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Anyone notice chocolate effecting behavior, focus, language?
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 430200" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Most "food" issues are found by parents first - long before the medical community catches up - so I'm not surprised if there isn't much in the "literature" (print or on-line!).</p><p> </p><p>Chocolate is a complex substance. Not sure if you've been tracking at a detailed level? For example, same reaction to pure dark chocolate as to "chocolate bars"? White chocolate vs. dark chocolate vs. milk chocolate? (VERY differnt chemical compositions...) We're talking "pure" here... most things we call "chocolate" are a long way from the real thing ... sugar, and other filler ingredients, with a little bit of chocolate, is what you'll find in a "chocolate" candy bar.</p><p> </p><p>Sugar is a major behavior bomb, to start with, so sweet chocolate (and especially chocolate candy) are absolutely loaded.</p><p> </p><p>Caffeine is a mixed item - if you're ADHD, its one of the "self-medication" techniques (usually coffee/cola, but chocolate helps too!). But for other disorders, caffeine is a no-no. Dark chocolate is the highest in caffeine.</p><p> </p><p>Dark chocolate is also the highest in iso-flavinoids (spelling??) - supposed to be healthy, but again... milk is supposed to be healthy, and I can't handle milk protein.</p><p> </p><p>At his age now, you don't necessarily want to go messing around with experiments, but as he gets older, he will want what the others have, and it sometimes helps if you can walk an older child through a controlled experiment - find out whether one of the options works, and what the reactions really are... "older" as in... at least school age, depending on maturity levels...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 430200, member: 11791"] Most "food" issues are found by parents first - long before the medical community catches up - so I'm not surprised if there isn't much in the "literature" (print or on-line!). Chocolate is a complex substance. Not sure if you've been tracking at a detailed level? For example, same reaction to pure dark chocolate as to "chocolate bars"? White chocolate vs. dark chocolate vs. milk chocolate? (VERY differnt chemical compositions...) We're talking "pure" here... most things we call "chocolate" are a long way from the real thing ... sugar, and other filler ingredients, with a little bit of chocolate, is what you'll find in a "chocolate" candy bar. Sugar is a major behavior bomb, to start with, so sweet chocolate (and especially chocolate candy) are absolutely loaded. Caffeine is a mixed item - if you're ADHD, its one of the "self-medication" techniques (usually coffee/cola, but chocolate helps too!). But for other disorders, caffeine is a no-no. Dark chocolate is the highest in caffeine. Dark chocolate is also the highest in iso-flavinoids (spelling??) - supposed to be healthy, but again... milk is supposed to be healthy, and I can't handle milk protein. At his age now, you don't necessarily want to go messing around with experiments, but as he gets older, he will want what the others have, and it sometimes helps if you can walk an older child through a controlled experiment - find out whether one of the options works, and what the reactions really are... "older" as in... at least school age, depending on maturity levels... [/QUOTE]
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