Eating too much chocolate before meals will lead to satiety and affect appetite, but soon after meals, people will feel hungry, thus disrupting normal life rules and eating habits and affecting children's health.
1, chocolate contains a lot of fat, but it does not contain cellulose that can stimulate the normal peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract, thus affecting the digestion and absorption function of the gastrointestinal tract.
2. Chocolate contains substances that excite the nervous system, which will make it difficult for children to fall asleep and cry.
3, eating more chocolate can also cause tooth decay, and increase intestinal gas and lead to abdominal pain.
Therefore, children under 3 years old should not eat chocolate, and older children should eat chocolate in moderation.
In addition, milk and chocolate should not be eaten together. In order to increase nutrition for their children, some parents often put some melted chocolate in milk, or give chocolate to their children after eating milk. This is unscientific, because calcium in milk can be combined with oxalic acid in chocolate to form calcium oxalate, but calcium oxalate is insoluble in water. If you eat it for a long time, it will easily make your child's hair dry and dull, and it will also cause economic diarrhea, calcium deficiency and stunting.