Last week at the Drogheda Stands With Palestine vigil in West Street, one of the speakers again reminded us of the need to maintain the boycott. She made a specific reference to Cadbury. Mentioning a different company each week seems a fine idea because at least it will stick in the head.
So when the vigil ended I headed to do some messages before catching the bus up home. As I sauntered through the shops I kept Cadbury to the forefront of my mind. I don't eat chocolate these days but my wife has a sweet tooth so often I would pick up something for her. As I navigated the aisles, I purposefully sought out a detergent other than Ariel - Proctor and Gamble is on the boycott list as well.
Shopping over, I walked the few yards back along West Street to make my bus. I rearranged the bag so that the contents would sit more compactly. While manoeuvring the Shredded Wheat box, the label Nestle stared back at me like a guilty secret. Shredded Wheat is my favourite cereal, probably the best for those trying to maintain their blood sugar at a healthy level. The realisation came over me that I had bought quite a few boxes in recent weeks given the price reduction on them as Tesco and Dunnes try to catch the return to school market. So there I was, attired in my Palestine scarf and incongruously carrying a product from a company on the boycott list.
How I wondered can people like me - who are seasoned campaigners by this stage and cannot therefore avail of a fool's pardon - persuade the wider public that boycott is vital, if we don't pay attention ourselves while shopping? I had always known Nestle was a company to be boycotted because of its links to Israel, but simply failed to look closely at the packaging in front of my eyes. Guided by I love it, it is a great price, grab it, due diligence was a stranger that day.
At the vigil minutes before completing my purchase I had read read out a piece written earlier that morning. Which only served to underscore that it is not what we say but what we do that really counts. So guilty as charged m'lud. No more Shredded Wheat for breakfast once the current supply runs out. Those being starved in Gaza do not have the luxury of choosing what breakfast cereal to pick from.
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The Christ figure supposedly said "By their deeds shall you know them!"
ReplyDeleteThere again keeping your blood sugar in check seems worthy of a dispensation. Alternatively you could of course choose to follow Atkins and breakfast on porridge (pinhead oats rather than rolled) topped with a generous tablespoon of Irish grass fed butter.
As you say HJ there are other ways to keep the blood sugar in check. I do the porridge on alternate days - why pinhead? I use rolled because I read that rolled are supposedly better.
DeleteUltra processed foods are the bane of good metabolic health. The less processing and the fewer additives, generally the better is a food's nutritional value.
DeleteCheck for net carbs rather than total carbs (net carbs are sometimes labelled as those which sugar). Total carbs minus the fibre is what is best paid attention to. For example squeezed fruit juice will produce a much higher sugar spike that eating the fruit.
(Currently the only fruits I eat are avocados).
Although I am currently, and have been for some several months, on a paleo/carnivore type diet, anyone striving for weight loss might find this
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I eat a lot of fruit plus an avocado each day - need to use the app to check if they are Israeli produce
ReplyDeleteLike you, AM, I am very much in favour of a move to BDS.
ReplyDeleteThe BDS app is a game changer. As helpless as we all feel about the horrors of GAZA, as this genocide and ethnic cleansing of Gaza City occur s before our eyes, boycotting these products is something we all must get on board with.
ReplyDeleteNo more Shredded Wheat for breakfast once the current supply runs out.
ReplyDeleteAnthony, why don't you take the hit and hand them to a food bank....?