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My son goes nuts when he has sugar (like ice cream or a cupcake), full stop. Has it not been shown in the literature because no one has tried an appropriately
by skj 8y ago
My son goes nuts when he has sugar (like ice cream or a cupcake), full stop.
Has it not been shown in the literature because no one has tried an appropriately rigorous experiment, or because the appropriately rigorous experiment showed a different conclusion?
- JshWright 8y agoIt's actually the example that Aaron Carroll (one of the co-authors of the article) used to explain what an RCT is, and why it's one of the strongest study designs possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkr9YsmrPAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkr9YsmrPAI
- daturkel 8y agoI believe you, and I've seen what appears to be the same effect first-hand, but it has not been replicated in controlled environments. Here's a non-scientific article which cites several studies which failed to find a correlation: https://www.thecut.com/2016/08/the-sugar-high-is-actually-just-a-parenting-myth.html https://www.thecut.com/2016/08/the-sugar-high-is-actually-ju...