is diabetic (he didn't look over weight particularly but is of Indian origin and middle aged).

What a silly thread. There are no bad foods, only bad diets. If someone has a balanced and varied diet of fresh foods, lots of veggies and so on then a single chocolate covered rice cake or other sugary item is not going to do them any harm whatsoever.

Orthorexia nervosa however is quite a nasty condition and can easily be the end conclusion of getting too preoccupied with eliminating 'bad foods'.

We had these this week from tescos delivery. I was pleased and ate them before dd came home from school

I thought it was a better free gift that the fabric conditioner last month as I don't use that!

"Sugar pushers"

The bastards. You tell'em, OP.

Crap free gift. I'd have rather had a bottle of vodka.

Actually now you mention it I don't know where ours have gone - presumably one of the children ate them.

Anyway I am right. The country is becoming ill and fat because of all the sugar.

The country is become ill and fat because they eat too much sugar. They eat too much full stop. You merely have to eat less and exercise more. Labelling foods 'bad' is a huge mistake. You just put it as 'little' and a 'treat'. There are times you need sugar; after running 8 miles someone giving me a sweet enabled me to keep going.

The country is filled with ill and fat people because they eat too much and take no excercise.

op. Do you insist on eating in other very controlled ways as well?

What do you do if you go to someone's house and they have made a special pudding or a chocolate cake?

God you sound like a 'holier than thou' nightmare OP. Whilst I know that sugar isn't a health food, I can't see that being so extreme about any food group is really wise.

This week, I've had the hardest week I think I've ever had. I've just eaten a Creme Egg. It helped.

I am guessing that there are areas of your life that you are unable to do in moderation.
Moderation is good in general.
I always think of a car. Yes you need the brakes. Very good.
And yes you need the accelerator.
But for a car to work well, you need the middle speed.

What do you do if you go to someone's house and they have made a special pudding or a chocolate cake?

Well, I for one, carve 'Bad Sugar Pusher' into their lawn with weedkiller, so as to forewarn the neighbours.

Lots of us really enjoy good food - meat, fish, eggs, shell fish, veg

So you don't mind murdering poor defenceless little animals? Somewhere there is a sad Mummy prawn standing by a window hoping her 10,000 little children come back home soon. A hen is looking down at the egg she's just laid and planning out a life for it of hatching, teaching it to scratch for worms, chicken school, university etc. No may not eat sugar, but that mouth that doesn't like sweetness has blood dripping from it like a murderer's axe.

Hazel and Tiggy

Hazel & Tiggy

DH is looking at me while I'm laughing my head off.

I expect that cabbages are not too keen at brutally being cut off from their roots either.

I would still like to know how you deal with going to someone's house and they have baked a cake especially or made a pudding, or a work colleague brings in a cake on their birthday etc.

I just say no as I would if they offered me coffee, cocaine, alcohol or cigarettes. I am by no means the only person in England who doesn't eat cakes and chocolate etc. In fact my mother never did either.

Interestingly in Northern Spain for work last year I was in an office at about 3pm and someone had a birthday. Everyone around jogged in the streets and I saw no one overweight. Guess what they brought in? Cold omlet with get in it. Really healthy. Good for them.

Anyway I am more fascinated by the just about universal pro sugar views on the thread than Tesco's poisoned chalice. I will leave everyone to their cakes.

You don't need sugar, OP. You're sweet enough

morethanpotatoprints

Exorted is defined as 'strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something'

Personally I would add in an annoying way until it has the opposite effect but that's just me.

I just cried while reading Tiggy's post to DH

Bwahhahahaha at no fat people in northern Spain

In fairness though Spanish cakes and puddings are vile.

I wouldn't be so rude. I have been to many a house where I know the cake is baked especially, e.g. a very elderly friend of my mother's bakes shortbread. It would be insensitive to turn it down. I just eat less the next day. Coffee, alcohol etc are very different because they can be used next week, next month, next year.

A lot of free gifts are trials of products being brought out. Sorry but I laughed at your op it sounds a bit bonkers