What are the effects of eating sweets on babies?

Although sweets taste sweet and delicious, eating too much of them can cause great harm to human health, especially for babies. It can easily cause bone porousness. If babies eat too many sweets, it will lead to excessive carbohydrates in the body, causing some inevitable diseases. Eating too much sweets will cause toothache in babies, which will cause tooth decay over time and is also not good for their sleep. The following is an introduction to the specific impacts.

1. Cause the baby's bones to become osteoporotic due to decalcification

If the baby eats too much sugar and carbohydrates, a large amount of intermediate products such as acetic acid will be produced during the metabolism process in the human body, which will cause the body to be in a state of acidosis. In order to maintain the acid-base balance of the human body, the alkaline substances calcium, magnesium and sodium in the body must participate in the neutralization effect, which reduces the calcium in the baby's body and causes osteoporosis in the baby's bones due to decalcification.

2. It is the main culprit of malnutrition among modern children

There are new and emerging candies, dairy products, chocolates, beverages... Looking at the product descriptions, the ingredients are also very diverse, including vitamins, minerals, amino acids, etc. It seems that eating more can supplement nutrition! In fact, they are the culprits of malnutrition in modern children.

3. Prone to tooth decay

The sucrose in sweets will promote the proliferation of bacteria in the mouth, causing decalcification and softening of teeth, and causing caries.

4. Affect mood and sleep

Studies have found that sweets can reduce the body's immunity. Too much sugar entering the blood will stimulate the child's central nervous system, causing symptoms such as irritability and lack of concentration. Eating sweets before going to bed will affect the baby's sleep and have an adverse effect on growth and intellectual development.

5. Affect visual development

Eating too much sugar will increase the baby's blood sugar level, which will correspondingly reduce the osmotic pressure of body fluids, causing the lens to bulge and deform, increase the refractive power, and easily lead to myopia. In addition, eating too much sugar will lead to a decrease in the calcium content in children's bodies, reducing the elasticity of the sclera of the developing outer wall of the eyeball. If children do not pay attention to eye hygiene, they can easily develop myopia.

6. Reduced immunity and prone to allergies

Studies have shown that sweets can affect the function of white blood cells and changes in blood vessel walls, reduce the body's disease resistance, and make it more prone to inflammation, allergies and other problems.

It is best for parents to control themselves, buy less snacks and reduce the source.

Parents need to reach an agreement. It is not possible for one parent to control the products while the other one does the shopping. This will not allow them to control their children.

Parents should set a good example and eat less sweets themselves first.

If the above methods do not work, you need to change your child's habits in a planned way:

1. Prepare a notebook or blackboard to record your child’s daily diet. Record the number of times and amounts of sugary foods your child eats for several days, including the time, quantity, and name of the food.

2. Discuss how to gradually eliminate some foods. If the child can do it, praise him or her.

3. If possible, discuss with your doctor and ask him to recommend foods suitable for your child (non-cariogenic foods).