No fruit juice for kids under 1, pediatricians advise

[Silver Pines]

No fruit juice for kids under 1, pediatricians advise

By Susan Scutti
April 22, 2017

(CNN)Children should not be given fruit juice before they are 1 year old unless it's advised by a doctor, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.

The group had previously advised parents to wait to offer juice until a child reached 6 months old but decided to make the change based on rising rates of obesity and concerns about tooth cavities.

"We couldn't really see any reason why juice was still part of the potential recommendation for 6- to 12-month-old kids," said Dr. Steven A. Abrams, chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas, and co-author of the policy statement. "We recommend breastfeeding or formula in that age group, and there really isn't any need or beneficial role for juice, so we kind of made that adjustment."


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[Wingnut]

Next thing you know these quacks will tell us giving them a little nip every now and then is bad for them.

[INVAR]

Next thing you know these quacks will tell us giving them a little nip every now and then is bad for them.

Next I imagine they will insist that children avoid any gluten of any kind.  Any carbs and any meat of any kind.

[Silver Pines]

I don't know, you guys...i remember reading a story about a study done with a group of nurses.  The more orange juice they drank, the more likely they were to develop diabetes. There's a reason they give it to diabetics to get their blood sugar back up.

[Elderberry]

I have seen lots of children with mouths full of rotten teeth.

Foods and Drinks That Can Cause Tooth Decay in Children

The Culprit: Juice in a Sippy Cup

Juice is a darling of the sippy-cup set, but serving it up sippy-style is a recipe for cavities. Because most sippies, like bottles, release liquids slowly, there’s more time for that juice (which is sky high in tooth-damaging sugar, even if there’s no sugar added) to pool in the mouth. Round-the-clock sipping adds to the mayhem, giving bacteria all the time they need to break down tooth enamel and trigger decay.

http://www.whattoexpect.com/toddler/foods-and-drinks-that-can-cause-tooth-decay-in-children.aspx

[Smokin Joe]

Well, what are they supposed to wash down the steak and spuds with? Seriously, all the kids and grands were on 'real food' between 9 months and 1 year (steak finely diced). Formula just wasn't cutting it. They'd puke before they 'ate' enough to satisfy them, but finely chopped food worked. Never obese, no diabetes, energetic, and sound teeth. Get real juice and not flavored drinks which contain a lot of sugar. YMMV, but that's what worked for us.

[Silver Pines]

Well, what are they supposed to wash down the steak and spuds with? Seriously, all the kids and grands were on 'real food' between 9 months and 1 year (steak finely diced). Formula just wasn't cutting it. They'd puke before they 'ate' enough to satisfy them, but finely chopped food worked. Never obese, no diabetes, energetic, and sound teeth. Get real juice and not flavored drinks which contain a lot of sugar. YMMV, but that's what worked for us.

@Smokin Joe

For quite a while, doctors have recommended that parents dilute juice with some water if they do give it to kids.

[Silver Pines]

@Smokin Joe

Forgot to say, that's the problem---juice does contain a lot of sugar, and it's concentrated.  Fructose will spike your blood sugar faster than a candy bar;  the candy contains fat, which slows the rise.

My mother was diabetic.  Her doctor told her to limit fruit in her diet, but she fell into the habit of eating white grapes, which were sticky with fruit sugar.  Grape juice would have been even worse, as the sugar is concentrated.

[RoosGirl]

I give my little guy coconut water.  It is slightly sweet, but as compared to say apple juice is just 9 grams of sugar versus 29 grams of sugar per cup, plus has some naturally occurring electrolytes like potassium.  Once in a while I will do a 50/50 mix of a sweeter fruit punch and coconut water.  But coconut water, well water and raw milk are the usual drinks for all of us here.

[Sanguine]

Yes, otherwise they don't learn to like drinking water, which in central Texas is a bad thing. 

[Wingnut]

The following is a PSA courtesy of Moi.  Learn it Love it Live it.

Dump the juice and go cola.  The earlier the better.