How often do you allow your kids to have sugary drinks/snacks?

[Anonymous]

Ice cream is better than sweet drinks. Cut out the bubble tea and let your kids eat a scoop of ice cream. Water and milk only.

Obesity and diabetes are linked to sweet drinks.

[Anonymous]

My kid is 8 now and I am more relaxed now than I was a few years ago. She has a dessert after lunch and dinner most days. She can have one juice drink a day. I consider a smoothie healthy and she doesn’t have milkshakes. She also has fruit and or veggies with every meal and imo eats quite healthy, so I feel ok about the 2 desserts, dessert after lunch might be a couple of fig newtons or vanilla wafers. Dinner dessert is usually something sweet. As a side note I have a friend who says her kid doesn’t have daily dessert but I’ve had lunch at school with my daughter about once every couple of weeks and the stuff her kid eats is crap. One day he had a pack of Funyuns, a trip yogurt and a cheese stick. My kid may have had a desser but had tomatoes, cucumber and carrots so a healthier meal imo.

[Anonymous]

Trix yogurt.... not trip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:9 year old is allowed one sweet treat per day, typically a popsicle after dinner.

Same. Occasionally I will ask if he wants to "save up" for a bigger dessert. Occasionally we will have two treats in a day. Some days he forgets

[Anonymous]

No desert. My kids are not gonna turn into gluttonous fatties

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No desert. My kids are not gonna turn into gluttonous fatties

so they don’t go to school yet then?

[Anonymous]

I think the worst thing she gets is a chocolate chip granola bar probably 5x a week

[Anonymous]

You cannot get diabetes from sugar!!!!!! You know that every carb you eat converts to glucose, right? Please educate yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You cannot get diabetes from sugar!!!!!! You know that every carb you eat converts to glucose, right? Please educate yourself.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/does-sugar-cause-diabetes

"Excessive amounts of added sugars have been associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, likely due to negative effects on the liver and a higher risk of obesity."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ice cream is better than sweet drinks. Cut out the bubble tea and let your kids eat a scoop of ice cream. Water and milk only.

Obesity and diabetes are linked to sweet drinks.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are they at high risk for diabetes?

The thing about milkshakes is the portions I think.
Would they go for a tropical fruit smoothie instead?

A fruit smoothie will have more sugar than a milkshake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You cannot get diabetes from sugar!!!!!! You know that every carb you eat converts to glucose, right? Please educate yourself.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/does-sugar-cause-diabetes

"Excessive amounts of added sugars have been associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, likely due to negative effects on the liver and a higher risk of obesity."

“Have been associated with”. That’s not very impressive science there.

[Anonymous]

We keep sugary drinks/snacks out of the house, and we do not buy them when we are grocery shopping so that the kids don't want them etc..

But, whenever they are at birthday parties, special occasions, offered sugary snacks out etc.. they are allowed to.

My grandfather always has said that sugar will soon be the new smoking when people realize how bad it is for the body, and we try to avoid it while still letting them be kids and not being "those" parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are they at high risk for diabetes?

The thing about milkshakes is the portions I think.
Would they go for a tropical fruit smoothie instead?

A fruit smoothie will have more sugar than a milkshake.

a fruit smoothie with yogurt provides protein, calcium, plus the benefits of whatever fruit/veggies you add. My kid had one today with strawberries, banana and spinach. I am ok with the sugar from those fruits and the small amount from the almond milk. A milkshake has no nutritional benefit aside from maybe calcium......

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are they at high risk for diabetes?

The thing about milkshakes is the portions I think.
Would they go for a tropical fruit smoothie instead?

A fruit smoothie will have more sugar than a milkshake.

a fruit smoothie with yogurt provides protein, calcium, plus the benefits of whatever fruit/veggies you add. My kid had one today with strawberries, banana and spinach. I am ok with the sugar from those fruits and the small amount from the almond milk. A milkshake has no nutritional benefit aside from maybe calcium......

Milkshake has protein and fat as well. But a fruit smoothie with yogurt is more healthful.