Posted on 04/13/2010 6:29:53 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
“...and then the parents try to blame the fact that their kids are dysfunctional brats on the fact that they may have consumed a food that had a teaspoon of sugar in it.”
Typical Leftists putting all blame on someone, or something. No personal responsibility. It’s the way of the Leftist. Mrs. RQSR.
Attentive, assertive & active parents with the ability to demonstrate self control, and who also care about the welfare of their children tend to limit their consumption of sugary snacks and sweets.
Parents who let the kids run the house and have little self control tend to let kids eat all the junk they want to...
Which group of parents is going to be more successful at raising well adjusted kids, hmm???
This study is excrement.
My goodness, if only horse sh*t were honey, what a sweet world this would be...
I don’t know about this. My kids get a Mountain Dew and a couple of Pixie Sticks for breakfast every morning and they do just fine.
These kids born in 1970 probably ate carrots too. It’s GOTTA be the carrots.
I have a six year old who we found reacts severely to artificial dyes. The difference in her behavior without them is huge. Even some previously skeptical people have seen the difference when they accidentally gave her stuff with dyes (and we didn’t know about it but wondered when we saw her flipping out.) I wonder how much of the links to “sugar” is actually to “artificial dye” or other unnatural products?
:) :) :) Amen to that.
I do, however, don't think it's the government's business to tell us how or what we must eat! We should make those choices for ourselves and our children based on common sense.
1. We had a neighbor kid who was allergic to red dye. I saw him one day when he had eaten a popsicle. It was like he was on fast-forward— manic zipping around on his scooter, throwing toys, etc. Luckily, the allergy was identified before kindergarten.
2. My daughter has ADD. She actually craves a low-glycemic diet for breakfast on weekdays. She requests a 1/2 avocado, tomato slices and a glass of milk. On weekends, if there is pancakes or doughnuts for breakfast, we are in for some lousy moods and behavior. [I’m grateful to La Leche League for educating me about whole foods, because if she hadn’t had a lot of pure and simple food when she was little, I don’t think she would have known what she was truly hungry for.]
Maybe it’s crapping carrots.
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