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I don't really need to jump into this thread but I couldn't resist. I just 

wanted to say that I don't think sugar affects ALL kids--and it must not 

affects all adults the same way either. In our houseful of little kids I 

don't remember ever noting that they got hyper after eating sweets. They 

would rarely be allowed to eat a lot of sugar at one time, but surely there 

must have been a few incidents...? My parents weren't very strict about 

such things and sometimes the kiddoes would spend their own money on candy 

and go overboard with it. I, too, was a kid for many years (LOL) and I 

don't remember ever getting wound up by sugar. Wound up, yes, generally by 

the influence of other kids--but I don't recall a connection to sugar. As 

an adult, I have never noticed increased energy from sugar, or caffeine 

either, for that matter. I really don't know what a sugar "high" or 
"rush" 
feels like. If I'm really nodding off, drinking coffee will wake me up, but 

that's all.

I was at a babysitting job recently (with other adults) where we discussed 

this, and I think we concluded that there must be variations from child to 

child (and adult). But anyway, I guess the non-reactive people are in the 

minority, so all caution is warranted!

Just a ramble,
Diane

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "julie" <eternalrock1@...>
>I used to work for a pediatrician and he was forever saying that it didnt 

>really affect kids. I told him he was so wrong, he just didnt give his kids 

>any sugar.When we owned the ice cream shop it didnt take long for the sugar 

>to kick in on the kids and we would have to scrape them off the ceiling and 

>walls (them and the ice ceam )LOL