Whether or not sugar can be link to hyperactivity in children is still debatable (however, I get the feeling that some parents don’t need the research to support that claim).  However, we do know a couple things about sugar:

• it has no nutritional value (no vitamins, no minerals)
• sugar often keeps bad company (unhealthy ingredients, such as fats and refined grains)
• it contributes significantly to tooth decay
• is not filling, which leads to eating greater portions
• can be used to cover poor ingredients (like adding flavor to low grade tomatoes in tomatoe sauce)
• the earlier to you start, the more likely you are to be a sugar-craving adult.

 For more on the way sugar works in the body, click here. To minimize sugar in your diet, here is a list of the names of sugar (check those labels carefully!) 

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