I live in Knox council and we get this magazine free in the local library etc called, 'Your Child in Knox'. Am sure they have it in other areas, with 'Your Child in...'/insert different name.
Anyway, they had this article called, 'Smart Snacking!' that is written by "an accredited practicing dietician & accredited nutritionist".
It's all about low-fat this and low-fat that. ie. low-fat yogurt, low-fat dip, low-fat milk, low fat cheese sticks etc are all suggested.
Gillespie wisely pointed out that there is no need to do the low-fat thing but just have whole products. The lactose naturally found in dairy is an OK form of sugar.
I get mighty tired of that low-fat push and think that this dietitian/nutritionist should know better. Have often found the advice of those professionals, who one would think would be up with the latest knowledge, to be wanting.
Grrrr! Leading astray the poor parents of Knox (and other places) like that!
OK, I had my birthday on Tuesday the 9th August. 42 now! I always celebrate with Birthday Eve, Birthday and then Birthday Boxing Day. Well, I have since I was in my mid 20s. So, on those 3 days, I ate what I wanted, sugary or not. Got lots of headaches so that was unpleasant. Stew was worried that I'd get re-addicted but so far, so good.
Well...since then, I have had cake twice. Once, it was 9 days after my birthday and somebody handed me a small piece of birthday cake and said to eat it. I did, as I thought, "Welll, maybe I can do the party food for parties". Immediately got a sugar headache. 3 days later, somebody sang Happy Birthday to a few of us who were having our b'days in August and so it was actually a cake for me. This time, I felt pressured to eat it. Again, got an immediate headache. When I have honey on my crumpets, once a month (been doing this for about 2 months now), I don't get the headaches.
This was interesting. Should I have refused the cakes? Probably. Am not craving chocolate or anything so don't think I'm addicted but still...
Still loving avocados, plain yogurt with pear/cinnamon/LSA etc, tuna/mayo/egg salads etc So good and healthy. For someone who used to live for peanut butter and honey sandwiches, am now just enjoying plain peanut butter on its own. (Mind you, it's a Sweet Poison friendly one - Sanitarium's no added sugar or salt, smooth) Loving it overall.
Sure, it was nice to relax for a few days but happy to eat well the rest of the time. Haven't eaten anything sweet at playgroups etc since so the only 'mishaps' have been those two cake slices. Next planned relaxed sugary eating is Christmas where I hope to have a big slice of my m-in-law's pavlova, Christmas pudding etc Maybe the odd 'Party food for parties' before that but only very rarely.
