Is that something sweet a trick or a treat?
Halloween is just a few days away, and children are about to be running door to door in search of candies and chocolates.
But one scientist is warning parents about the dangers of allowing their kids to indulge in certain treats on the spooky, candy-driven holiday.
Dan Baumgardt, a senior lecturer at the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Bristol, wrote in The Conversation that he won’t be allowing his children to partake in sweet treats this Halloween.
“Not just because of my general curmudgeonliness, but have you seen what all that sugar does to you?” he wrote.
