Really annoyed at 1.5litre milk

stephen77

sayahu wrote: »

I'm sure (correct me if I'm wrong please) all cereal contain sugar and salt?

Just managed to get my nearly 5yr old on to rice krispies, he wont have sugar on them by his choice. He would prefer only boiled eggs or omelette and a big bowl of fruit every day with a glass of fresh orange juice (all made by him with help of the kitchen help - me). But too much eggs again are not good, and on days he has cereal he can have fruit for his tea, and if he has a toast in the morning spread with some banana he can make his own smoothie for tea.

It can be difficult feeding some kids in the morning, all three of mine love eggs and fruit in the morning, trying anything else is a nightmare but we carry on trying.

Nothing wrong with eggs especially if you choose the brands high in omega 3 oils.
read up on edwardia post regarding diets higher in fat and lower in carbs.

I am pretty sure cereals such as weetabix only have natural sugar and salt present in them which is quite low.

notanewuser

gailey wrote: »

They have healthy cereals like cherios, weetabix.

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Cheerios are almost 22% sugar. (Weetabix is 4.4%)

Far from healthy.

Nada666

BAGGY wrote: »

Mine wont have museli. They eat granola (without milk) but that is full of hidden sugar. Weekends are crumpets or pancakes also where i can police the syrup!

Firstly, everyone can eat whatever confectionery/cereals they like. It is nobody else's business. Having said that...

What on earth is hidden about the sugars in granola??? Nothing remotely hidden there.

sayahu

stephen77 wrote: »

Nothing wrong with eggs especially if you choose the brands high in omega 3 oils.
read up on edwardia post regarding diets higher in fat and lower in carbs.

I am pretty sure cereals such as weetabix only have natural sugar and salt present in them which is quite low.

No nothing wrong with eggs other then the fact that I get dumped with 3 yolks if I boil and they don't like runny eggs so no eggy soliders, and like most mums I will finish off the kids left overs. Which is doing me no favours .

I love variety and try to get them to do the same as it is too restrictive at their age to have only the one thing day in day out.

Porridge like every new thing was a little hard as I had to sit with the eldest to encourage every spoon down him, but we got there in the end where he would eat it on his own. Then toast, pancakes, and now rice krispies. Was going to do weetabix next but it all depends on the weather and what fruit I can pick up so he can have his smoothies and fruit juices.

stephen77

sayahu wrote: »

No nothing wrong with eggs other then the fact that I get dumped with 3 yolks if I boil and they don't like runny eggs so no eggy soliders, and like most mums I will finish off the kids left overs. Which is doing me no favours .

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Can you not boil the egg white by its self?

Then you the egg yolks for other dishes that require egg yolk only?

OrkneyStar

gailey wrote: »

Thanks baggy I know I was puzzled no where did I say i fed them junk cereals was just assumed.

I think porridge and musile work well with adults but kids not so much.

I just hate being ripped off and what if all the shops did this?

The nearest Icelands a distance from me.

brought 8pints today in lidls.

milkman delivers twice a week which stops me running out.

DS (now nearly 6) has had porridge for breakfast 80% of the time since he was old enough to eat. We sometimes add dried fruit, a little honey, a dollop of syrup as a rare treat. He loves it.

Edwardia

gailey, I never meant to imply that you fed your kids Frosties, I'm actually pretty sure that you wouldn't. I know that you put a lot of thought into feeding your family :T

Since the thread has gotten somewhat sidetracked into cereal I do want to make one point which people seem to miss.

When you look at the side of the packet and see a figure for sugar which is low, that can be misleading. Sugar is 50% glucose 50% fructose. For the purposes of this thread, you can forget the fructose, since it is processed by the liver. So 50% of the sugar mentioned is hitting your child's bloodstream.

On the side of the packet carbohydrate per 100g can be high. So if it's 68g per 100g carbs, 100% of those 68g is glucose. Straight into your kid's bloodstream. Much higher amount than the amount of sugar in the cereal in many instances.

Posters saying that slow release carbs like porridge are a good idea, are spot on. The fibre takes time to digest so the carbs release more slowly over a longer period of time.

BAGGY

Certain types of granola does have 'hidden sugar' in it. Ther is some sort of sugar - be it honey or syrup - that makes it stick in clumps and go crispy when baked. Raisons and dried fruit also have 'hidden sugar'. you may think by giving this you are going down a healthier route, and with some brands you are, but look on the back of the pack and you will see. Bit like cereal bars which people are fooled into believing are low fat. Get a decent quality one and it wont be if it contains nuts.
Re eggs. Will thy eat scrambled? One of mine won't eat his yellow but will eat fluffy egg.

blackandwhitebunny

Sorry Baggy but raisins and dried fruit aren't hidden sugar, they taste sweet so you know that they contain sugar. Hidden sugar is sugar in foods that don't taste sweet, or that we normally associate with savoury foods such as bread, pot noodles and Chinese style sauces.

jon81uk

I disagree that this is rip-off Britain, as others have stated our farmers are struggling and need to earn a decent living wage. A lot of shops are against raising prices so may alter sizes instead but at the end of the day some prices have to raise.

I generally don't like paying £1 for 4 pints of milk at Asda as this feels too cheap and I wonder if they aren't paying the farmers correctly!