Seeing various colorful snacks, the baby's little mouth smashes again, but you should know that many of these foods with beautiful shells are added with pigments. Long term consumption of colored foods can cause damage to the baby's body.
Causing metabolic disorders
Long term consumption of colored foods can consume detoxifying substances in the body, mainly causing damage to the subcellular structure, interfering with the normal function of various active enzymes, and affecting the metabolic processes of sugar, fat, protein, vitamins, and hormones, leading to diarrhea, bloating, abdominal pain, malnutrition, and various allergies such as rash, urticaria, asthma, rhinitis, etc.
Causing chronic poisoning
Baobao is in the stage of growth and development, and the detoxification function of the liver and the excretion function of the kidneys are not sound enough, weaker than adults. Therefore, if colored foods are consumed for a long time, the pigments will gradually accumulate, leading to chronic poisoning and affecting the healthy growth of babies.
Affects neurological function
Research has found that many children are often capricious, irritable, and exhibit extreme behavior. In addition to social and family disciplinary factors, excessive consumption of dyed foods is also a factor that cannot be ignored. Baobao is in the stage of growth and development, with fragile organ functions and an underdeveloped nervous system that is particularly sensitive to chemicals. If children consume foods with high pigmentation for too long, it can affect the impulse transmission of their nervous system, leading to symptoms such as hyperactivity, emotional instability, lack of concentration, poor self-control, behavioral quirks, and decreased appetite.
The coloring agents allowed by China's Food Hygiene Law now include amaranth, carmine, lemon yellow, sunset yellow, etc. These coloring agents are all low toxicity synthetic pigments. But some unscrupulous manufacturers often use artificially synthesized colors for profit, so for the health of babies, don't be easily tempted by bright food!
