What the child eats and drinks is the most concerned thing for parents and mothers, after all, this is closely related to the health of the baby.
Some people say that the cold white can not be given to the baby to drink, will affect the baby's spleen and stomach health; others say that freshly squeezed juice is very nutritious, to give the baby more to drink...
The truth of the matter is how, today we will take a good look at the grill, which babies under the age of 5 can drink and which can not drink.
In our daily lives, there are 9 common liquids for babies to drink: water, 100% juice, breast milk, formula milk, low-temperature pasteurized fresh milk or UHT milk, vegetable milk or non-milk drinks, flavored milk or milk drinks, coffee-containing beverages and sugary drinks.
We divide these liquids into three categories according to milk, water, and beverage juice, and look at what each type of child can drink, what cannot be drunk, and why it cannot be drunk.
The first category: milk
We all know that milk plays a vital role in your baby's growth and development. But there are many types of milk, which milk children can drink and which cannot.
Milk that can be drunk
The Consensus Guidelines for Healthy Drinks in Early Childhood jointly issued by the American Academy of Nutrition and Diet, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Cardiology point out that the most recommended milk for children is breast milk, infant formula, low-temperature pasteurized fresh milk or UHT milk.
Breast milk, rich in nutrition, can provide strong immune protection for children. Moreover, breast milk is the best food for babies under 6 months of age, and even after 6 months, breast milk is still the best milk.
The World Health Organization recommends that, if possible, breastfeeding should be continued until over 2 years of age.
Formula, infant formula is the best alternative if breastfeeding is not possible.
Low-temperature pasteurized fresh milk belongs to "low-temperature sterilization milk", which needs to be stored in an environment of about 4%, which can be stored for about 4 to 5 days.
UHT milk is also called "room temperature milk", which is also what we often call "boxed milk", which can be stored for more than 6 months at room temperature, which is relatively easy to store.
The sterilization methods and storage methods of the two kinds of milk are not the same, but because the main nutrients in milk are calcium and protein, these two sterilization methods are not affected, so there is no need to tangle, the baby can drink, according to their preferences.
Milk that cannot be drunk
Is there milk that can't be drunk? Yes, many of the milks on the market cannot be given to children, and the most common are two main categories: plant-based milk/non-milk drinks, and flavored milk/milk-containing drinks.
Plant-based milk/non-milk drinks, as the name suggests, are made from plant-based ingredients, including rice milk, walnut milk, coconut milk, oat milk, and so on. Strictly speaking, they are not milk at all, just drinks with milk in their name.
Flavored milk/milk drinks, in order to cater to the taste of children, manufacturers usually add more sweeteners and even add flavors. We all know that these artificial additives are not beneficial to the health of children, or even harmful.
Common such products are ×× calcium milk, × haha, ×× express, refreshing ××, children's milk and so on. If you look a little more carefully, you will find that on the packaging boxes of these products, the product type is milk-containing beverages, so their essence is not milk, but drinks.
Category II: Water
Water is the source of human life, without water, human beings can not survive. Moreover, water, especially hot water, is a miracle cure for all diseases in the folk, drinking hot water for dysmenorrhea, drinking hot water for colds, drinking hot water for stomach pain... In a word, drinking hot water = health = cure all diseases.
Today we do not talk about health, from a scientific point of view to see what water the baby drinks, drink cold, or hot.
Everyone knows that there are too many types of water, mineral water, pure water, tap water, baby water... With so much water, which kind of water is best for babies to drink?
No matter how the merchant changes the pattern and what kind of banner it is, it is nothing more than saying that the content of minerals is different, and the impact on the child's physical health is different.
In fact, the main source of minerals that our human body consumes is not drinking water, but food.
In addition, the mainland has strict safety standards for domestic water and mineral water, and its trace element content and toxic content are clearly stipulated, as long as we purchase qualified products through formal channels, they are safe.
However, there is a point that needs special attention, whether it is self-drinking or mixing milk powder for the baby, the first choice is boiled tap water, the quality is guaranteed, and the price is cheap.
Mineral water and purified water can be drunk directly, but if it is used to prepare formula milk, it needs to be boiled and put to about 70 degrees before eating. Baby water has no advantages except for its high price.
As for whether the baby can drink cold water, in principle, as long as it is a temperature water that adults can drink, the baby can still drink. Cool water will not make the baby sick, not clean and unhygienic water will be.
The third category: beverage juices
Let's start with drinks, coffee drinks and drinks with sugar or sweeteners.
Coffee-containing beverages are commonly found in coffee, tea, soft soda (cola) and functional drinks, because caffeine is a stimulant, and for whatever reason, such drinks should not be given to children.
Beverages containing sugar or sweeteners contain a large number of artificial additives in their ingredient lists. These additives make it easier for children to get tooth decay, which will also affect their normal growth and development, and the risk of obesity, diabetes, blood lipids and other diseases will also increase, which is harmful to children and not beneficial.
As for fruit juice, the 100% sterilized pure juice mentioned here (note that it is not your own freshly squeezed juice), try to drink as little as possible. Concentrated or blended juice, it is even more impossible for children to drink.
The American Academy of Pediatrics also issued a statement: fruit juice is not good for babies under 1 year old, and babies under 1 year old cannot drink fruit juice (whether pure fruit juice or not).
Therefore, drinking juice is not as healthy as eating fresh fruit.
As for the drinks that the old people say can relieve the heat, such as mung bean soup and three melon water, they are not as good as cool white to relieve the heat.
Overall, the most recommended fluids for children are breast milk, infant formula, low-temperature pasteurized fresh milk or UHT milk and water.