Sugar can make you a sweeter person

@aweins (4198)
India
December 9, 2008 7:21am CST
i read an article which was from Amsterdam University and Florida State University that sugar can make you a sweeter person. its a saying also but i never read a research that claims it. today when i read it, i wanted to discuss it with all of you on mylot and wanna know your views on it. to reach the conclusion , the researchers gave a group of people some with sugar and some with an artificial sweetner. they were then shown a picture of Sammy, a young man said to be gay, and asked to write about 5 minutes about his typical day. those who had drunk the sugary drink used far fewer stereotypes in their essays than those who had the artificial sweetner. leading to a theory that people who can restraint to keep objectionable thoughts to themselves when they have higher amounts of glucose in their body. people with lower glucose levels are more likely to use stereotypes when describing others and if they are high in prejudice , are more likely to make derogatory remarks. this is because self control depends on processes that consume glucose as an energy source , people who have lower levels of blood glucose may be more likely to express prejudice. so what do you people think about it?
1 response
• United States
9 Dec 08
Sorry, I don't believe it. I mean, prejudice is there regardless of the presence of glucose. If a person is prejudice, then they are prejudice. Did they try to figure out if a person had prejudice before they gave them either the sugar or the asperatame? I doubt it. This study is unfounded until they have a control group, where they know the tendencies of each person before they are affected by glucose.