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Sweet taste begets sweet taste – and this is the bitter truth. A kids’ natural liking or tendency to opt for sweets can result in a battle – and parents generally lose the score. Too much sugar is bad, we all know, and letting your child develop the sweet tooth will only put him at a risk of health problems later in life.
Not exactly measureable, there is no set quantity of sugar that one can have. But because it is addictive, too much sugar can make your child develop a sweet tooth and intake more sugar than necessary. A child’s daily diet should not contain sweets or deserts, or sugary mithais. Though sugar is the first flavour a baby tastes through breast milk, yet it is not advisable to give sugar or salts to infants under age of one.
The fact that sugar does not supply the body with minerals or vitamins, corresponds to saying that sugar intake needs to be moderated due to health repercussions. Too much sugary food can cause the below (not limited to) health problems to your child in the longer run:
If your child has sweets, chances are that he will ask for more. Sugar needs of the body do not get satisfied easily, and you will end up with a child who is sweet obsessed. To fight the habit, the below 10 strategies can be helpful:
Help your child distinguish between good and bad foods, and help them make decisions based on empathy. Binding children into rules does not help, factual reasoning does. Give them, the knowledge to make decisions on their own, which will also serve them in the long run.
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