Not trying to chub up this year? Want to keep your child from acquiring chipmunk cheeks (or teeth)?
Well these two dentists in South Carolina seem to have the answer: Instead of buying candy for kids this year, they're buying it from them--in particular the kinds they don't want--to ship to soldiers in Iraq.
Hey, thanks for being willing to die for me, to show my gratitude I send you stale Good 'n Plenty. Grandma didn't want them this year.
And kiddies, capitalism lesson number one--always take things for free and then sell them at higher prices.
Have a Happy American Halloween!
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ReplyDeleteWow, they're trying to buy Halloween candy from kids? that's totally awesome! Although you're right, they probably owuld get stale. But I always had my share of candy I didn't want to eat at all when I was trick-or-treating, and I'd usually throw it out if someone else in my family (i.e. my dad) didn't eat it.
ReplyDeleteHere's an interesting article you might like about many different aspects of Halloween, including eating candy:
http://thefastertimes.com/eating101/2009/10/23/halloween-candy/
Taffy-like candies, such as Mary Janes and Tootsie Rolls, are reportedly the worst for your teeth. It turns out, according to Dr. Sanjay Gupta — and if this does not prove the existence of a divinity, what would? — that chocolate is better for your teeth: “Chocolate dissolves in your mouth instead of getting ’stuck’ in between your teeth as a caramel candy would. Chocolate also contains tannins, which aid in killing bacteria in the mouth.”
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This from an article last year on CNN: “although some parents may be tempted to space out the amount of candy their children consume after Halloween, dentists have advice to the contrary: When it comes to teeth, it’s better to eat a whole lot of candy at once than to space out candy consumption over time. Basically, the fewer episodes of candy eating, the better.
“It makes sense, given that cavities form when bacteria in plaque ferments the sugars in candies and creates acid that attacks the tooth’s surface, says Dr. Clarice Law, assistant professor of dentistry at the University of California-Los Angeles School of Dentistry.
“Repeated “attacks” lead to cavities, so eating a bunch of candy — for example, with a meal — and then brushing your teeth is better than spreading that candy out over time. Law doesn’t recommend bingeing but does advise that children limit their candy-eating episodes.”
It's a sort of "take from the rich, give to the poor" scenario. Except that children are the rich and soldiers are the poor. And the money actually gives you cavities.
ReplyDeleteAlso, absent from that article is the perspective of a five-year-old whose evil mother would trade in his Halloween candy for a couple of bucks. If I were him I'd be up in arms.
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