Kids crave sweets because they need a lot of energy. Nutritionally speaking, there is no such thing as a bad sugar. It's how it is processed and packaged that determines whether it is good, better or best for your child.
Refined sugars go by the names of glucose , dextrose and sucrose .
This is the sweet-tasting stuff in the sugar bowl, in candy, syrup and other commercial foods. A small amount of these sugars won't harm a child. These simple sugars contain only one or two molecules and require little or no digestion. So when a spoonful of sugar hits the intestines and immediately enters the blood stream, the roller coaster ride begins. This low blood sugar triggers stress hormones that squeeze stored sugar from the liver, sending the blood sugar back up.