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Yeah, but keep in mind, the author of the article isn't saying daily intake is okay because of the artificial sweeteners. I read it to mean, the kids are going
by zzalpha 11y ago
Yeah, but keep in mind, the author of the article isn't saying daily intake is okay because of the artificial sweeteners.
I read it to mean, the kids are going to drink pop 4-5 times a week. We give them artificially sweetened pop so that it's "healthy".
Contrasting this again with candy: if a parent said "I give my kids candy every day with their dinner, but I make sure it has sucralose in it", I'd still find it odd, because candy shouldn't be a daily occurrence.
And yet, for some reason, soda is.
It really is very strange, don't you think?
- dragonwriter 11y agoI read it as that all of quantity, sugar content, and caffeine content are concerns, so the parents have: 1. Limited overall quantity of soda permitted to less than is typical for the age range, 2. Limited most of the consumption within that limited quantity to caffeine-free options, 3. Limited most of the consumption within that limited quantity to sugar-free options. I don't see anything to suggest that sugar-free soda is perceived as positively "healthy", only that it is a mitigation of one of the sources of unhealthiness (as is the caffeine-free limitation), but that other concerns exist, hence the overall quantity limitation.
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