Some parents always claim that eating too much candy or cakes may cause their children to get hyperactive. In fact, sugar in sweet candies is not the leading reason for that disease. So, why people stick to the belief that sugar makes children “bounce off the walk”. Possibly, a lot of candyand pops contain artificial colors and preservatives. Such additives may be the reason for hyperactive behavior. Scientifically speaking, hyperactive children often be aggressive, restless and irritable. According to researches done in university of Virginia, the symptoms of hyperactivity relate to genes rather than sugar in sweet candy.
Special events like birthday parties or picnics may get children excited, which is then blamed on the sugar instead of the excitement over the special occasions
Chocolate often contains so much caffeine that many people are afraid of sleepless when eating chocolate in the evening. However, level of caffeine in chocolate makes this belief unreasonable. In fact, according to the U.S. scientific community, a chocolate bar contains only 10 milligram caffeine. Meanwhile, only a cup of coffee with 130 milligram caffeine can keep you awake the whole night.
A chocolate bar contains only 10 milligram caffeine which can not make you sleepless
A new study from American institute for cancer research suggests that frequent intakes of artificial sugar do not increase the risk of cancers. In fact, these sweeteners in food and beverage spread worldwide due to modern lifestyle. Researches on participants regularly taking Coca or Pepsi show that those people do not increase the level suffering certain disease like melanoma, leukemia or brain cancer.
Sweeteners in food and beverage spread worldwide due to modern lifestyle
At the beginning of 1970, there appeared a belief that Green M$ M candy provides sexual stimulation. Mars, the competitor of M$ M, illustrated that green is for horny. However, in 1997, M$ M company introduced a new category of Ms. Green, who was crowned America’s favorite M&M’s character.
Ms. Green was crowned America’s favorite M&M’s character.
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Looking Into Some Interesting Facts About Chocolate
I have been working as a doctor of a general hospital since February 1998. In addition, I am a full time writer and specialize in weight loss related issues. I also write for a number of different websites on the Internet.