Happy Halloween!
Greetings on the best holiday of the year (in my not-so-humble opinion). Some people send Christmas cards, some people send Valentines, and it seems so appropriate for me to send a trick-or-treat-o-gram :) Here is some important news, which I hope you will use: 1.) Halloween candy is good for you. On the Psychology Today […]
On the Psychology Today blog, Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D. lists five reasons candy is good for you:
1. People who regularly eat candy live longer than those who don’t.
2. A shot of sugar can restore your willpower/help you focus.
3. Chewing gum can improve your mood, reduce stress, increase your mental focus, and block pain.
4. Chocolate may decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease.
5. Cotton candy can help you grow new blood vessels.Read more: http://jezebel.com/5673712/halloween-candy-is-good-for-you-its-science#ixzz13WZEPY5j
FOR Samira Kawash, a writer who lives in Brooklyn, the Jelly Bean Incident provided the spark.Five years ago, her daughter, then 3, was invited to play at the home of a new friend. At snack time, having noted the presence of sugar (in the form of juice boxes and cookies) in the kitchen, Dr. Kawash, then a Rutgers professor, brought out a few jelly beans.
The mother froze. Her child had never tasted candy, she explained, but perhaps it would be all right just this once. Then the father weighed in from the other room, shouting that that they might as well give the child crack cocaine.
“It was clear to me that there was an irrational equation of candy and danger in that house,” Dr. Kawash said in a recent interview. “And that was irresistible to me.”
From that train of thought, the Candy Professor blog was born. In her writing there, Dr. Kawash dives deep into the American relationship with candy, finding irrational and interesting ideas everywhere. [more]
