A few days ago we talked about what dangerous that infusions can be for babies, since the dosage and even the effects that they may have (in addition to other reasons) are unknown.
To solve the issue of dosages some commercial houses have instant infusions for babies that are prepared to mix them with water whose mission is to help in the digestion or sleep of the little ones.
It is true that the dosage problem is solved, however these infusions are not recommended as they are essentially sugar and a little more.
If we look at the composition of these preparations we see that approximately 92% of its content is dextrose, which is glucose powder or in other words, sugar. That is, most of the preparations are sugar, and "at the price of gold." Let's do some calculations:
The recommendation for the preparation of these infusions is as follows:
- 0 to 2 months: 2.5g in 50 ml of water, maximum 3 daily doses.
- 2-6 months: 5g in 50 to 100 ml of water, maximum 3 daily doses.
- 6-12 months: 10g in 100 ml of water, maximum 3 daily doses.
Assuming that the baby is offered the 3 daily doses, a baby from 0 to 2 months will be drinking 150 ml of water per day containing 7.5g of infusion, of which 6.9g are sugar.
Almost 7 grams are practically two lumps of sugar. What is the point of having a baby less than two months drink two lumps of sugar a day? None, of course.
A baby of 2 to 6 months will drink 13.8g per day (and between 150 and 300 ml of water) and one of 6 to 12 months will be drinking 27.6g of sugar daily with 300 ml of water.
As we have said above, giving babies water makes their stomachs fill with something other than milk and this is detrimental to their nutrition.
For you to see the relevance that this may have, think about how important it is, when preparing artificial milk, that the amount of water is 30 ml per ladle. Neither 35 nor 50. They have to be 30 for the mixture to be adequate and do not drink more water than necessary.
If we are also talking about the infusion ends up becoming sugar water, worse than worse. Sugar contains empty calories (they do not provide any nutrients) and causes severe tooth decay.
The habit of wetting the pacifier in sweet things was banished for years to avoid tooth decay and not to interfere with the feeding of babies, so It is hard to believe that these types of infusions are still on the market.
If a mother gave her child, for a year, the amount recommended on the label would take no less than 7,038 kg of sugar. Given that they do not need it at all, 7 kg of sugar in a year is "a little too much", as is the price of such a quantity of sugar (more than 300 euros).
If a mother really wants to give infusions to her child (although she does not need them and that, as we said in the previous entry, they are dangerous), better buy normal infusions and make them sugarfree.
If what you want is to give sugar (which you don't need), you better buy normal sugar, that about 7 kg of sugar costs about 7 euros.
