We are in a very sweet time for children, day after day they find nougat tables, marzipan, polvorones, etc. It is difficult to deny them to eat a piece of each, but this intake must be controlled, since they are not able to say enough.
There are so many nougat flavors, with drawings of their favorite characters, marzipans with striking shapes ... that the little ones cannot resist, and take advantage of any carelessness on our desktop to satisfy that gluttony.
Then come the problems of empacho or indigestion, and the suffering of all for the malaise of the child. It should be remembered that the consumption of sugars should not exceed 10% of the total calories that a child ingested at the end of the day, it is also advisable on these dates, if there are more copious meals, to be compensated with the rest of meals by making them more light, especially introducing fruits and vegetables to provide the vitamins they need and promote digestion.
But not only Christmas candy alters infant feeding these days, we are also more tolerant and allow them to drink sugary sodas, so sugar intake is multiplied again, remember that sugary drinks also increase the risk of childhood obesity even with a balanced diet.
It is also a time when you have to be heavy with oral hygiene, since sugars are the most damaging teeth.
Anyway, it is not a matter of embittering the parties to children with prohibitions, but we must take advantage of them to explain what is convenient for them and what not, that everything has its limits and that enjoying something tremendously rich does not have to be crowded .
