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Six-year-old schoolboy suspended for having Mini Cheddars in his lunchbox

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    They're teachers, not nutritionists. They've implemented a policy of healthy eating, and the children/parents should stick to it.

    Sure, you may be able to pick holes in their policy, but if the parents follow it reasonably, the kids will get a balanced lunch, which was the original goal.

    Replace the mini-chedders with an apple. Probably the same cost and no additional effort.

    The parents are making an issue out of somthing trivial, and the lad is paying the price.
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      There's a lot of sugar in an apple.

      Cue someone blithering on about it being "natural" sugar in 3..2..1...
      Originally posted by MaryPoppins
      I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
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        Originally posted by d000hg View Post
        There's a lot of sugar in an apple.

        Cue someone blithering on about it being "natural" sugar in 3..2..1...
        Yes there is. But this is a healthy eating policy for a primary school. I don't think a general teaching of...

        fruit/vegetables/salad = good
        processed crisps/biscuits/cake/chocolate = bad

        ...is worth getting your knickers in a twist for. As they get older, the teaching of nutrition should (I hope) be tailored to a more advanced level.
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          Originally posted by zeitghost
          A nice carrot.

          Except there's sugar in those as well.
          Help you see in the dark, though

          Originally posted by MaryPoppins
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            Little known fact that carrots can make your poo go red too.

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              Originally posted by zeitghost
              A nice carrot.

              Except there's sugar in those as well.
              Well how about, instead, a huge bowl of sugar ... oh wait ...
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                Originally posted by TheBigD View Post
                Yes there is. But this is a healthy eating policy for a primary school. I don't think a general teaching of...

                fruit/vegetables/salad = good
                processed crisps/biscuits/cake/chocolate = bad

                ...is worth getting your knickers in a twist for. As they get older, the teaching of nutrition should (I hope) be tailored to a more advanced level.
                Vegetables are generally not a problem, fruit often is and fruit juice generally is. You now see fruit juice being advised against because the good stuff is vastly outweighed by unrefined sugar... it's quite easy to get vitamins/nutrients these days but quite hard to keep unrefined sugar intake low when it's so prevalent.

                Sad but true - fruit juice and milk are both as or more calorific than beer.
                Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                Originally posted by vetran
                Urine is quite nourishing

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                  Originally posted by d000hg View Post
                  Vegetables are generally not a problem, fruit often is and fruit juice generally is. You now see fruit juice being advised against because the good stuff is vastly outweighed by unrefined sugar... it's quite easy to get vitamins/nutrients these days but quite hard to keep unrefined sugar intake low when it's so prevalent.

                  Sad but true - fruit juice and milk are both as or more calorific than beer.
                  So there you go, send him in with an apple and a bottle of beer. Problem solved.
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                    Originally posted by TheBigD View Post
                    and the lad is paying the price.
                    That what bothers me about this whole situation - punish the child for the deeds of the parents. Poor kid.

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                      Originally posted by zeitghost
                      Beetroot!

                      That'd make the buggers panic.

                      Wee red & tulip red.

                      Always very alarming.
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