Snacks have become a must-have for many families. Obviously, snacks are more delicious and more convenient to eat than food. The survey shows that the physical fitness of children in China has declined year by year, which is inevitably related to the flood of children's snacks: compared with 5 years ago, the lung capacity of urban boys and girls aged 7 to 18 years has dropped by 285 ml and 303 ml respectively; the lung capacity of rural boys and girls has dropped by 237 ml and 259 ml respectively; and the long jump score has dropped by 3.7 cm and 3.9 cm respectively.
Are the so-called so-called children's snack products on the market really safe? Not necessarily! Snacks are only a supplementary food for children, but many children now use it as a staple food. Especially some left-behind children, the elderly at home can not refuse the child's request, often asked by the child to buy snacks, coupled with some businesses under the banner of "children's snacks", known as containing growth must factors, which makes many elderly people mistakenly think that snacks do help children grow.
The nutrients contained in snacks are far less than the amount required by children, and various additives and disinfection storage methods will produce substances that are harmful to the human body. Many families spoil children, and all corners of the home are placed on the small snacks that children love to eat, or like to treat snacks as rewards for children, which is a kind of harm to children. Category 6 "minefield" snacks to avoid!
Do not choose foods that have potential safety hazards
In order to attract children's attention, merchants like to mix various things that cannot be eaten in snacks, such as small toys given away in snack bags. Young children like to stuff things in their mouths, and most of the giveaways are plastic products, and their safety and hygiene are not guaranteed. There have been many cases in the news of children who have suffered respiratory blockage, suffocation or entering the stomach due to swallowing gifts from food packaging by mistake.
But this situation still did not attract attention, many people think that buying snacks and sending toys is very cost-effective, but they do not know that it is actually an increase in risk for their children. This situation is more often in younger children, since the child has not yet had the ability to protect themselves at this time, we parents should bear the first responsibility to eliminate the danger, do not choose those snacks with gifts to the child.
Pigments, preservatives, flavoring agents exceeded the standard
Nowadays, the snacks sold on the market are more and more colorful, but the richer the color, the more additives in them, and it is not an exaggeration to say that basically every snack contains additives.
In addition, the rich taste of snacks is due to the use of flavoring agents. Some snacks even go directly away from the raw materials, but use flavoring agents to build up the taste, whether these flavorings are safe or a question mark! Although the dose of a small bag is not enough to be afraid of, it is likely to produce qualitative changes over the years. Imagine if a child eats such foods with excessive pigments, flavorings, and preservatives all year round, how much danger will accumulate in the body.
Foods containing trans fatty acids
Trans fatty acids are divided into natural and artificial, natural is beneficial to the human body, but artificial trans fatty acids are just the opposite. It has many names, such as edible hydrogenated oil, artificial fat, artificial butter, margarine, margarine, shortening. Artificial trans fatty acids are commonly found in high-temperature fried and margarine foods, of which the typical representatives are milk tea, coffee, roasting, desserts, fries and other foods.
These harmful substances reduce the amount of LDL in the blood, increase the incidence of cardiovascular disease, and also induce obesity. Among them, fast food is a hard-hit area, with McDonald's, KFC and other fast food culture quickly entered the Chinese market, many teenagers consume these trans fatty acids all year round, so the proportion of obese children has increased greatly over the years. So, snacks that contain trans fatty acids are recommended to stay away.
Radiation-treated food
As long as the role of radiation treatment is sterilization and convenient for the preservation of food, this technique is often used in the processing and storage of dried fruits. If it is within a reasonable radiation standard, it is safe to eat, and about one-third of the food in China is already a food that has been treated with radiation. However, for children, it is still recommended to eat less of this food with a long shelf life.
Foods with excessive oil, salt and sugar
Snacks are indeed inseparable from sugar, salt, oil, after all, only heavy taste can get more popular love. However, clinical data show that the three high problems (hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia) are more closely related to these three. Why older people are prone to the problem of three highs is related to the accumulation of the first half of life. Now with the premature intake of high-sugar, high-salt, fried foods more and more, some geriatric diseases have a tendency to occur early, so such foods should also be kept away.
Foods without allergen information
A small number of children's allergens are special and require parents to pay extra attention when choosing snacks. Be sure to pay more attention to allergy information, and foods that do not indicate allergen information must not be rushed to eat for children.
Since we can't isolate our children from snacks, all we can do is strictly guard food safety for our children. Many unscrupulous merchants re-sell the accumulated food in the form of "new bottles of old wine", what can we do for children when choosing "children's snacks"?
How to pick up qualified snacks for your child
1. Pay attention to the ingredient list
Ingredient list is our main source of information to determine whether food has nutritional value, the ingredient list can clearly indicate the various intake substances in the snack, as well as sugar, salt and other content, by finding these key information, so that parents can quickly get the fastest snack whether there is an excessive content!
2. Choose a regular large store to buy
Food safety problems should not be underestimated, many commissaries do not have a formal business license, once there is a problem can not find the person in charge, the victim's family knocked out teeth and blood swallowing, can not trace the legal responsibility. Therefore, we have repeatedly stressed that it is necessary to buy children's snacks in large supermarkets, only in this way can we ensure the source of food. As has happened in the news, individual small stores are still piled on the shelves even if the food is expired, and the risk of this safety hazard cannot be borne. Of course, not only us, but also teach children to choose safe and secure places to spend.
3. Learn to calculate the composition
Many food outsourcing assemblies are presented in the form of percentages, although we see only a few percent, but we can not ignore the total amount and quantity issues. Younger children have strict standards for food intake (you can see Children's Food Safety Standards). It is especially recommended that new parents, although calculating the composition of snacks is a troublesome and chicken rib thing, but for the long-term safety of children, we can make arrangements to prevent problems before they occur, after all, the merit is in the present, and the benefits are in the future.
4, do not give your child too much snacks
We repeatedly stress that snacks cannot be used as a staple food! Why aren't children hungry when it's time to eat? Why do children not eat much but look fat? Why aren't children interested in food? These are all related to snacking. Accustomed to the method of filling the hunger with snacks, the food cooked at home naturally cannot be marketed on children.
Eating a large number of snacks with no nutritional value will bring a sense of fullness to the child, and there will be no appetite at the time of the meal. Many obesity problems are not caused by excessive intake of rice and meat, but by snacking.
Of course, we also have to admit that snacks have become a part of children's lives, we can't take a slash of violence, but no matter how we parents must also reasonably control the number, only in this way can make children comfortable and happy, and do not have to worry about children's food safety problems
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