There is no child who doesn’t like snacks. Delicious and colorful snacks, sometimes even adults can’t resist the temptation. As we all know, although snacks are delicious, the materials used to make them are not very healthy. Some snacks seem "healthy". In fact, some food additives are added and long-term consumption is very harmful to children's health. Today I will give you a list of unhealthy snacks. If the child likes to eat, parents should not encourage the child to eat more.

Pies

Common pie foods, such as chocolate pie, egg yolk pie, etc., have good color, soft texture and sweet taste, and are children's favorite snacks. Eating a piece of food is a good option when you're hungry in class. But under the good-looking appearance, it is the "credit" of various pigments. Various additives are added to improve the taste, including trans fat. This frequently eaten pie combination is not only high in calories, but also harmful to your health.

Preserved fruit

Preserved fruit is sour and sweet, and its main ingredients are hawthorn or other fruits, sugar, water and food additives. The preserves are spicy. Let’s look at the nutritional label. The carbohydrate content per 100 grams of food is about 80 grams. The energy provided by 100 grams of hawthorn is about three times that of two rice of equal weight. Therefore, for obese children, it is best not to eat or to eat as little food as possible.

Puffed food

Nowadays, children’s favorite snacks when going to the supermarket should be puffed food. Even though those potato chips are labeled as non-fried, that still doesn’t take away the fact that puffed food contains a huge amount of calories. It happens that children like to eat snacks while watching cartoons on the sofa, which makes them more likely to become obese. Moreover, puffed food contains a small amount of metal elements, which is harmful to children's brain development and can damage children's intelligence. If you don’t want your children to become stupid, you need to prevent them from reaching for puffed food.

Lactobacteria drinks

It is common for children to not like to drink boiled water and only like to drink drinks, but parents must not think that lactobacilli are beneficial. Although lactic acid bacteria are helpful bacteria for the human body, lactic acid bacteria drinks are not like this at all. Although many products are promoted to help children digest and absorb, the reason why this drink is sour and sweet depends on the complexity and large number of additives in the drink. If parents are really considering their children’s digestion and absorption, they might as well buy some yogurt for them to drink.

Candy

There are many candies and snacks on the market now, although the packaging may say they are nutritious and very suitable for children. But in fact, these candy snacks are purely caloric snacks. Children can easily gain weight by eating too many sweets and snacks, and eating too much sugar can have a great impact on the growth and health of their teeth. Especially for some sticky candies, after children eat these candies, it is difficult to clean off the sugar stuck to their teeth by brushing their teeth. In addition, many children do not have the habit of brushing their teeth after eating snacks. Therefore, if the teeth are kept in this state for too long, various problems will definitely occur in the teeth.

So, what harm will excessive additives in these snacks do to children's health?

1. Causes developmental delay in children

Growth retardation refers to the phenomenon of slowed down or abnormal sequence in the growth and development process, mainly manifested as delayed physical development and delayed motor development. , Language development is delayed, intellectual development is delayed, and psychological development is delayed. As we all know, in order to attract children's attention to their products, many businesses will add a lot of flavors to increase the taste, making it easy for children to rely on strong tastes and not be interested in light and nutritious foods such as milk and vegetables. Over time, children will develop bad habits of picky eating, which will affect the development of their bones and brain, leading to delayed growth.

2. Causes obesity in children

Many snacks now contain additives, which are very harmful to children’s health and can lead to obesity in children. For example, children often drink drinks and eat sweets, which is the reason why children are obese. Moreover, children who eat too much sugar are not only prone to dental caries, but also ADHD and depression.