Because there is not enough to worry about already while parenting. Here's an excerpt from a good read on food, sweets, and nutrition:
Scientists have demonstrated the power of sugar since at least 1974, when a Brooklyn College professor, Anthony Sclafani, found that lab rats were so drawn to Froot Loops that they would suppress their natural fear to eat in the exposed areas of their cages. Researchers using brain imagining technology have since found that foods high in sugar or fat activate the same reward system as cocaine and other drugs, and can also set off the release of the neural chemical dopamine, which can cause the brain to override the biological brakes that prevent overeating.
Link here to the whole NY Times article.....
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lots of interesting stuff lately...did you happen to watch the video on the NY Times site about this same topic -- it may even be linked to the article.
there's also a popular article on there today about the FDA possibly requiring food labeling warnings about food dyes because people think they are related to behavioral problems in some children.
Well, great, there goes the Fruit Loops dinner I had planned for tonight!
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