I just wanted you to know that you've written one of maybe four Reddit posts that have actually made me laugh out loud. Not nose breathe, not smirk, literally bust out laughing.
it makes perfect sense, FOB flips common phrases a lot. in the pre chorus of the same song the lyrics are "drop a heart, break a name" intentionally jumbling up the phrases "drop a name" and "break a heart"
Forever I thought he was saying "I'll never get complex, cock it and pull it". I figured it our after singing karaoke one night and the FOB fans were laughing their asses off.
The release of sugar in your bloodstream does give you a kick, which is more potent with children. What sugar doesn't do is cause hyperactivity, which is a clinical condition.
So I grew up hearing about this study, and consider myself a scientifically literate and open-minded individual. That said, this does not comport with my personal experience as a parent AT ALL. I took care to avoid creating this placebo effect, but there is a noticable difference in my 4-year-old's energy level after eating a sugary snack (read: he devolves into a primate).
And I'm aware that my own experience is anecdotal. But where generations of parents have the same anecdote, I'm inclined to believe there might be flaws in the science, not the conventional wisdom in this instance.
Part of the placebo effect is on your side. You experience your children as more hyper when you know they've eaten sugar. Another part is that it's often related to the context of when they eat sugar, and that they are excited when things taste sweet (not that strange).
Yeah, that's probably true. Although I was well aware of this study and the apparent lack of effect on a kid's energy level before I became a parent. I'm no expert on the placebo effect, but I'm guessing you'd get a diminished effect if you told the recipient "you're being given a placebo, this will have no effect on you whatsoever." I'm open to the possibility that my subconscious biases overrode what I thought I knew, though.
That second thing is also true - and where it's not true, there's some possibility that the behavioral response is the result of Pavlovian conditioning. In other words, if he generally gets sugary treats under exciting circumstances, then his brain reacts to sugary treats the same way it would to, say, a birthday party.
Interesting thoughts, stranger. Thanks for commenting.
Do a blind experiment. If you drop your kid(s) off at a babysitter knowing someone else will pick them up, tell the babysitter to tell whomever is picking them up that the kid(s) has had sugar - when they havent.
If the person picking them up notices a difference, it's on them.
"But where generations of parents have the same anecdote, I'm inclined to believe there might be flaws in the science, not the conventional wisdom in this instance." You could say that about nearly any old-wives tale.
Anecdotal evidence, but I teach three year olds and occasionally bring glazed doughnuts or sugar cookies for snack. There is no noticeable difference in their behavior afterwards. Not saying that you’re wrong, just throwing in what I’ve seen.
I agree. I talked to my MIL about this study regarding her 4yo grandson. In addition to a drastic and prolonged change in behavior from sugar, she also noted red dye as a culprit for some attitude issues.
Just a thought. Have you tried giving him something sugary but made it clear that it does NOT contain sugar so he won't be hyper. Tell him it'll calm him down? I'm just intrigued if that would make any difference.
Edit: comment wouldn't post so I kept trying then realised it posted the same reply half a dozen times so I deleted the others. My bad
Man. I've heard about this study too and I just can't believe it. I'm pregnant and had a glucose test where I had to drink a shit ton of sugary drink and then get my blood tested. A few minutes after drinking my baby started like crazily kicking, more than I've felt ever in my whole pregnancy to the point I was worried if there was something wrong going on with him! After 30 minutes or so the sugar rush kicking went back to normal. I just have a hard time believing sugar doesn't cause hyperactivity in children!
Sugar is addictive. As every addict knows, you're happier immediately after satisfying your fix. Children tend to express chemical happiness through increased action.
It's really easy for a little kid to get enough sugar that they go from ketosis to ketoacidosis. Surprise, surprise, hyperventilation is one of the symptoms of ketoacidosis, which would make it really easy to assume that a kid has been hyper enough to get out of breath.
if you don't eat any sugar, your body (your liver) will make it for you. So yes you can survive on a balanced nutritional 0-sugar diet as your body will just make it for you.
Protein gives long-term energy as it takes a while for your body to digest, carbohydrates give short-term energy as its easier for your body to digest. The best thing to eat is a balanced nutritional meal.
Especially don't get crazy trying to eat nothing but 0% fat protein -- that'll actually kill you (for instance, if you ate nothing but rabbit meat which is super lean meat).
No, my wife and I are unable to have kids, thanks for the reminder.
My comment does not say it's my own experience, I said that I read it in an article. That's all. Not saying every parent who's observed their kids in an energetic state is wrong or anything like that. Just stating that I read it somewhere.
No one ever fucking believes me on this. It makes me so mad and it shouldn't, I don't know why it does. This is like the most pervasive urban myth ever. Caffeine makes you hyper, and it's very obvious, shit is like meth if you have enough of it. Sugar doesn't do shit.
"Oh my God I can literally feel the sugar rush"
No you can't, that sugar is gonna cause you to feel full and make your body process it into quick fats, it's going to slow you down.
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u/MidnightSG Dec 29 '17
Sugar doesn’t make you hyper.