What about sugar and fatigue?

[Guest guest]

Ian usually refuses breakfast in the morning. He opts for Nutren, Jr

his supplement before anything else. Then, by 10 am he wants

something to eat. Well, today - unfortunately, he didn't want the

snack I brought with and had finished his Nutren in the car. We were

at Starbucks and all they had left were glazed chocolate donuts!! Oh

brother. Well, I ordered him a whole milk and a donut. Well, I

couldn't believe it but he at the whole donut!! This is not the usual

Dunkin Donut sizes - this was pretty big! Anyway, I ate a couple

bites of it - but, for the most part he ate it. Well, afterwards, Ian

told me he was tired and he seemed lethargic. He perked up in the car

on the way to get his brother at preschool - although, I had half

expected him to fall asleep. Beleive it or not - by 12:30 pm - he was

hungry and ate mac & cheese for lunch. I just thought it was weird that

he got so tired. I'm assuming he had way too much sugar for his

little body. Any other thoughts?

- H

[Guest guest]

My guess is that the chocolate donut brought his sugar up quickly and

then it fell just as fast. That would cause the fatigue. The same

thing happens to us. Have you ever eaten a chocolate bar and then

felt really sleepy? It was good that he had the milk with it, but

that, too, has sugar in it, so his body was probably in overload.

Jodi Z

[Guest guest]

Jodi is right. A rush in sugar will perk our kiddies right up but if it's

not followed by a protein or complex carb (I always use peanut butter or

chicken at this point) they will crash again. But let me tell you, that

massive sugar fix works in a pinch (especially when one {ahem, me!} is

sitting in Church at the quietest part and a certain someone wants to flip

out on me!!)

Deb

What about sugar and fatigue?

> Ian usually refuses breakfast in the morning. He opts for Nutren, Jr

> his supplement before anything else. Then, by 10 am he wants

> something to eat. Well, today - unfortunately, he didn't want the

> snack I brought with and had finished his Nutren in the car. We were

> at Starbucks and all they had left were glazed chocolate donuts!! Oh

> brother. Well, I ordered him a whole milk and a donut. Well, I

> couldn't believe it but he at the whole donut!! This is not the usual

> Dunkin Donut sizes - this was pretty big! Anyway, I ate a couple

> bites of it - but, for the most part he ate it. Well, afterwards, Ian

> told me he was tired and he seemed lethargic. He perked up in the car

> on the way to get his brother at preschool - although, I had half

> expected him to fall asleep. Beleive it or not - by 12:30 pm - he was

> hungry and ate mac & cheese for lunch. I just thought it was weird that

> he got so tired. I'm assuming he had way too much sugar for his

> little body. Any other thoughts?

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> - H

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[Guest guest]

, you got the right answer from the others. Simple sugar

gives the kids a quick boost in their blood sugars (I've seen

go from 115 to 200 with a small piece of chocolate cake, and

then an hour later drop to 85; a drop from 200 to 85 is significant,

and will invariably involve behavioral symptoms -- temper tantrums,

etc. with fatigue).

I wish moms or dads had told me this when my kids were toddlers.

But that horrible arsenic hour around 5-6pm? Around 4:30pm, make a

cheese quesadilla, or put out hummus and carrots or hummus and tear

pieces of toasted quesadilla on a plate and let the kids watch some

cartoons. Or make little mini PB & J sandwiches in some funky shape

that make them " neat " to eat. This mix of complex carbo and protein

will help incredibly as you navigate the arsenic hour.... without

jumping up the blood sugars and then having them plummet at the

exact time that they are tired anyway, hence the meltdowns....

Jenn

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> Ian usually refuses breakfast in the morning. He opts for Nutren,

Jr

> his supplement before anything else. Then, by 10 am he wants

> something to eat. Well, today - unfortunately, he didn't want the

> snack I brought with and had finished his Nutren in the car. We

were

> at Starbucks and all they had left were glazed chocolate donuts!!

Oh

> brother. Well, I ordered him a whole milk and a donut. Well, I

> couldn't believe it but he at the whole donut!! This is not the

usual

> Dunkin Donut sizes - this was pretty big! Anyway, I ate a couple

> bites of it - but, for the most part he ate it. Well, afterwards,

Ian

> told me he was tired and he seemed lethargic. He perked up in the

car

> on the way to get his brother at preschool - although, I had half

> expected him to fall asleep. Beleive it or not - by 12:30 pm - he

was

> hungry and ate mac & cheese for lunch. I just thought it was weird

that

> he got so tired. I'm assuming he had way too much sugar for his

> little body. Any other thoughts?

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> - H

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