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>Kids in the U.K. ... really don't need to be drinking milk fortified with wheat and barley. Old attitudes from when food was scarce will pervade for a few yea
by drcross 10y ago
>Kids in the U.K. ... really don't need to be drinking milk fortified with wheat and barley.
Old attitudes from when food was scarce will pervade for a few years to come until populations come to terms with food security. In times past many food items like Guinness and Lucozade were recommended for health benefits. I suspect they were more of a justification for people to spend money on extra food items because if you are on a calorie deficient diet due to a lack of money and feeling fatigued, of course an extra 500 calories of fizzy drink is going to pick you up. In westernised worlds this is no longer the case and we need to make a more informed decision about our diets.
- raverbashing 10y agoI can understand Guinness being recommended (at the time), now Lucozade seems just a modern marketing gimmick
- theBobBob 10y agoI think that Lucozade was originally actually made as a good way of giving people energy while they were sick. Whether that was actually a good idea, I have no idea.
- detritus 10y agoAnd yet any time i ever have a bad hangover, my body cries out for Lucozade.
- laingc 10y agoThat's to be expected. Lucozade and similar products are packed with electrolytes. It's basically water, salts, flavouring, and a ton of sugar.
- icantdrive55 10y agoIn my younger days, after a hedonistic night of wine, and relations, I would get two egg Mac Muffins, and two orange juices. Then go home for a nap. And I wonder why I'm still single.
- nthcolumn 10y agoPints of Guinness were served to blood donors at Pelican house in Dublin and as evidenced by the way the droplet sank ball-bearing-like during this particular very occasional consumer's pre-letting anemia test must have proved a very high source of iron - and apparently to the extent that pregnant women were often recommended a daily dose also. Furthermore another pint the next day rather than a fizzy orange drink was more effective in quelling nauseau caused by its own enthusiastic over-consumption. A veritable panacea therefore.
- peteretep 10y agoIt's got electrolytes.
- shardinator 10y agoBrawndo's got electrolytes ...