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tesco value orange squash
spankymonkey_2
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took the children to their regular dentist check up and was told by the dentist that if you children drink a lot of squash the best drink to buy is tesco value sugar free!!! at nearly 20 ish p i think is a great bargain. i thought it was that much of a bargain i bought a case of it and now my kids wont drink anything else....
spanky xx
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I used to buy it but now I get the stuff that comes free out of the taps:)“A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.” - Dave Ramsey0
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Problem with squash is all the additives and no sugar added has all those dubious sweetners. My kids have always had the choice of milk or water between meals, fruit juice with meals. But I do agree about sugar free squash and teeth - I just don't like the idea of the cocktail of chemicals that make it. But I suppose that's why it's cheap.0
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I am very interested to know why the dentist recommended that one over others? The price? The type of sweetener? I can't hardly get my dentist to recommend a damn brand of toothpaste due to ethical reasons!! (ie he's in a position of trust)
Personally, even artificially sweetened squashes encourage a sweet tooth in the same way the normal ones do, and i would rather know that kids are drinking natural stuff as much as possible. On that basis, probably a "hi juice" one would be best, with sugar and at least 50% of the juice in the title?
I agree with above post, my kids have always had the choice of milk or water between meals, and some squash with and never complain. However, neither are at full time school yet, so we'll see eh?
My mother fed us squashes as children because, i found out quite recently (when i had my own kids) she was upset that we might not find water "tasty" enough!!? I totally put my sweet tooth down to that, not that it's an excuse because i'm adult enough now to do something about it should i wish (and i don't wish!:-)) but i firmly believe that if you don't activley encourage then there's no reason for them to ask at least until 5 or 6 and at full time school, by which time, hopefully, the habit will be in them to drink milk or water!!Talon "Ace" Karrde
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I won't drink or let my kids drink sugar free stuff - sugar is natural and therefore broken down by the body, whereas artificial sweeteners can't be broken down. I'm sure I once heard a link between artificial sweeteners and cancer, but then, there are links between lots of (mainly) artificial stuff and cancer. Having said that, my kids don't drink squash at all at home and very rarely out of home either.
It's the same with margarine v. butter. Only butter in this house. And also non-fluoridated toothpaste - kids have perfect teeth. It all comes down to brushing well.0 -
We have switched from Flora to butter for the same reason, and stopped drinking squash. I never bought fizzy drinks anyway. I've never thought about toothpaste though.“A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.” - Dave Ramsey0
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I disagree that your Mum giving you squash as a child led to your sweet tooth. All my life I have only really drunk tap water as a drink - I just love it. Squash was available if I wished but I didn't. However I have a very sweet tooth. Nothing I like better than a plate of apple pie and custard or a bar of choccie. Roll on Easter Sunday as I have given up for lent. This is making me a crabby cow :mad: .
I do agree about not letting children have artificial sweetners. See this link
http://www.curezone.com/foods/aspartame.asp
I don't have a total ban on fizzy drinks etc as I believe in allowing in moderation. This stops cravings for forbidden food. However I always make sure its regular stuff not Diet or Sugar free.
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Our dentist always told us that if we had to give them cordial, then the best one to use was Ribena Toothkind. I switched to that and have been using it for many years. We have recently changed dentist and the new one told us that Ribena Toothkind wasn't good for the teeth at all.0
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Ticklemouse and I think along the same lines. Same with low fat stuff - i'd rather have proper cheddar/yogurt etc. but not so much.0
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We have Ribena in the house - Mr TM drinks it. DS1 will have an occasional cup of it but DS2 won't touch squash. He drinks water or watered down Tesco apple juice - doesn't like any other! Have you seen how much sugar and thickeners go into the low fat stuff? I'm going to give the HM yoghurt a go - DS2 will live off petite filous and I am wary of his sugar intake as he's always had a sweet tooth.
We only have fizzy drinks as mixers, so either ginger ale for the whiskey or coke at Xmas for MIL and her vodka. Even DS1 knows fizzy drinks make him wild, so won't have them.0
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