If you also make this mistake, then be careful, whether sugar should be added to the milk of a small child or not, know what the experts say…

New Delhi:- Small children love to eat candies, chocolates and sweet biscuits. But, do you know that feeding sugar to small children can be harmful. Feeding sugar to children at an early age can make them addicted and this can lead to the child trying to eat sweets again and again. Consuming these sweet things can increase the weight of children and increase the risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and metabolic disorders.

Should sugar be added to the milk of small children?

Milk is an important food for children and most of the people add sugar to feed them milk. Due to this the child finds milk tasty and he drinks it. However, a research that came out some time ago said that sugar should not be fed to children below 2 years of age.

What are the disadvantages of feeding sugar to children?

Generally people think that adding a little sugar to milk, curd and other food items will cause harm to the child. That is why even children below one year of age are given sugar dissolved in milk, sherbet and water. But, this research says that feeding sweets to children at an early age or feeding them sweet milk, cold drinks or any other sweet thing can be harmful for health. With increasing age, the child's craving for sweets may increase and gradually this habit may also become serious.

How to stop children from eating sugar?

These days, most of the things available in the market for children contain very high amount of sugar. At the same time, carbs and natural sugar are also found in everyday food items. In such a situation, feeding excess sugar to children should be avoided. You can take these measures to prevent children from consuming sugar-

Give them as much water as possible to drink.

Offer sherbet, cold drinks and packaged juices.

Feed the child plain and cold milk.
Feed sweet fruits to children. Give fruits like fig, banana, sapota and custard apple to children to eat.

Instead of ice cream, you can feed the child some fruits mixed with curd.

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