Steve Macias

There exists a debate on whether diet and particularly whether sugar consumption is connected to hyperactivity. Some experts claim that parents like myself are mistaken when we connect the birthday cake and the chaos that follows. They tell us that there is not enough evidence to suggest that it was the Pepsi that caused our children to bounce off the walls.

A similar debate around the affect of carbohydrates has raged for decades. The foundation of the American food pyramid and the standard American diet (SAD) is...