The reason why children should not eat rice soup

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Many people have the habit of eating rice soup because they think that adding soup to rice will make the food "easier to swallow and easier to swallow". However, from a scientific perspective, this action causes many negative effects on health. Parents should not make a habit of letting their children eat rice and soup to avoid causing stomach diseases, creating a premise for problems later.

1. Is eating rice soup harmful? Should I eat rice soup?

Before the concern of many parents, "Is it good to eat rice and soup?" The answer given by many nutritionists - health experts is "No" and this action needs to be stopped as soon as possible.
To explain the above statement, here are the reasons why parents should not let children eat rice soup:
1.1. According to doctors, the habit of pouring soup with rice is a mistake that many generations of Vietnamese people often make. The reason is that the broth will dilute the gastric juice, causing the food that has not been digested in the stomach to enter the small intestine, increasing the risk of digestive diseases. In addition, although broth makes it easier for children to swallow food, this causes rice and food to drift into the stomach without being chewed properly, creating pressure on the stomach to work harder. If maintained for a long time, the child will be at risk of stomach pain.
1.2. Children are lazy to chew, losing beneficial enzymes Through the process of chewing food, enzymes in saliva will support the digestion and absorption of food better. On the contrary, if parents regularly feed their children rice and soup, the digestive juices are diluted, causing the absorption of nutrients to decrease, the child feels full quickly, but the nutritional content is very little. . If prolonged, this habit can easily form a lazy chewing reflex, affecting the development of jaw muscles in young children.

2. Teach your child the fundamentals of mealtime

2.1. Children should not eat soup as soon as they have finished cooking. Many families like to eat soup as soon as they have finished cooking. However, at that time, the temperature of the soup was still high, while the nasopharynx, esophagus and human stomach lining could only withstand the heat of about 60 degrees. If children eat soup always, it can cause damage to the stomach lining or digestive tract. Therefore, it is best to wait until the soup has a temperature below 50 degrees and then give it to the child.
2.2. Prioritize eating soup at lunch, limit at dinner According to research by many experts, using soup/soup at lunch will absorb the lowest calories. Therefore, to avoid children being overweight and obese, families can give children a lot of soup at this time.
On the contrary, you should not eat too much soup at dinner because the nutrients in the soup will accumulate, causing body weight to increase rapidly. Therefore, if you want to give your child soup at this time, parents should choose low-calorie foods to cook, for example: vegetables, pumpkin, chicken breast...
2.3. Enjoying soup slowly "Eat slowly, chew well" is always a habit that is encouraged by many experts. Eating slowly also helps children fully enjoy the taste of food. Eating soup too, when eaten slowly, will help the body have enough time to digest and absorb nutrients, and create conditions for the organs to work in harmony. When you feel full, you have reached the point where you should stop. On the contrary, if you urge the child to eat quickly, drink a lot of soup, until the child feels full, the body has loaded in an excessive amount of soup, causing abdominal discomfort and affecting the child's weight.

2.4. Eating soup before eating rice will help lose weight “Drinking soup before eating rice brings a slim and healthy figure. After eating rice to eat soup, the more you eat, the easier it is to get fat", this has been scientifically proven. Before eating rice, drinking a cup of soup will help the lining of the digestive tract avoid irritation from dry and hard food, support food absorption, create a feeling of fullness, and prevent overeating. It is estimated that eating soup before eating rice helps us absorb 100 to 190 calories less.
On the contrary, eating soup after eating rice or eating soup at the end of the meal will cause food to easily mix with digestive juices, affecting the digestive system and not beneficial to health.
In general, with young children, it is necessary to establish early scientific eating habits. If parents let children freely eat rice and soup continuously, it will easily lead to gastrointestinal diseases. In order to avoid digestive and stomach problems, parents should also teach children to chew carefully when eating, not to talk, not to watch TV, to read story books while eating, and not to use carbonated beverages during meals. .. If children eat dry rice, difficult to swallow, parents can add a little gravy, broth to help children chew more easily.

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