Is it okay on your children to binge sweet on Halloween? A pediatrician offers us the reply.
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:
Halloween is simply two days away, so prepare on your children to carry dwelling a pillowcase full of these things.
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UNIDENTIFIED NARRATOR #1: Nerds Gummy Clusters. Unleash your senses.
UNIDENTIFIED NARRATOR #2: New Reese’s Caramel Massive Cup.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: Sure.
UNIDENTIFIED SINGER: (Singing) Children and grown-ups adore it so, the comfortable world of Haribo.
MARTIN: From TV commercials to your children trick or deal with luggage, sweet is in every single place proper now. So is it OK for youngsters to binge on it only for one night time?
ALISON CHIANG: This can be a nice alternative to show children to hearken to their our bodies and take pleasure in a healthful approach.
MARTIN: That is Alison Chiang, a pediatrician at Oregon Well being and Science College in Portland.
CHIANG: And possibly once they have slightly little bit of a tummy ache or do not feel so nice the following day, they’re going to keep in mind that possibly they should not have had a lot in a single sitting.
MARTIN: Despite the fact that everyone knows that an excessive amount of sugar is unhealthy for us, Dr. Chiang says Halloween shouldn’t be the day to fret about it.
CHIANG: It’s exhausting sufficient as a dad or mum to only form of get your children by way of the day – dressed, wholesome, comfortable. I do not suppose we should be worrying in regards to the precise content material of a chunk of sweet.
MARTIN: However Dr. Chiang hopes households who’re providing Halloween sweet consider the children on the market with meals allergy symptoms.
CHIANG: There’s an choice to at all times present non-candy or non-food treats, so issues like stickers or toys.
MARTIN: For those who’re attempting to stave off sugar rushes after Halloween, this is what Dr. Chiang suggests telling your children.
CHIANG: You possibly can have what you are feeling comfy consuming tonight, and we’re going to then save 10 of your favourite items of sweet.
MARTIN: Dr. Chiang says the remaining could be spirited away by the change witch.
CHIANG: Just like an Easter bunny, much like a tooth fairy. You place your sweet out in the midst of the night time, and the change witch will come and take that sweet and offer you one thing else, some form of different deal with.
MARTIN: Or you are able to do what most of us do, take it to work for the following month, the place we eat it ourselves.
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