Unbelievable! The 2-year-old has begun to drink coffee every day!

It is undeniable that young children are the future of the world, and parents take great pains for the future. One day, these young children will also fall in love with the special taste of coffee, and the mainstream idea still stays in the stage where drinking coffee is bad for children's health. Surprisingly, however, some parents choose to let toddlers become infatuated with the taste of coffee prematurely.

Us media Mashed revealed a survey by Boston Medical Center that 15 per cent of all two-year-olds drank at least four ounces of coffee a day; the same survey found that 2.5 per cent of one-year-olds had the same situation.

People have always been conservative about the topic of children's consumption of coffee, believing that coffee will have a negative impact on the growth and development of children. Some studies have found that caffeine intake can lead to a loss of calcium in bones, which may have a negative effect on children's bone growth, according to an article. Although some studies have found that, in practice, these differences have been proved to be negligible.

A 1998 study by researchers at Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine followed 81 teenagers for six years and found no correlation between daily caffeine intake and bone growth or bone density.

According to data provided by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), to maintain bone health, you need to eat 1000 to 1200 milligrams of calcium a day. Even an 8-ounce cup of coffee brings only 18.75 milligrams of calcium to the urine. Interestingly, the nutritional composition table of fresh milk on the market found that the calcium content of 100 ml fresh milk is from 100 mg to 120 mg.

The idea that coffee consumption affects the height of teenagers may have originated from a 1933 Postum ad about beverages, which outlined that coffee inhibits the normal growth and development of children. Although there is no scientific basis for the advertisement, over time, the idea that coffee is not suitable for children has taken root in the minds of many parents.

Nowadays, there is an increasing number of scientific studies on coffee and physical health. for example, in June 2021, a study found that drinking coffee helps protect the liver, and related topics made the top search list on Weibo. However, most of the studies are based on adults, and caffeine intake is within the range recommended by FDA, and there are few extensive studies on the specific effects of coffee on children.

Adults have to drink coffee cup after cup to wake up, and the caffeine intake recommended by FDA is for adults only, and children under the age of 12 should not consume any caffeine, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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