Halloween is simply days away — time for sweet and different treats : NPR

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Halloween is simply two days away, so prepare on your youngsters to deliver dwelling a pillowcase full of these items.

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UNIDENTIFIED NARRATOR #1: Nerds Gummy Clusters. Unleash your senses.

UNIDENTIFIED NARRATOR #2: New Reese’s Caramel Massive Cup.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: Sure.

UNIDENTIFIED SINGER: (Singing) Children and grown-ups adore it so, the blissful world of Haribo.

MARTIN: From TV commercials to your youngsters trick or deal with baggage, sweet is in every single place proper now. So is it OK for youngsters to binge on it only for one evening?

ALISON CHIANG: This can be a nice alternative to show youngsters to take heed to their our bodies and methods to bask in a healthful approach.

MARTIN: That is Alison Chiang, a pediatrician at Oregon Well being and Science College in Portland.

CHIANG: And perhaps once they have a bit little bit of a tummy ache or do not feel so nice the following day, they will do not forget that perhaps they should not have had a lot in a single sitting.

MARTIN: Regardless that everyone knows that an excessive amount of sugar is dangerous for us, Dr. Chiang says Halloween is just not the day to fret about it.

CHIANG: It’s onerous sufficient as a dad or mum to simply type of get your youngsters via the day – dressed, wholesome, blissful. I do not suppose we should be worrying concerning the precise content material of a bit of sweet.

MARTIN: However Dr. Chiang hopes households who’re providing Halloween sweet consider the children on the market with meals allergic reactions.

CHIANG: There’s an choice to at all times present non-candy or non-food treats, so issues like stickers or toys.

MARTIN: When you’re attempting to stave off sugar rushes after Halloween, here is what Dr. Chiang suggests telling your youngsters.

CHIANG: You’ll be able to have what you’re feeling comfy consuming tonight, and we’re going to then save 10 of your favourite items of sweet.

MARTIN: Dr. Chiang says the remaining may be spirited away by the swap witch.

CHIANG: Much like an Easter bunny, just like a tooth fairy. You place your sweet out in the course of the evening, and the swap witch will come and take that sweet and provide you with one thing else, some form of different deal with.

MARTIN: Or you are able to do what most of us do, take it to work for the following month, the place we eat it ourselves.

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