Excess sugar in the diet makes children more violent, and encourages adolescents to alcohol and Smoking. And the worst-case experts have recognized energy drinks.
Consuming too much sugar children are more likely to exhibit violent behavior, alcohol and Smoking, the researchers found. A meta-analysis of a large number of scientific works have shown that foods and beverages with high levels of sugar encourage children and adolescents aged 11 to 15 years to implement risky behavior. Such children are almost 3.5 times more likely to expose their peers to harassment if they are addicted to sweets and energy drinks. High sugar level more than twice the number of fights and the likelihood of the entrainment of alcohol in adolescents is increased by 95%.
The authors of the meta-analysis suggested that the biggest enemy of sustainable child’s mind are energy drinks. They affect children’s behavior more negatively than chocolate and other sweets. And all because energy contain a hefty dose of caffeine. In Russia in the daily diet of the child every year there are more and more chocolate, sweets and energy drinks. All this leads to risky behavior, including alcohol consumption and Smoking. The authors first traced the connection between sugar and violent behavior of children and adolescents and abuse of substances.
This does not mean that the child should not deprive sugar. However, children aged 4 to 6 years of age should not eat more than 19 grams of sugar per day. At the age of 7 to 10 years, the dose is increased to 24 g, and from 11 and older – up to 30, For example, in the average jar of soda contains 35 grams of sugar. (READ MORE)