Why sugar is bad for you

Imagine your child came up to you and said: “Mommy, mommy, can I please have some cocaine for breakfast?” What do you think your reaction would be? The real question you should be asking yourself, why is it really bad? The obvious answer is that it is a drug. But in a more medical sense and according to research, in the short-term cocaine use tends to decrease fatigue, increase alertness, inflate self-esteem and places you in a state of euphoria.

The more worrying side-effects are that cocaine is highly addictive. It can cause psychological and mood disorders, it damages cognitive functioning, causes respiratory complications and can cause heart attacks and damage essential organs.

Parents fear the negative side effects of cocaine and will do anything to protect their loved one from this dangerous substance.

Sugar, which has no actual nutritional value other than it being a simple carbohydrate, is also a highly addictive substance and researchers believe it acts in many similar ways to that of cocaine by stimulating the brain receptors for a short-term high before the crash.

Why do parents allow kids to eat so much sugar then? Could it be that they are not aware of what foods have sugar in them? Do they not understand how much sugar their child is allowed in a day?