Sugar. - Page 2

sherlock holmes · 17-12-2011, 08:46 PM

You can give someone a non alcoholic drink, tell them it's alcohol, and they will get 'drunk'. The power of suggestion is strong!

Cacoethes · 17-12-2011, 10:51 PM

they did that on big brother a while ago didnt they?

i dont watch it, but we talked about it in psychology around that time.

Athiri · 18-12-2011, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Scaredy-cat

Im pretty sure its not the sugar. My brother and i used to have these sweets called flik n licks, and he always insisted on having the blue ones, i usually got orange, and we hadnt noticed anything (we were only about 8), and mum stopped us having them because she said ben was getting really excitable, and sometimes agressive. This wasnt just with one sweet, im meaning about three a day for a week or so

I recall Smarties removed the blue ones for a while I think because there was some hooha about the colouring causing hyperactivity? They brought it back with natural colouring though.

Laura2.0 · 18-12-2011, 09:13 PM

Did you know that in Germany there is some kind of weird tradition to give something sweet to the kids before they go to bed?
We call it 'nachthupferl'.
If sugar would really make kids hyperactive, then germans wouldnt give their kids sugar before they go to bed.

People are not actually doing it these days... it was a tradition my gradparents did. When we slept at my grandparents place they gave us some chocolate or whatever before we went to bed and I don't remember not being able to sleep. We always slept fine.

Reki · 18-12-2011, 10:25 PM

Sugar is the first thing that is used by the body for energy (before proteins and fat). Glucose is easy to use to make a lot of energy but it doesn't last long.
That's why people experience "sugar highs", their body uses up all the sugar so they have lots of energy, but when there's no more sugar the energy level drops suddenly.
I don't think sugar is the only factor that makes kids (or people in general) hyper though. Sure, it must contribute to it since its a source of energy, but there are a lot of other factors that should be considered as a possible cause of hyperactivity.