Chocolate equipment: Never give chocolate to infants and toddlers

Chocolate equipment: Never give babies chocolate!

【 Question 】

My child likes chocolate very much, and if you add chocolate to the formula, the child will drink more milk. Listen to the doctor said that chocolate and milk can also produce stones, is that so?

【 Answer 】

Chocolate is a high calorie food and tastes very good. And the taste of some chocolate foods is also very good, especially when chocolate is described as "silky smooth" food, the attractive taste also makes children like chocolate more.

But chocolate should not be eaten by infants

According to the 2002 (China Food Composition Table) compiled by the Nutrition and Food Safety of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 100 grams of chocolate contains 586 kcal, 53.4 grams of sugar, 4.3 grams of protein and 40.1 grams of fat.

Such nutrients are not suitable for infants and young children, especially poor quality chocolate food. When making chocolate, manufacturers also add a lot of saturated fatty acids, trans fatty acids, stabilizers, spices, pigments and other food additives for the sake of the eyes and taste, which is a heavy burden on the immature detoxification and detoxification organs of infants and young children - the liver and kidneys, which are easy to damage.

Chocolate contains components that let the child's nervous system excited, easy to cause the child excited, so that the child is not easy to fall asleep, crying and crying.

Too much sugar not only affects the child's appetite, but also easily produces dental caries.

Chocolate contains oxalic acid, which can combine with calcium in milk to form calcium carbonate. Calcium oxalate is insoluble in water, long-term accumulation to form urinary stones, but also affects calcium absorption in milk.

Chocolate contains very little cellulose, 100 grams of chocolate contains 1.5 grams, so after eating can not stimulate intestinal peristalsis, will affect the digestive function of infants and young children.

【 Expert Advice 】

You should give your child less chocolate in the future, and do not eat chocolate with formula milk.