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Can children eat ice cream?

Whether children can eat ice cream depends on their age. Infants under one year old should completely avoid eating cold drinks, and it is not recommended to use them under two years old. Older children have certain physical resistance and can satisfy their thirst for cold drinks, but pay attention to the following points.

1. Don't eat cold drinks before and after meals. Eating before meals easily affects appetite, and eating after meals affects digestion, especially between meals. Avoid eating a lot of cold drinks when sweating after exercise to avoid abdominal pain, diarrhea and cough. Due to the irritation to gastrointestinal tract and pharynx. It's better to wait for half an hour before eating.

2. Eat moderately. It is advisable to eat at most one ice cream every day; The intake of a cold drink should be around 100ml. Li Haiying particularly emphasized that the hotter the weather, the more you need to drink hot drinks to cool off the heat, so that sweat can be fully volatilized and detoxified.

Don't eat cold drinks too quickly. Children lack certain self-control, and like to gorge on cold drinks, which will stimulate the contraction of internal blood vessels, weaken the digestive function and sterilization ability of gastrointestinal tract, and easily induce gastroenteritis, cholecystitis and even hepatitis. Slow down and savor. It is best to choose pure ice milk and beverages of big brands instead of milk flavor to reduce the intake of trans fatty acids.