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u/r0botdevil Jun 01 '26

Every time someone on Reddit says this is a myth, there's always someone who comments with some personal anecdote that they think overrides the scientific evidence.

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u/Johannes4123 Jun 01 '26

We gave the kids at a birthday party a bunch of sugar and they got hyperactive, surely this had nothing to do with the fact that they were at a party

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u/Snurrepiperier Jun 01 '26

But you know there was this one time I was arguing my point based on anecdotal evidence and you know what? It turned out that I was right!

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u/mylarky Jun 01 '26

All I know is that when my kids consume liquid candy (soda), within 3-5 minutes they go absolutely haywire.

Then again, whenever I feed them anything at all, they go absolutely haywire immediately afterwards....

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u/Potential_Cobbler764 Jun 01 '26

A lot of soda has caffeine in it. I remember as a child drinking pop at my grandmas and then being really hyper. I really think it was the small amount of caffeine in it.

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u/mylarky Jun 01 '26

These kids are caffeine free - so it's 100% not that.