Of course kids should eat healthy, but a quick web search seem to disprove that higher calories snacks have a negative effect. Papers I found are https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0195666390900519 and https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003193840200882X

School goes as far as preventing the kids to eat their snack if it’s not a fruit or a vegetable which I find excessive, as many healthy snacks exist today that still contain some (more) carbs (the two papers are even about candies…)

Are there some studies out there for what would be an optimal snack (both health and performance wise)?

    • BeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 hours ago

      Thanks, I thought fructose was not much different than regular sugar/glucose, this proves it was my misconception

      • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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        3 hours ago

        Yeah, I was actually wondering why that’s the case, or if it’s just a matter of only glucose being measured in the glycemic index.

        But on the Wikipedia page for fructose, it says this:

        The liver converts most fructose and galactose into glucose for distribution in the bloodstream or deposition into glycogen.

        So, I’m guessing, that’s what ‘slows’ it down and makes it healthier in that regard.