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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So science is good ... only when we want to believe it?

The reason kids get wild after eating sugar is because of a couple of factors. Parents expect it, and therefore when they see a behavior (no! I don’t want to put on my coat!) they assume it’s the sugar and react differently than they would otherwise. They treat it as a bygone conclusion and when their kids are running wild at a party shrug and say, oh well, sugar has done it again.

Another reason is that the times when kids eat a lot of sugar are when other pieces of the context are different from normal. At birthday parties, family events, etc. They tend to be larger events full of tons of stimulation, different accepted levels of behavior, etc. So what you might be attributing to the cupcake they ate might instead be a result of no nap, grandma’s here, massive over stimulation etc. But sugar gets blamed.

I do not disagree that we all eat too much sugar and we might feel better with less of it etc. I still, however, get sick of people blaming bad kid behavior on sugar. This myth has persisted because it’s very very convenient. Gets us off the hook and sends us to the aisles of Whole Foods looking for solutions.

If your child is turning colors or anything like some PPs have suggested above, of course look into an actual food allergy! But please can we give this one a rest otherwise? [/quote]

And I don’t get why you don’t think it could really be a thing? Do you think that even with data-driven research 100% of kids in a study didn’t react to sugar and so that’s why they could publish a paper with those findings? There’s still kids that do react to sugar!!![/quote]

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