• Question: why every kid cant live without sweets?

    Asked by 476fddk47 to Ciara, Elaine, Gonzalo, Yannis, Yvonne on 17 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Ciara O'Donovan

      Ciara O'Donovan answered on 17 Nov 2017:

      Haha great question.. well they can live without them but I think they like them so much because they get used to the sweet flavour. I think if they were without them for a little while then they would get used to it and only eat them every now and then!

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      Gonzalo Delgado-Pando answered on 17 Nov 2017:

      Not every kid but almost everyone, adults or kids. This is because when we eat something sweet our brain sends some chemicals that make us feel pleasantness and gives us those cravings for sugary thinks. Sweet taste it is an important taste because all the energetic things like rice, bread, pasta, have this sweet taste. So it helped our ancestors to discover energetic foods. BUt right now we have all the food we want, we don’t have to look for it. And what’s more the food industry have make this sweets that makes it easier to get this pleasant feeling.

    • Photo: Yvonne Lenighan

      Yvonne Lenighan answered on 17 Nov 2017:

      We need nutrients to survive, grow, think, run, walk and to be alive! Sweets don’t give us nutrients so technically….. kids could live without them 😉 However, sweets contain sugar and we all like the taste of sugar.. Too much sugar can cause obesity and diabetes so we should have sweets only as a treat!

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