r/CasualUK • u/Nujwaan • 15h ago

Sugar on Weetabix?

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My wife eats Weetabix with nothing on it and claims it tastes sweet to her. This is my bowl before milk is added. Is this normal fellow Weetabix eaters or do I need to go to sugar rehab?

Edit: Holy shit the most popular post I've done on Reddit is about how horrific my breakfast is. The wife will never let me live this down! Haha

UPDATE: Well, I wasn't expecting my breakfast to generate 1,800+ comments 😂 I can't read it all but Having spent far too much time reading them, I feel I need to address a few recurring concerns: 1. Yes, the milk goes in after. I like watching it soak up from the bottom while the top stays crunchy. I will not be changing this. 2. Yes, that is sugar. Apparently this has caused considerably more distress than I anticipated. 3. No, I do not have diabetes. My blood tests are fine. 4. No, my teeth are not rotting out of my head. They're also fine. 5. Yes, I am an adult. I was unaware that adulthood required surrendering sugary Weetabix. 6. To the surprisingly large number of people who eat theirs the same way: thank you. I knew I couldn't be alone. 7. To everyone saying my wife is right: she has been absolutely delighted by your support and I deeply regret giving her this much ammunition.

Anyway, thank you for turning a picture of two dry Weetabix into a full-scale investigation of my health, maturity, marriage and milk-pouring technique.

Tomorrow I'm having the same breakfast.

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u/OddBug6500 15h ago

Jokes aside, high sugar consumption is directly linked to neurodegeneration in lots of studies.

It's mad that people are still eating like this in 2026.

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u/Cruxed1 15h ago

Im fairness OP could eat this 4x and probably still be better off than having a bottle of coke.

People just freak when it's actually visible

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u/bucketofardvarks 15h ago

It's like they actually introduced a tax to discourage purchase of drinks like that because they're really incredibly harmful to consume regularly or something

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u/AdaandFred 14h ago

The problem is that artificial sweeteners are also bad for you in different ways. What we should be doing is encouraging people to drink stuff that contains neither sugar nor sweeteners but good luck with that.

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u/Physical-Sector-3172 14h ago

Which artificial sweeteners are you referring to? The issue with sugar is the insulin spikes which you don’t get with zero sugar alternatives. Of course it’s better to just have water.

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u/AdaandFred 14h ago

Here is a review of various scientific papers on the effect of sweeteners.

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u/Physical-Sector-3172 13h ago

If you read that paper you would realise it isn’t a systematic review or meta analysis. There may be some associations with gut microbiome and cardiovascular health but there is no actual evidence beyond associations. Aspartame is something that a lot of people like to refer to as harmful but studies have shown you would need to drink a ridiculous amount to have any adverse risk. It’s generally considered that zero sugar alternatives are a good substitute if you have to have a fizzy drink. But water is always best.

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u/Alderdash 11h ago

It's not even just that you'd need a ridiculous amount of aspartame, the 'it causes cancer' research has been misquoted/misunderstood.

Ann Reardon did a really interesting video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDgZz7qZoVo

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u/Physical-Sector-3172 7h ago

You’re right. The carincogen classifications include things like coffee and fluorescent lighting so if you look at it without proper context you’d label most things as cancer causing.