The Link Between Sleep Deprivation and Sugar Cravings [My Jelly Bean Day]

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  This is a real thing – it’s a game (well, more of a dare, really) from Jelly Belly called Beanboozled where you basically play Russian Roulette with sugar. Of course we bought it. My boys thought it was the most hilarious thing ever. It all started with a bag of Sweetart jelly beans and …

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The Red 40 Diet: Is There a Link Between ADHD and Food Additives? [Also, how do you do an elimination diet with a child without giving them an eating disorder?? HELP ME PLEASE!]

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Can you tell which one is the kid with the “hyperactivity issues”? “I have to go potty!” Jelly Bean yelled. Of course she does I grumbled to my husband. We were 10 hours into a 14-hour roadtrip, it was pitch dark, we were crawling through a white-out blizzard in nowheresville Kansas and we’d just passed the …

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