At 8:01 AM -0700 3/21/00, Jeff Ricker wrote:
>We are having a disagreement here about the behavioral and mental
>effects of sugar. Is there any credible evidence that consuming sugar
>(say, the amount one would get in a glazed donut or a couple soft
>drinks) will lead people (adults and/or children), on AVERAGE, to feel
>jittery and hyperactive with concomitant effects on mental state?
I'm sure someone else will supply the specific references, but sugar's
behavioral effect is sedative. No doubleblind study has shown a stimulant
effect.
Of course, you must be certain that the donuts do not contain artifical
coloring, which _has_ been shown (in a very small number of cases) to have
behavioral effects.
In the case of soft drinks, of course, you have to first rule out caffein.
>I think this is the shortest message I have ever posted to TIPS (well,
>except for my SET TIPS NOCRAP message of a couple years ago).
>Congratulations are in order, I should think.
>
>Jeff
Congratulations!
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