[HowardDeanScream08]

Yep, though drinking a lot of water is certainly not bad for you. As long as it's not Evian.

[muawiyah]

Doesn't matter if it's sugar or mashed potatoes ~ all same thing.

[Homer1]

anybody that thinks sugar doesn't get kids hyped up hasn't been to a kid's birthday party.

[Red Badger]

I don't care what the research says. When my kid was a kid (she's grown now) a candy bar or other sugar source would make her absolutely bounce off the walls..........

[agere_contra]

Was the research paid for by Tate & Lyle, by any chance?

[polymuser]

Strongly disagree. I've chaperoned school field trips and watched the behavior change after the junk in their lunch bags is consumed. I've watched them after their Valentine's Day or Halloween goodies are eaten. And, the primary sweetener for decades (coincidental with the rise in ADD/ADHD, by the way) is corn syrup, a seed product (not sugar - read the labels). Then, go search: ADHD food, and see what you find. Corn product/sweetener is in everything these days (baby formula, cereals, snacks, soda, juice-boxes, candy, baked goods, cooking oil). Do you suppose little, growing bodies might possibly react to being saturated daily by a particular seed food? But, I'm sure the Corn Growers Association can prove otherwise.

[Proud_texan]

Just a thought but certainly most soft drinks have a pretty good jolt (for a kid anyway) of caffeine and to a lesser degree some chocolate products.

Might in some cases it's the caffeine rather than the sugar (although I haven't a clue on the latter, everything made my kids hyper).

[LIConFem]

"Did you know that if you stew cranberries like applesauce, it tastes much more like prunes than rhubarb does?"

-- Groucho Marx ;o)

[Atheist_Canadian_Conservative]

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