Get Ready for the SUGAR HANGOVER!

It’s Halloween and the candy hunt begins. Today the Dallas Morning News has a really good article detailing the aftermath of all that sugar!

Those of us who relish the thought of making kids smile with all those sweets would do well to read this http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/103106dnwebhangover.162e72c.html while also noting some alternatives:

Kamesha Burrell, an endocrinology dietitian at Children’s Medical Center Dallas, offers the following tips for making Halloween healthier:

• Instead of giving away sticky sweets, hand out pencils, stickers, and other non-food items to trick-or-treaters.

• At holiday parties, furnish treats like sugar-free drinks or sugar-free gelatin cut in the shapes of pumpkins, ghosts, cats, etc.

• Sort Halloween candy into piles, one to keep and one to toss or share.

• Usually it is best to incorporate one to two pieces of candy in to lunches and dinners. It is best to eat these treats with a meal. Eaten alone, they can cause blood sugar levels to spike.