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

[Anonymous]

Never sugary drinks! My kids drink water and 2 cups of milk a day.

Dessert every night after dinner. Usually ice cream but we’ve been baking so much during all this stay-at-home that we bake cookies, cupcakes and fruit tarts that the kids have those now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Also, type 2 diabetes is in older adults, not children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Also, type 2 diabetes is in older adults, not children.

It's more common in adults, but kids can also have it.

[Anonymous]

No sweet drinks here. It's water, milk (not with meals), herbal tea.
I make popsicles and dd can have one every day. I take fruit and immersion blend it with some water and throw in the mold. Still has some fiber and no added sugar at all. We do mango, Apple, Lear, strawberry (separate flavors).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every day.

Same

[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.

+1 and if you are referring to tropical smoothie cafe, you know that liquid they squirt in each smoothie is basically sugar water?

[Anonymous]

Since quarantine, one dessert everyday. But the trick is to keep the portion sizes small. I serve ice cream in 4 oz ramekins that are filled half way. It's a great way to get that sweet taste but not overload on sugar.

[Anonymous]

Never. They have their whole adult life to eat like sh*t and get diabetes.

[Anonymous]

Almost never

[Anonymous]

My kids are allowed dessert daily but they don’t always want it. That may be ice cream or cake or whatever.

We are Asian. We don’t go out for bubble tea much during this pandemic. We have gotten it once in 3 months.

I do not allow any soda. When we first went into lockdown, I had bought a ton of water, some Gatorade and Snapple. They went through that Snapple and Gatorade the first month. I have not ordered again in 3 months.

If we were not in the middle of a pandemic, we would probably go out 1-2 times per week for snow cream, bubble tea or similar. We used to often go to kung fu tea before or after going to the pool. We would meet friends, take friends. It would be fun.

[Anonymous]

Hypothetical: let's say the parents are naturally tall, thin and fit without dieting or watching what they eat. They eat junk but also healthy food. No family history of diabetes or heart disease or obesity. What is the reasoning for limiting sugar or McDonalds or whatever for the kids?

[Anonymous]

Pp Asian here. I don’t know if it matters but I am the one who likes going out to bubble tea and dessert. My kids don’t ask me to go. I ask them to go.

I also like dessert but my kids are not that interested.

I’m naturally thin and have a sweet tooth.

[Anonymous]

You all saying no sugary drinks know that cows milk is full of sugar right? This is why babies and toddlers that have milk before bed are not supposed to fall asleep with a bottle in their mouth and you need to brush their teeth and wipe gums if babies. I’m not saying don’t give milk, but it sounds very judgy to say no juice whatsoever but milk whenever.......