If you hand out chocolate bars to people from some Himalayan cultures, they do not often find more interesting than us, if we had a plate of pasta without sauce or condiment.
In contrast, our Western society we are conditioned to be fond of sweet, and at that point in the French language 'soft' has become virtually synonymous with 'delicate'. Although it seems unrealistic to completely escape this situation, it is obviously recommended to transmit atmosphere as possible for our children. So if your kids ask you a treat, give them fruit instead.
To the extent that it is more or less inevitable that our environment encourages us - ourselves and our children - to consume sweet, people with a significant risk of tooth decay should be limited to products with sugar substitutes such as sorbitol or xylitol, which do not cause tooth decay. In Switzerland we find particularly in trade candy marked with the logo Sympadent. " These products can be eaten without risk of cavities, the only drawback being that they have the usual sweets.
Sugar substitutes can also cause diarrhea if consumed in excess.