ADDitude Poll: ADHD and Sugar

Does sugar make your child's ADHD symptoms worse?

1 Comments:

Posted by NicoleV - Sep 23 2009 @ 10:01 AM
Red #40 is 10x worse than sugar
Too much sugar without some protein to balance it definitely makes my kid more energetic and less attentive but it's nowhere near as bad as the effect of Red #40 food coloring.

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