A short YouTube segment by Hallie Bulkin advising that after-dinner carbohydrate treats should be combined with protein and fat (and fiber) rather than consumed alone. She explains that consuming protein, fat, and carbohydrates together makes digestion easier, reduces inflammatory impact, and can affect airway health; she offers a practical, moderate rule for children (avoid sugar alone on school nights, allow occasional treats).
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Limit how much sugar they have, like at dinner. And after dinner they'll have carbohydrates. Dinner with like, protein and not just fiber, but fat. That's the thing I'm forgetting. So protein, fiber, protein, fat, and carbohydrate. Those three together, right? Your body is better easily, easy. Your body has a easier time breaking it down when they are consumed together. And so I, you know, I kind of have a rule like, yeah, listen, once in a while on the weekend, my kids are going to have a bowl of ice cream while we watch a movie. And I break my own rules. Like, we're human. I'm not saying let's follow this 100% of the time. That's. That's not real life. Everything in moderation, right? But like on school nights or days when I want them to be able to get up and function at their prime the next day, I'm not giving them sugar on its own after dinner, you know, an hour or two before they head to bed, because I know the impact it has on the body. And so that's what I'm encouraging you to do as well, when possible, simply because of the inflammatory impact it does have on the body and how that can actually have a direct impact on our airway. And I don't think this is discussed enough.
