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Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by DanBC on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @03:41PM (#8489390)
You are wrong and you should declare your weird shilling for the sugar industry.

http://www.child-smile.org.uk/parents-and-carers/birth-to-3-...

> Small amounts of pure, unsweetened fruit juice should be diluted half and half (50% juice to 50% water), or with a greater proportion of water to juice if your child is thirsty.

> Juice should be restricted to mealtimes only in a free-flow cup, not a feeding bottle.

Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by robotgrill on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @04:37PM (#8489800)
I only drink diluted juice because it's what I was raised to drink. Pure juice, especially the grape variety, is far too sweet by itself.
Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by anigbrowl on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @04:17PM (#8489647)
Castigating someone for shilling for the sugar industry in the context of unsweetened fruit juice makes no sense. The guidelines you cite are obviously infants and toddlers. I suspect the poster above is thinking of more active older children. Accusing him/her of being a paid PR person is unjustified and unnecessary.
Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by DanBC on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @05:00PM (#8489966)
Do a search - the poster frequently recommends adding refined sugar to the diet; and responds to requests for cites with abuse. In this thread they've called citing your claims as "a game for retards".

The poster holds a view which is so weird it may as well be shilling. (And I say this as someone who has said that Lustig advocates go too far).

Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by anigbrowl on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @05:18PM (#8490085)
I stand corrected :-/
Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by a8da6b0c91d on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @04:31PM (#8489770)
It is for these reasons we should ban breast feeding. Human breast milk has a sugar content higher than ice cream! It is obviously unsafe for babies to be exposed to so much sugar.
Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by crusso on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @04:59PM (#8489959)
Breast-fed infants don't typically have exposed teeth subject to tooth decay, do they?
Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by xrange on Tuesday October 21, 2014 @05:12PM (#8490035)
Sure they do. Not when they are first born, but later on. Source: Father of four kids who were still nursing when they had teeth.
Re:Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking by thaumasiotes on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @09:59AM (#8492707)
On the other hand, it's not really a problem if a kid's milk teeth go bad. They quickly get replaced.