Drinks for children, which are the healthiest?

Children, like the elderly, they need to hydrate, but in your case it is even more important because you are in a time of growth. exist crowd of drinks sweet and with chemical compounds that should not be taken every day but as sweets: only in exceptional moments. Do you know which are the healthiest drinks in the diet of children?

Water for children: the benefits of hydration

The water is the best drink what there is in all stages of life. Although it does not provide energy or vitamins, it is a necessary drink by itself, basic and essential for everyone, especially for children.


We can drink water in and out of meals: at recess, when doing sports, when it's hot, when you're thirsty, and so on. Also, it is important that your children drink water if they have a cold, illness or fever.

In the case of babies, mothers are afraid to give them water, and the truth is that during the period when they are fed only with milk, it is not necessary to give it since milk contains enough. Of course, pediatricians differentiate between breast milk (which does have enough water) and those prepared for infants (they have, but it may be convenient to give more if it is hot). Once the baby begins to take other foods is when you should introduce the water: better little by little and with a cup instead of the bottle.


Are other drinks safe for children?

- Natural juices: natural juices are what we do at home when squeezing or liquefying fruits and vegetables. They provide almost all the nutrients and vitamins in fruits, except fiber, which is lost. They are a very good option to drink, but better to be in small quantity: eIt's better that they take the fruit with their pulp and skin to eat the fiber.

- Refreshments: Nowadays there are many kinds of soft drinks. Surely you come to mind dozens of brands with different types and flavors. In essence, they are all the same: water compounds and artificial ingredients that provide flavor, more sugars and gas (in some cases). These drinks they are not recommended in the diet, especially sugary ones.

- Packaged juices: peach, pineapple, grape juices ... there is also a great variety of these products, all made with water and fruit concentrates. Although they are very common in all households and parents think they are good for feeding their children, there are certain things about these juices that we should remember:


- The pediatricians of the Spanish Association of Primary Care Pediatrics remind that these products they contain a lot of sugars: also those who say they do not have added sugars. This means that they are products that increase the risk of children developing tooth decay, which can contribute to gain excess weight.

- The juices, despite being made with water and fruit concentrate, they do not replace the fruit that your child should take: they are missing most of the vitamins and fiber.

- As they have a significant amount of sugars, after taking juices it is common for children lose your appetite, which increases the risk that your children will take less of other foods that are more necessary for their growth.

- Sometimes there have been cases of children who have suffered discomfort in the belly and diarrhea after the juices. This is due to some of the sugars or sweeteners they contain.

- The daily consumption of these prepared juices seems to be associated with the increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Although this is something that happens over the years, it is important to take it into account.

- Some say that they contain milk, but it is in very little quantity (10 percent). "The peers should know that the small benefit of those 33 milliliters of milk from the 300-pack does not compensate for the large amount of sugar they carry," they warn.

In essence, try that Water is the main drink in your child's diet. This does not mean that you can not take other kinds of products, but that it is better to take them less often so that you grow strong, healthy and happy.

Angela R. Bonachera

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