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5 Ways Sugar Affect Your Child Academic Performance by allgoodlight(m): 7:29am On Feb 25, 2017
The body’s microbiome is made up of trillions of good bacteria that digest food, produce vitamins and protect it from germs and disease. But when kids consume too much sugar, it can alter the balance between good and bad bacteria and weaken their immune systems. So although your children may still get frequent colds, their symptoms may be reduced if their sugar intake is reduced as well.

1-CONCENTRATE LESS IN CLASS: When Your beloved child consume high levels of sugar and attempt a mentally challenge class work or assignment(mathematics), his or her body produce high levels of cortisol, a stress hormone that makes remembering more difficult. High levels of cortisol in the system of your child makes the child unable to concentrate well in class. The cortisol levels also make your child unable to sit quietly in class,a kind of restlessness, which affect class activities and low academic performance on the part of your child.

2- AFFECT MEMORY FUNCTION: When Your child or children consume large amount of sugar, it makes them experience a sugar HIGH,followed by sugar CRASH. The body system is designed in such a way that if there is high levels of sugar in the body,it react by producing high levels of INSULIN. Excess insulin in the body is linked to lowered blood glucose, that cause impair memory and low attention span.Both memory and attention are essential ingredient for learning and good grades in school.

3- IT KILLS HEALTHY BRAIN FOODS: The more children consume sugar,the less they consume healthy brain foods such as grains, vegetables, fruits and the dairy products, their appetite for these healthy brain foods decreases, while their appetite for unhealthy brain foods increases like fruit flavour candy, soda or sugary soft drinks and sugary snacks.
However,is not about sugar consumption itself, but what the children are giving up when they consume more sugar required by their bodies.The fact is when sugar moves into the digestive tract, it sends a signal to the brain to tell the body that it is full or better still satisfied, that is why children crave for more sugary foods known as empty calories and kill their craving for brain enhance foods(healthy brain foods) that boost their intelligent or IQ.

4- IT CAUSE DEPRESSION IN CHILDREN:The body system of some certain children are unable to process sugar properly,in most cases it leads to depressive symptoms. Inability of the body to absorb carbohydrates, including sugar may cause depression in children and adolescents. Depression symptoms such as fatigue, sadness and hopelessness can make school and school work difficult. Impacting negatively on their academic performance.

5- IT CAN LEAD TO OVERWEIGHT IN CHILDREN(OBESITY): If children often consume large amount of sugar like sweetened drinks and snacks it can lead to childhood obesity.Obesity is linked to low academic performance and low self-esteem in school, as a result of teasing, mocking and bullying, which might affect the cognitive function of the child, class activities, attention span and grade score.

The WHO recommend that you get no more than 5% of your daily calories from sugar. That is about 6 teaspoons of sugar per day,
Much of the sugars consumed today are “hidden” in processed foods that are not usually seen as sweets. For example 1 tablespoon of Bobo contains around 16-20 grams (around 4-5 teaspoon) of sugars. A single can of sugar-sweetened soda (coke, fanta,pepsi etc) contains up to 40 grams (around 10 teaspoons) of sugars.
Source:Feadexx..com
Re: 5 Ways Sugar Affect Your Child Academic Performance by Temidayo9(m): 7:51am On Feb 25, 2017
In addition to this, never married unintelligent wife/husband..... intelligent is hereditary
Re: 5 Ways Sugar Affect Your Child Academic Performance by Aminu212: 11:00am On Feb 25, 2017
You can also lower the sugar content in your body using this Methods
Re: 5 Ways Sugar Affect Your Child Academic Performance by allgoodlight(m): 1:07pm On Feb 25, 2017
Temidayo9:
In addition to this, never married unintelligent wife/husband..... intelligent is hereditary
It is a contributing factor
Re: 5 Ways Sugar Affect Your Child Academic Performance by allgoodlight(m): 1:08pm On Feb 25, 2017
Aminu212:
You can also lower the sugar content in your body using this Methods
Noted thanks

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