Babies who eat too much sweets tend to be withdrawn

Sweets are the food that many people, especially children, cannot resist. But what many parents don’t know is that eating too much sweets can cause a lot of harm to children. Parents, come and find out!

Cause endocrine diseases

If children continue to consume excessive amounts of sweets high in sugar, it can cause many potential endocrine diseases. For example, if children eat too much sweets and consume too much sugar, their blood sugar concentration will increase, which will increase the burden on the pancreas in the child's metabolism and induce diabetes.

Affects sleep

A recent study found that sweet foods can reduce the body's immunity. Under normal circumstances, the average phagocytic ability of a white blood cell in human blood is 14. After eating a sweet steamed bun, it will become 10. After eating a piece of sugary snack, it will become 5. After eating a piece of cream chocolate, it will become 2. It can be seen that sweets have a certain impact on immunity. In addition, eating too much sweets also has adverse effects on sleep. Researchers once surveyed 1,000 people with sleep disorders and found that more than 87% of the patients loved to eat sweets.

Increase calcium load

If children eat 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, thereby reducing the calcium in the child's body. If a large amount of calcium is neutralized, the child's bones will become osteoporotic due to decalcification. In addition, if there is insufficient calcium in the body, children may experience symptoms such as muscle sclerosis, vascular smooth muscle contraction, and disorders in the mechanism of regulating blood pressure.

Promotes the occurrence of myopia

When the sugar in sweets is metabolized in the human body, it requires a large amount of vitamin B1 to help reduce the calcium content in the body. Vitamin B1 has a nourishing effect on the optic nerve, and its content will affect the state of the optic nerve. Calcium is the "protector" of eye tissues. Calcium deficiency in the body will not only cause decreased elasticity of the retina, increased pressure in the lens, and elongation of the anterior-posterior diameter of the eyeball, but can also cause degenerative lesions of the corneal and ciliary muscles, thereby weakening the elasticity of the eyeball wall and promoting myopia.

To prevent or avoid worsening myopia, the first thing to do is to help children develop good eating habits. Before the age of 1, do not add any sugar to the baby's food; after the age of 1, you can eat some yogurt and biscuits with low sugar content. Chocolate-like foods can only be eaten after the age of 3. According to the "Guidelines for Snack Consumption for Chinese Children and Adolescents", the frequency of eating chocolate should be 1-2 times a week, a small piece each time, and try to choose dark chocolate with a cocoa butter content of more than 50%. Various honey-based foods, such as preserved fruits, plums, candied dates, etc., are not recommended for children to eat.

In summer, give your children more traditional Chinese tea drinks to replace high-sugar drinks, such as wolfberry chrysanthemum tea, barley tea, etc. They can not only quench thirst and relieve heat, but also improve eyesight and reduce internal heat. Eat more foods rich in vitamins and calcium. In addition, humans have six extraocular muscles, and chewing is beneficial to the development of the entire orbit, especially the eye muscles. While chewing, the extraocular muscles are in a linked state and can be fully exercised. Therefore, chewing is a very good eye exercise.

Babies who eat too much sweets tend to become withdrawn

Some children not only have strange personalities, but are also hyperactive, have difficulty concentrating, and have poor academic performance. A survey found that a considerable number of children with similar symptoms were related to excessive intake of sweets.

From a medical perspective, if there is too much sugar in the body, metabolites such as pyruvate and lactic acid will increase significantly. At this time, a large amount of vitamin B1 will be needed to accelerate the excretion of these metabolites. Vitamin B1 cannot be synthesized naturally in the body and depends entirely on intake from food. However, children with picky eating habits find it difficult to take in more foods containing vitamin B1. When the body lacks vitamin B1, carbohydrate metabolites such as pyruvate will accumulate in the brain in large quantities, causing abnormalities in the child's personality.

How can I control the amount of sweets my baby eats?

1Hide the sweets. Don't place jars or bottles of sweets where your child can see them or reach them. During festivals, it is inevitable to buy a lot of sweets. At this time, you must find ways to keep it from your baby and control the amount of sweets you take out each time.

2. Don’t eat sweets before or after meals or before going to bed. Eating sweets before meals can easily reduce the baby's appetite, while eating sweets after meals can increase the absorption of calories, making the baby become fat prematurely. In addition, excessive insulin secretion can easily induce diabetes, which is also the fundamental reason for the younger age of diabetes in recent years. Eating sweets before going to bed can easily cause your baby to suffer from dental diseases.

3 Use substitutes and gradually reduce the amount of sweets. If your baby is addicted to sweets and it is difficult to control him, you can look for some healthy sweets to replace high-calorie sweets such as chocolate, candy and cake, such as pure fruit juice, raisins, etc., and slowly dilute the taste and gradually reduce the amount of sweets you give your baby.

4. Control the amount of sweets your baby eats from an early age. Starting from infancy, it is necessary to control the amount of sugar your baby consumes in his diet. Generally speaking, the amount of sugar a baby consumes per day should not exceed 0.5 grams per kilogram of body weight. That is to say, if the baby weighs 10 kilograms, his daily sugar intake should not exceed 5 grams, which is equivalent to one and a half blocks of candy sold on the market.