Children and sweets

Many parents have found that to be true! It's not natural to eat as much sugar as we do and it affects our minds as well as our bodies. I've cut out most of my sweet stuff as well as salt and processed (not freshly cooked) food and I feel a lot better!

So true, this could cure alot of adhd. I am glad you got to see the results for yourself. If you fill them with good stuff, they feel better and will behave better. Dont get me wrong, I am not saying all ADHD is caused by sweets. Not by any stretch. But there are some cases. Also attention and consistency.

When my daughter was young (in the mid to late 70's)and had been diagnosed with hyper activity the doctors explained to me at that time about the preservatives and so forth. I was given a choice to either put her on Ridolin or watch what she ate. I went for the latter. It is a matter of using some common sense and reading labels.

my kids don't get sweets all the time either,during the holidays i'm slightly more slack with that rule,but i did a test with my 8 year old son,who has behaviour problems,i stopped sweets,and e numbers for nearly a month,it made no difference,,what i did find odd was that when he was under an art and play therapist,they said that i should give him drink with sugar,not no added sugar stuff and a sugary snack every so often during the day,that would keep him on an even keel and stop him losing concerntration,coz apparently kids need more sugar than we think they do,i didn't like that idea,,,glad your kids are doing so well,you must be so pleased

oh they know what they love most and we as adults pay for it in hyper tension or hyper activity, plus dental care costs lol

Sweets, candies, soft drinks, and fast foods in my opinion should not be given to kids, this is because I feel that these things are first of all unhealthy due to contents and that children abuse them in large quantities. However I never thought that taking them away would make them behave better, I would have thought that this would infuriate them because of the lack of them after they had them for so long.

When my son was little we had to ban a lot of sweets as they contained artificial colours and preservatives. His behaviour improved quite dramatically, and we found that he appreciated the occasional treat of a little bit of chocolate.

Sugar ,especially the refined one in any form as candies,sweetmeats are harmful to health of all.

When my daughter was growing up, she got into the jar of candy I had on a shelf for when she was good and earned a treat. One morning she got up before I did and got into the jar (she ate the candy and put the wrappers back in the jar- like I wouldn't be able to tell the difference! ) That wasn't the end of the mischief, she then got a hold of the black permanent marker and proceeded to use it on her face! I got up to a daughter with a black and pink face. I asked her whyshe colored her face and she stated that she "wanted to know what it was like to be black". Talk about double problems. I first had to explain to her that the best way to find out was to talk to black Americans. She told me that they had a new kid in class and she was black...and my daughter wanted to be like her. Okay, an hour later I think I got it through to her the difference between coloring yourself and finding out and asking the person. The next challenge was to get the permanent marker off her face. Two days later we were still working on it. I really limited my daughters intake of sugar for several reasons, including it isn't healthy to eat too much sugar, especially for children. Plus I couldn't handle the short term energy boost it gave her. She was like a rocket child on sugar. She did so much better eating fresh fruit and not having the refined stuff...and it saved on scrubbing faces too!!!

that is true. my wife is the one handling not only the food intake of our son but also of me. my nephew and nieces are chocolate and candy addicts plus they drink cola too. my son does not eat mush of chocolate and does not drink cola, but we observe that once he eats ice cream he can be very hyper. in his school we hear also the teacher telling parents to please control the intake of sweets and rice of their children. they become very hyper that is very hard to control.

my son is affected the same way.. as well as my youngest daughter.. my sprite however, isnt. she can pretty much eat whatever she pleases and there are no adverse affects, as long as it isnt in heavy amounts to give her a tummy ache. easter morning is a perfect example.. the kids of course dug into chocolate rabbits and marshmellow chicks and jelly beans etc etc for breakfast.. which is the normal (same with xmas morning, cept switch the rabbits with santas and chicks with reindeer) they all gorged themselves up pretty good with sugar.. and then proceeded to have pancakes laden with syrup.. and then went back to the candy. it wasnt long before they were climbing the walls.. LOL which is what the egg hunt in the yard was made for! to work off that sugar rush!! shortly after that they all started coming down off their sweet-high and were near crashing back to sleep lol

It seems a lot of parents have found the same thing. I am not a parent, but I have heard that if the children eat junk they will be 'bouncing off the walls". I think it is important that everyone eats better, not just children. If children learn better eating habits, it might carry over into adulthood.

Hi,jugs U are so fortunate to get "two birds with one stone". Kids usually adore sweets,they will probably wail as soon as u rob the candy from their little hands or even tell them "u have had it enough"......It seems u persuade kids out of wo many cands with a ease and help ur babies get rid of having decayed teeth..... What's better,U said ur kids began to behave in the way as ur hope,I donnt have any clue about it for no details u have described,but I really fell happy for u,I'm sure it's a virtual big surprise.

I don't think sweets or chocolate could affect the children behavior at all. They could alter their activity a bit, but whether they behave good or bad is a relative thing and shouldn't be linked with sweets consumption.

You are learning by experience and it is really paying off both for you and your kids. My kids had occasional treats, but mostly stuck to healthier foods. If you eliminate one thing at a time from their diets, like sweets for now, you do not make them feel like you are changing everything all of the sudden. They will cooperate more with you.

Good for you. Children do not need sweets every day. One of the hardest things when I was an elementary school teacher was how nutty the class got when the school had its monthly bake sale and the kids were gobbling down all the cookies and cakes at morning recess and then acting out all day. A lot of kids would not be on medications for ADD if they had a nutritious diet.

yeah, that is so true, too much sweets means too much sugar means too much carbohydrate. If they have much of that, then they have much energy. They will be running, screaming, yelling like it never ends.

Wow! That sounds really good! Do have the explanation why they are better behaved this time? Is it a physiological effect or a psychological effect? I think its a good thing that you discipline your kids that way cause they can at least have sweets in a week but not totally have restrictions never to eat it. My friend never allowed her kids to eat sweets and they are still not well-behaved.

Yes dear Too much of sweets is bad not only for kids also for all ages, but i donot know how can they be better behaved without sweets, i don't have any experience... Thank you so much for this nice post, cheers God bless you. Prof

really? thank you for posting this jugsjugs. does ice cream included in those "sweets"?