Is it okay in your youngsters to binge sweet on Halloween? A pediatrician provides us the reply.
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:
Halloween is simply two days away, so prepare in your youngsters to carry dwelling a pillowcase full of these items.
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MARTIN: From TV commercials to your youngsters 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: It is a nice alternative to show youngsters to take heed to their our bodies and the way to bask in a healthful method.
MARTIN: That is Alison Chiang, a pediatrician at Oregon Well being and Science College in Portland.
CHIANG: And possibly once they have a bit little bit of a tummy ache or do not feel so nice the following day, they will do not forget 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 just isn’t the day to fret about it.
CHIANG: It’s laborious sufficient as a dad or mum to only sort of get your youngsters by way of the day – dressed, wholesome, glad. I do not suppose we should be worrying concerning the actual 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 allergic reactions.
CHIANG: There’s an choice to at all times present non-candy or non-food treats, so issues like stickers or toys.
MARTIN: In the event you’re attempting to stave off sugar rushes after Halloween, this is what Dr. Chiang suggests telling your youngsters.
CHIANG: You’ll be able to 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 might be spirited away by the swap witch.
CHIANG: Just like an Easter bunny, much like a tooth fairy. You place your sweet out in the course of the night time, and the swap 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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