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Re:Poor-quality relationships linked to greater distress tha... by grawprog on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @11:09AM (#19255426)
I wasn't saying the study was wrong, it's more it doesn't matter if it is or not. Just try it yourself. Find a kid, give the child some candy, pop, or other high sugar thing and hang out with them for a few hours, then draw your own conclusion.

What does it matter what some study says when every kid i've ever seen get a bunch of sugar acts the same way? Studies mean nothing when you're with kids hyped up on sugar.

And honestly, I don't really eat sugar, when I have some pop or eat candy, I notice the way it makes me feel. It doesn't make me hyper, but it makes me antsy and twitchy.

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Re:Poor-quality relationships linked to greater distress tha... by DanBC on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @11:33AM (#19255710)
> Find a kid, give the child some candy, pop, or other high sugar thing and hang out with them for a few hours, then draw your own conclusion.

I've done this. I didn't notice any difference. I suspect the difference people notice is down to their lack of skill at parenting rather than anything to do with sugar.

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Re:Poor-quality relationships linked to greater distress tha... by emiliobumachar on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @03:06PM (#19257864)
Hypothesis: being around crummy adults leads both to lots of sugar and to bad behavior.
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Re:Poor-quality relationships linked to greater distress tha... by cheeko1234 on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @01:11PM (#19256800)
I've done this numerous times. It's all placebo and literally the point of the original comment.

Things that seems common sense AND you see them happen anecdotally all the time can still be wrong.

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Re:Poor-quality relationships linked to greater distress tha... by seba_dos1 on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @02:30PM (#19257526)
Finding a kid, giving the child some candy, pop, or other high sugar thing and hanging out with them for a few hours is by no means a sensible way to draw any reasonable conclusions. Isn't it pretty obvious?
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