How to Choose Chocolate for Your Child: Advice from a Pediatrician
Many moms and dads like to spoil their children with various desserts. But you can't do this too often. In addition, special attention should be paid to the composition of the products.
For example, if you want to please your child with a chocolate bar, you need to study the cocoa bean content. There should be at least 40 percent of it in the product.
What else should you keep in mind?
Pediatrician Maryam Saifulina spoke about this in more detail, RIA Novosti reports.
She also noted that children should not be given milk or white chocolate, which contain too much sugar and fat.
Cheap sweets should be ignored. Such products contain harmful trans fats.
It is better to give preference to high-quality dark chocolate. At the same time, the doctor noted that it should not be a subject of indulgence, it is a serious product for adults.
You can choose treats containing natural fruits.
It is also important to remember that children under one year old cannot eat chocolate. Small portions are allowed to be introduced into the baby's diet if he or she is already three years old.
