Welcome to Isheeria’s Healing Circles.
Join us for some quick tips on #Chilobesity & Health & Sugar from Shreya Roy of Maasai Fitness.
Every week we discuss a subject and a cause which is dear to our organization.
We are intensively working towards a healthier future & fighting against childhood obesity.
Today’s topic is :
“Harmful effects of introducing sugar to infants ”.
Sugar is one of the important seasonings without which our diet is not complete in today’s world.
Baby food formulas include sugar as one of the main ingredients to enhance the flavor.
In a research conducted at the University of Calgary, Canada, it was found that 60% of commercial baby and toddler food products contained high sugar content.
Disadvantages of adding sugar to baby food:
* Sugar is mainly added to sweeten milk, fruit juices, fruit mashes, porridges, puddings, yogurt, etc.
By adding sugar to your baby’s food, essentially you increase the sweet cravings or give your baby ‘sweet tooth’.
* Adding sugar in baby food also increases the risk of tooth decay in babies.
Oral bacteria rely on the leftover food in the mouth for their survival and sugar is perhaps the best food for them.
They thrive with the traces of sugar present in the mouth and begin the process of tooth decay.
* Some parents have the habit of bottle feeding while their babies are lying down.
Studies show that this practice increases the risk of ear infections – This happens because sometimes the milk leaks out from the mouth and slides down into the ear while the baby is feeding on the bottle whole lying down.
This gives a boost to the bacteria in and around the ear to increase in numbers and cause ear infections.
* Apart from tooth decay or ear infections, high sugar content in your baby’s diet can increase the risk of diabetes in the future years.
Parents beware of the food that you give to your baby. Read the list of ingredients of baby food carefully and avoid adding sugar.
Many fruits are high in natural sugars. These sources are enough to satisfy your baby’s needs for sugar.
We hope you found this information to be helpful. Leave us a comment below on your experience with managing Sugar in your infant’s diet.
This is such an eye-opener post! Really useful ✌️
A very useful post indeed. As a mom I should be aware of what my little one is taking. I have already replaced sugar with good organic honey.
This post was really insightful..sugar is definitely bad for the child it’s better to keep them away from sugar from an early age only .
I agree! Giving sugar to kids at the infant stage increases tooth decay and sweet cravings!
My in-laws are doctors are they say so many kids come with health issues at a very young age. All the added sugar and junk really play a number on them.
I am sure many new moms will get benefit from this post. Sugar is something we Indians tend to offer young babies in name of halwa or prasad. But you gave a good details about the same.
Great post yaar i didnt knew abt these sugar issues for kidz
Bery informative !! Sugar is really bad for kids and may leads to obesity.
This is eye opener post, I see kids usually consume a lot is chocolates & sweets never knew the impact can be ths
Definitely agree.. Sugar is not necessary for infant food and I mostly fed them sugars via fruits.
Very informative post! Had to share this one!
I am bookmarking this article. Sharing it my fam solely because we all have some of the nasty habits mentioned while we think it is good parenting. Enlightening article.
Very informative and important post. We tend to add sugar so baby eats food quickly but do not know about it’s ill effects.
Most useful post for me right now! Thanks for the post
Child obesity is on rise, and unless we start taking due note of what is good or not for our child, we might become it’s prey. This is very useful post for parents to understand the need of best food habits.
This was a great read and I found every word supporting my theories wrt kids and sugar.
I never add sugar in my daughters food, your post is very useful for every Mommies out here.
Not aware about this sugar too much. Tanks for sharing with us such a great information.
Really interesting..we don’t realise how harmful sugar is to kids
Brilliant post and much needed post as moms have to understand what the kids are eating and how it will affect them
This post is alarming tho. I never knew these facts.
That’s very helpful post for Parents. Indeed proper Approach towards balance and healthy diet for child is much needed