OK time to be serious for a bit.... RE: Soft drink discussion

The first step is to have healthier options available. So we need identify what those healthier options are and distribute them to the school vendors etc.

The next step imo is education on the amount of sugar, the effects of excessive sugar intake (and I don't just mean, yuh gine get diabetes go into clinical details.) Also the economic burden of NCDs on society and personal pocket.

We keep talking about children but adults play a big roll in this too... Them vendors round the school das sell bare sweeties and ting, gotta regulate them too.

Again to adults.... Sweet things should be a reward for good behaviour, academics, sports etc. Sweet drinks and other things should be a treat not a component of diet.

What we need to understand is that sugar releases dopamine.... Know what else releases dopamine? Cocaine. Sugar is literally crack for children.

Which brings my next point.... We introduce our children to high sugar content, and artificial flavor too early. Kids love watermelon flavoured sweeties but can't get real watermelon eat.

So they addicted to sugar from early, and the natural things that could give then a more balanced sugar fix. they don't like, cuz there are more tasty things available.

Another thing, we need to observe serving sizes. Just cuz the bottle there to drink doesn't mean you have to drink all one time. Understand and measure out your daily percetages etc. That would help you reduce and balance your sugar intake

That said, manufacturers need to be held accountable too.... We develop a taste for certain things because they make it that way. No reason why a soft drink should have 62 g of sugar. Tf b.

Imo the sugar content in sweet drinks is due to how much they put in them and not how much the people want. Make more watery drinks and people gona start to like watery drinks.

All in all there needs to be a paradigm shift in society's outlook on health, diet and wellness.

For reference here is a screenshot straight off the WHO page on ways to restrict excessive sugar intake.