Easter egg hunts and Easter baskets bring similar amounts of candy into the home. So if you missed this episode in the fall, you might find it useful now!

Halloween is on its way and there’s likely candy everywhere...and that’s not a bad thing! This episode is certainly for adults who feel like you don’t have enough “willpower” when you’re suddenly around candy, but also for parents, struggling to figure out what attitude they should have when letting their kids have candy.  Opal Co-Founder Julie Church, RDN, CD, CEDRD sits down with host Carter Umhau, LMHC and challenges common misconceptions around the “addictive” nature of candy. 

Links:

• Article: The sticky topic of Halloween candy

https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/family-meals-focus/30-halloween-candy/

• Research: The effect of sugar on behavior or cognition in children. A meta-analysis. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7474248

• Research: Hyperactivity: is candy causal?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8747098