Fruit juice, healthy but damaging the children's teeth

Fruit juice

The fruit is a good source of vitamins and fiber that mandatory be entered in the daily menu, including eating patterns of children. For children who do not like fruit, most parents would replace it with fruit juice. But it apparently not recommended by dentists because of the sugar content in fruit juice will damage the teeth.

Fruit juices are not given extra sugar can indeed meet one servings of fruit intake which recommended. But fruit juice made ​​with fruit that turns the destruction process can produce sugar that can damage teeth, even though without the provision of additional sugar. The experts say that the sugar produced from the fruit which is destroyed to juice, more can damage teeth rather than of the fruit that is eaten intact.

British Dental Association recommends the parents to limit the provision of fruit juices and smoothies on their children. Limit giving is no more than 150 ml of fruit juice/serving.

Head of executive of the British Dental Health Foundation dr. Nigel Carter said, parents may be can to destroy her children teeth due to not realize the ill effects of fruit juices. "Fruit juices are becoming increasingly popular because of the content of the fruit is considered healthy, but it turns out the fruit juices contain high levels of sugar and acid that can damage the teeth," he said.

Nevertheless, Carter admitted, it is difficult to eliminate food and sweet drinks at once in the eating patterns of children. To balance it, it is important for parents to set the food or drinks consumed on the sidelines of meal times big.

"Make sure they only drink water and milk between meals," he added. To get the benefits of the fruit, is recommended to eat them in the form of fresh or the salad. He said, the child's dental health is generally better if they only consume foods in 3 big meal times, compared with 7 to 10 meal times with foods that contain a lot of sugar.

While the smoothies or fruit is juiced, Carter said, is a beverage that "scary" for dental health. Smoothies are concentrated, often tucked on the sidelines of meal times and can stick to the teeth. "The message is important to need in mind is not on the amount of sugar that children eat or drink, but the frequency of food and sugary drinks in their eating patterns," said Carter.

Dietitian and author of "Fat Chance: The Bitter Truth About Sugar" dr. Robert Lustig says sugar consumption with high levels, good from fruit or sugar other, can increase a person's possibility to be hit by obesity and associated health risks such as heart disease, diabetes, and liver disease.