After a weekend of crazy kids parties my mind was racing. What was really going on at these parties that caused my children to become wild animals that no longer understood the English language. They were especially unable to understand the following words: NO and STOP.
So like all Mothers on a lazy Sunday who had nothing better to do (totally being sarcastic here) I turned to online medical experts such as Dr Google. Here is what I found. A party revelation by Tom Shivers. Sugar does NOT cause hyperactivity in kids.
We attended a party at the weekend and I could see as the party progressed kids became more and more crazy. But I have seen this kinda crazy before. Way too many times before actually. There were times when there was no sugary food insight. Even times when the crazy was contained in a controlled classroom environment during parent help. Still the kids were crazy and I put it down to “mob mentality”. Where the kids feed off each others emotions.
Tests have been performed for years without viable proof that sugar is the cause of hyperactivity (read more). So what’s the deal with parties?
Is it true or not? Does sugar cause hyperactivity and bad behaviour? What do you think? Do your kids behaviours change after a sugary feast?
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I know there are children who have serious allergies to food and their chemical ingredients and some kids may well “react” to sugar. I know my kids do NOT have a reaction to it and this is what I am basing my personal opinion on.
I think that Tom Chivers receives money from Sugar companies.
It’s possible that rather than sugar, the culprit is the occasion itself. Kids get wound up at parties and they wind other kids up in their excitement — they feed off each other.
Look at all the foods kids eat at parties. While kids will get a burst of energy from sugar, its effects are short lived. The more likely culprit are all the other gross chemicals and preservatives in foods. Food dyes are especially a problem.
perhaps it is not real sugar but sweetner substitutes like aspartame or food preservatives/dyes.