Advice re:Sugar and Chocolate

This weekend there were two days when DS had some very sugary desserts that also involved chocolate. Both days, he was like a wild animal shortly after eating them. Picture the sugar high all kids have and multiply it by 20!
He also became aggressive with other children, requiring separation from them and then loads of tears. I can't say this is new behavior, but very obvious this weekend since he had been behaving quite well before this.

So, I would like to limit sugary treats even more than we already do and eliminate chocolate from his diet. But, we have a party to go to this weekend at someone else's house. What would you do? Let him have a small piece of cake if it doesn't have chocolate? Bring our own lower sugar treat (which will not go over big if everyone else has cake)? There are also his two schools and birthday cupcakes, etc to avoid, which again, will be hard if everyone is eating stuff.

I'm just curious how others have dealt with this. Thanks for any tips!

Re: Advice re:Sugar and Chocolate

My son is on the gf/cf diet. He has an intolerance to it. My MIL gave him 3 huge chocolate chip cookies and he was off the wall. It is all the food additives that will set him off.

Re: Advice re:Sugar and Chocolate

This has occurred to me also, particularly the cassein part. But since this is a huge part of his diet, I'd like to start with sugar/food coloring/chocolate and take it from there.

On both occassions he also had treats that included colors that were definitely artificial, so it could be the food dye too.

At any rate, we'll remove these things and see what happens. I may move on to dairy in time also. The special occassions (of which there will be many between now and March) are what throw me though.

Re: Advice re:Sugar and Chocolate

I don't know too much about what could be done about the instaneous effects of sugar/chocolate. However, I do know that sugar can help feed "yeast". Yeast build up definitely has a direct affect on behavior and clarity. A probiotic could help keep yeast at bay, in fact, finding the 'correct' probiotic is even more important. My dd is on two at the moment, one is prescript assist, and the other is sacchromycin (sp?)

There is a great supplement called "green vibrance" you can purchase at vitamin world. It's 'green' and really awful looking but, if you just a put a little in drinks or try really hard to disguise it in food it truly helps alkalize the body, which prevents yeast build up.

Another thing to consider is maybe the gluten in the cakes/cookies, and therefore, you could get digestase or trienza which are enzymes that help break down gluten and cassein. You would give your ds this before he eats or with the first bite. We once again disguise it in the food (we break apart the capsule and add it to her first bite).