Nutritionist talks about the benefits and harms of soups for children
Since childhood, our mothers and grandmothers have been telling us - eat soup, otherwise you will have no strength. We grew up, forgot about soups, but our strength did not disappear. Are soups as necessary for our body as our parents used to say?
Dietitian Svetlana Chernushevich said that we were taught in childhood to eat first, second and compote. However, the consumption of soups should be reduced to internal preference.
The fashion for soups started in times of famine due to lack of food. Grandmothers needed to feed a large family with a small amount of products and they made soups from them.
There is no difference in health whether it is soup or mashed potatoes with a cutlet. Soup is water with added products. Therefore, you can also eat a second course and drink water.
Soup takes up a lot of space in the stomach, so the feeling of satiety comes faster. If the child likes to eat soups, let him eat them, but if he doesn’t want to, don’t force him to eat soup, offer him a second course.
Forget about "No soup, no candy." This phrase fosters bad eating habits and makes you want sweets after your soup.
