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Truth or myth?: Revisiting some popular misconceptions
JWR ^ | 5-11-05 | John Stossel

Posted on 05/11/2005 5:24:39 AM PDT by FlyLow

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To: loborojo

"When my son has something with High Fructose Corn Syrup in it, he goes bananas."

I am much more concerned with the High Fructose Corn Syrup than sugar and I avoid white sugar as much as possible.


21 posted on 05/11/2005 6:21:29 AM PDT by imskylark
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To: freebird5850

Tryptophan. The glass of warm milk effect.


22 posted on 05/11/2005 6:28:56 AM PDT by doberville (Angels can fly when they take themselves lightly)
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To: freebird5850

Tryptophan. The glass of warm milk effect.


23 posted on 05/11/2005 6:29:07 AM PDT by doberville (Angels can fly when they take themselves lightly)
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To: FlyLow

I am fairly certain it is the food coloring that makes kids hyper (something usually paired with sugar in kid-favorite products). A common red food coloring agent is worst - the agents themselves have pharmokinetic effects. Not a big deal or anything, but something to keep in mind if you don't want the kids to be bouncing off the walls.

High fructose corn syrup...http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A8003-2003Mar10?language=printer


24 posted on 05/11/2005 6:31:02 AM PDT by Atheist_Canadian_Conservative
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To: Homer1
anybody that thinks sugar doesn't get kids hyped up hasn't been to a kid's birthday party.

As a teacher of a Sunday School class of 3-5 year olds, I can honestly say that I see a marked difference in the kids who come in after eating donuts or something like that, for breakfast, and those that do not. I think a lot of ADHD cases could be fixed by cutting down on a kids sugar intake, and giving them more excercise time during school.

25 posted on 05/11/2005 6:32:45 AM PDT by timtoews5292004
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To: Red Badger
Mashed potatoes = starch = carbohydrate = sugar......

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Why I always have my coffee with a scoop of mashed badedehs (the old Brooklyn Irish pronunciation)

26 posted on 05/11/2005 6:33:15 AM PDT by wtc911 ("I would like at least to know his name.")
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To: Atheist_Canadian_Conservative

One of the kids in my class can NEVER have red koolaid or anything dyed red. it makes her so wild she can't sit still for a second.


27 posted on 05/11/2005 6:33:50 AM PDT by timtoews5292004
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To: Phsstpok
As long as it's not Evian.
Next time you see someone drinking Evian find a mirror and hold the bottle's label up to it so that they can read the name properly.


Hey, it's French. No surprise.

Oh wait, if the bottled water is French, it should have a more accurate trade name, but you probably can't get 'syeknom gnitae eseehc morf retaw teliot' on the label before you run out of space.
28 posted on 05/11/2005 6:39:02 AM PDT by Mad Mammoth
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To: wtc911
Why I always have my coffee with a scoop of mashed badedehs (the old Brooklyn Irish pronunciation)

That's okay as long as you turn the potatoes into Vodka first..........(the old Irish version).............

29 posted on 05/11/2005 6:39:17 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember, Jimmy Carter can still run for another term as President..........)
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To: Red Badger
IV's with sugar water?

They use glucose (aka dextrose) - which is the body's main source of energy. It is what other sugars are broken down into by the body.

30 posted on 05/11/2005 6:41:53 AM PDT by mollynme (cogito, ergo freepum)
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To: loborojo
When my son has something with High Fructose Corn Syrup in it, he goes bananas.

When my oldest was born, the hospital gave him a bottle of sweetened water to tide him over until the scheduled mommy feeding time. He went bananas kicking and screaming and waving his little arms around until he worn himself out and fell asleep. The doctor started running tests to see what the problem was but nothing could be found. Since I breast fed him for the first few months with plain water in between feedings, the problem seemed to disappear but as soon as I put him on a bottle/baby food he got hyper again. Doctor told me that blond/blue eyed boys were particularly sensitive to both sugar (in all it's forms) and food additives but that they usually grew out of it. Luckily, he grew out of it by the time he started school. Nice end result is that to this day, he rarely eats sweets since his 'treats' when he was young were home dried fruits.

31 posted on 05/11/2005 6:50:25 AM PDT by IdahoNative
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To: IdahoNative

My son is now 6 and actually looks at the labels on foods, drinks, etc. He is blond with blue eyes too.


32 posted on 05/11/2005 6:56:23 AM PDT by loborojo (What the hell is a "Reagan Democrat"?)
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To: Homer1

If the child is given good food, such as cheese, the calming effect is remarkable. I think most parents will agree that pure dessert food will make a kid jumpy and hard to manage while protein will be calming.


33 posted on 05/11/2005 7:03:08 AM PDT by sine_nomine (Protect the weakest of the weak - the unborn babies.)
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To: Homer1

It's not the sugar. It's the food coloring (especially red) or it's the guar gum or it's something else, but it's not the sugar.


34 posted on 05/11/2005 10:35:39 AM PDT by TaxRelief
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To: loborojo
My son is now 6 and actually looks at the labels on foods, drinks, etc. He is blond with blue eyes too.

Wonderful habit to learn so early in life. Hopefully, the 'grow out of it' will happen with him also. If not, sounds like he's already accustomed to monitoring his intake.

35 posted on 05/11/2005 2:14:37 PM PDT by IdahoNative
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