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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 519132" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Is that a fairly typical breakfast for him? When you take a look at the meal you listed, which was apple juice, wholemeal bread, chocolate spread and an apple, where is the protein? The entire meal is VERY high in sugar. Apple juice has 19 grams of sugar in a 6 ounce serving (170 gramm serving size), wholemeal bread has 2 gram sugar and 4 gram protein for 1 commercially made slice of bread. An apple that weighs approx 223 grams (3 1/4 inch size apple) has 23 grams of sugar. Nutella (the only chocolate spread that comes to mind) has 21gram sugar and 3 gram protein. This means that using these approximate measurements of his breakfast and assuming he ate 2 slices of bread, difficult child had a whopping 67 grams of sugar and only 11 grams of protein for breakfast. </p><p></p><p>Just because the sugar is from fruit or juice does NOT make it any healthier. Fructose acts like regular sugar in the body, for the most part. they have the same amount of calories and both are fairly simple sugars. This breakfast could be a contributor to his meltdowns. Breakfast is the meal that should especially have protein because you have not eaten in many hours. There are a lot of ways to add protein, from adding an egg or two to using protein powder or letting him have a more traditionally "dinner" type of food that is high in protein. </p><p></p><p>I am NOT saying you are a bad mom. I think many of people would think that was a halfway decent breakfast, but really the amount of sugar is very high. Fruit juice is a HUGE source of sugar in many people's diet and often they are unaware of how much sugar they are consuming even if they buy unsweetened juice. There are 4 grams of sugar = 1 teaspoon of sugar, so difficult child had 16.75 teaspoons of sugar at breakfast.</p><p></p><p>This does contribute to a blood sugar crash which could have a big impact on difficult child's behavior. The apple is the healthiest source of sugar n his breakfast because it is with a lot of other good things. Apple juice si about as healthy as soda, and nutritionists here are urging people to avoid drinkng it when possible or to treat it like soda when you add it to your diet. </p><p></p><p>Please know that I ONLY put all this in writing because seeing the actual numbers can make us ALL realize how many different sources of sugar we are consuming. We can't avoid the big blood sugar crashes if we don't have the facts on how much sugar we are really consuming. This was NOT meant to upset anyone, and I got the nutrition info from the USDA website and from several manufacturer's websites. these are based on rough portion sizes. </p><p></p><p>One super helpful thing that made a big difference in the number and degree of the tantrums/rages that Wiz had was when I remembered that there is no point in trying to negotiate or explain the reasons for a decision when the person is raging. A person in a rage or tantrum really needs to be left alone bcause it is futile to try to reason with them. When I started to just not talk about whatever it was until we were both calm, the quantity and ferociousness of the rages and tantrums and hissy fits decreased rapidly. I would just walk away or stay quiet as much as I could, and the episode was over much faster. Then wehn we both were calm agan we could discuss things. You just cannot have any rational or meaningful dialogue or problem solving with a person who is that upset. </p><p></p><p>Those are just some thoughts that I had. Of course the situation is more complex than just cutting down on the sugars and not talking to him during an outburst, but I thought the info might help you figure out how to break the cycle of having problems on your only day off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 519132, member: 1233"] Is that a fairly typical breakfast for him? When you take a look at the meal you listed, which was apple juice, wholemeal bread, chocolate spread and an apple, where is the protein? The entire meal is VERY high in sugar. Apple juice has 19 grams of sugar in a 6 ounce serving (170 gramm serving size), wholemeal bread has 2 gram sugar and 4 gram protein for 1 commercially made slice of bread. An apple that weighs approx 223 grams (3 1/4 inch size apple) has 23 grams of sugar. Nutella (the only chocolate spread that comes to mind) has 21gram sugar and 3 gram protein. This means that using these approximate measurements of his breakfast and assuming he ate 2 slices of bread, difficult child had a whopping 67 grams of sugar and only 11 grams of protein for breakfast. Just because the sugar is from fruit or juice does NOT make it any healthier. Fructose acts like regular sugar in the body, for the most part. they have the same amount of calories and both are fairly simple sugars. This breakfast could be a contributor to his meltdowns. Breakfast is the meal that should especially have protein because you have not eaten in many hours. There are a lot of ways to add protein, from adding an egg or two to using protein powder or letting him have a more traditionally "dinner" type of food that is high in protein. I am NOT saying you are a bad mom. I think many of people would think that was a halfway decent breakfast, but really the amount of sugar is very high. Fruit juice is a HUGE source of sugar in many people's diet and often they are unaware of how much sugar they are consuming even if they buy unsweetened juice. There are 4 grams of sugar = 1 teaspoon of sugar, so difficult child had 16.75 teaspoons of sugar at breakfast. This does contribute to a blood sugar crash which could have a big impact on difficult child's behavior. The apple is the healthiest source of sugar n his breakfast because it is with a lot of other good things. Apple juice si about as healthy as soda, and nutritionists here are urging people to avoid drinkng it when possible or to treat it like soda when you add it to your diet. Please know that I ONLY put all this in writing because seeing the actual numbers can make us ALL realize how many different sources of sugar we are consuming. We can't avoid the big blood sugar crashes if we don't have the facts on how much sugar we are really consuming. This was NOT meant to upset anyone, and I got the nutrition info from the USDA website and from several manufacturer's websites. these are based on rough portion sizes. One super helpful thing that made a big difference in the number and degree of the tantrums/rages that Wiz had was when I remembered that there is no point in trying to negotiate or explain the reasons for a decision when the person is raging. A person in a rage or tantrum really needs to be left alone bcause it is futile to try to reason with them. When I started to just not talk about whatever it was until we were both calm, the quantity and ferociousness of the rages and tantrums and hissy fits decreased rapidly. I would just walk away or stay quiet as much as I could, and the episode was over much faster. Then wehn we both were calm agan we could discuss things. You just cannot have any rational or meaningful dialogue or problem solving with a person who is that upset. Those are just some thoughts that I had. Of course the situation is more complex than just cutting down on the sugars and not talking to him during an outburst, but I thought the info might help you figure out how to break the cycle of having problems on your only day off. [/QUOTE]
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