Can babies eat sugar cane?

In the eyes of many people, sugarcane is a particularly good food for quenching thirst. Especially when people feel thirsty, a piece of crisp and sweet sugarcane is a very good choice. Many adults prefer to eat sugarcane, mainly because the effects and functions of sugarcane on the human body are very obvious. Many adults like to feed their babies some sugar cane while eating sugar cane, but can babies eat sugar cane?

Can babies eat sugar cane?

Babies should be careful when eating sugarcane. When babies eat sugarcane, they usually pull, break, or poke it outwards, which uses too much force. This can cause certain damage to the gum tissue and cause the teeth to grow in the direction of frequent force, making the teeth easily grow crooked. At the same time, sugarcane contains a high amount of sugar. If you eat it before going to bed at night and don’t brush your teeth, the sugar will be fermented into acid by bacteria, which will slowly cause tooth decay and pose a great threat to the health of your teeth.

Sugarcane is rich in sugar and minerals such as sodium, calcium, and magnesium. It also contains sufficient carotene to meet the needs of babies. However, if babies eat too much sugarcane, it will still have a certain impact on the body. Babies must be careful when eating sugarcane.

1. If babies eat too much sugarcane, the blood sugar concentration in the body will increase, causing small boils or painful swellings on the baby's skin. In severe cases, it may also cause bacteremia. Excessive sugar in the baby's body will make the baby's physique acidic, reduce the body's immune function, and induce colds or skin infections. Therefore, it is best not to let the baby eat more than 50 grams of sugarcane per day.

2. Wait until the baby can spit out the residue before eating sugar cane. If the baby does not pay attention to spitting out the residue, it is easy for the baby to choke when eating sugar cane, which may lead to suffocation accidents.

3. Giving sugarcane to babies will affect their young teeth, so mothers are advised to wait until the baby is 3 years old before feeding it. Before 3 years old, it is best to squeeze it into juice for the baby to drink.

How can babies eat sugar cane safely?

Sugarcane juice is sweet and babies love it. Parents must pay attention that moldy sugarcane must not be fed to babies as it can easily cause poisoning. In addition, pay attention to hygiene when eating, because there will be many germs and bacteria on the surface of sugarcane during transportation, which can cause illness for babies with weak resistance.

1. Sugarcane and hepatitis A. A children's hospital conducted statistics on hepatitis A and found that the peak incidence of hepatitis A in children basically coincided with the sugarcane season, and 90% of patients had a history of eating sugarcane. This is because sugarcane is transported over long distances and countless bacteria, viruses and parasite eggs are attached to its surface. If the fruits are not washed before eating, or if the skin is peeled with an unsterilized knife or even eaten with the skin on, these pathogenic microorganisms will enter the digestive system through the human mouth, causing trouble and infecting people with diseases such as hepatitis A, dysentery, and enteritis.

2. Poisoning from spoiled sugarcane: Due to poor storage, poor ventilation and excessive humidity, sugarcane is easily contaminated by mold and deteriorates. The heart of spoiled sugarcane is slightly darker in color, light brown (the normal heart of sugarcane is milky white). Eating spoiled sugarcane can cause poisoning. Poisoning causes digestive tract dysfunction and neurological symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, headache, dizziness, black eyes, double vision, and sometimes aphasia and incontinence. In severe cases, convulsions occur, followed by coma and even death. And it often leaves sequelae, such as limb paralysis, intellectual disability, etc. Therefore, spoiled and contaminated sugarcane must not be sold; buyers should also be good at identifying and not be deceived by trying to get cheap prices.