An apparently healthy habit can destroy children's teeth

An apparently healthy habit can destroy children's teeth

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Parents are certainly well intentioned when allowing their children to drink more fresh fruit juice, thinking that thus they provide vitamins and improve their health. Unfortunately, eating large amounts of fruit juice often has a disastrous effect on the lower teeth.

Experts from the British Dental Association strongly recommend parents to limit consumption of fruit juices (even those considered healthy, no sugar added) and so-called smoothies.Allowing them to consume such drinks too many parents destroy their dental health.About 25% of British school children regularly eat squash (and two thirds regularly eat sweets).Fruit juice with no added sugar may belong, indeed, of the 5 recommended servings of fruits and vegetables daily, but experts say that crushing fruit juice or smoothie to get released sugars damaging teeth much more than if whole fruit consumption.Children should not drink more than one serving of 150 ml of juice per day.Dr Nigel Carter, director of the British Dental Health Foundation, said that parents unwittingly destroy their children's teeth, because they do not know how harmful it can be fruit juice. "Fruit juices are becoming more popular and high fruit content makes them look like a healthy option. However, they contain large canti???i sugars and acids, that can really harm your teeth. At age so small it is unrealistic to try to eliminate all of a sudden eating sweet foods and drinks of a child. But to maintain balance, it is important to limit consumption, allowing them to drink juice only fuctie timpu meals and between meals to make sure you only drink water or milk. ""Keep in mind that it is better for children's teeth and their health in general, take three meals a day instead of seven snacks, many of which contain sugar."Dr Carter added that popular smoothies are "terrible" for teeth because they are concentrated, often drunk estab meals and adhere to teeth.Figures published in 2008 showed that 30% of children 5 years in England cavities.And sugar threats to health are not limited to teeth. Dr. Robert Lustig, nutritionist and author of Fat Chance: The Bitter Truth About Sugar, said that high sugar consumption - whether it comes from fruit, be it refined sugar - installation increases the risk of obesity, of cardiovascular problems and diabetes and leads to liver overload.

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Parents are certainly well intentioned when allowing their children to drink more fresh fruit juice, thinking that thus they provide vitamins and improve their health.