November 12, 2008

An innate attraction to sweet taste

The taste for sugar is innate from birth and the newborn preferred sugared water to pure water. He prefers sugars "strong", sucrose and fructose, the sugar "low". This predominance for sugar will gradually decrease with the acquisition of new tastes bitter is the longest to be accepted. For a long time sugar remains for the child to share food. It has a calming effect and is the surest way to calm. Causing secretion of endorphins, it would entail a certain dependence, demonstrated by weaning difficult bottle sweet evening …
Caries hereditary
The sugar water and other sugary beverages (soft drinks, fruit juices) data to the baby bottle to feed or calm are directly responsible for "the bottle caries." These multiple cavities upper teeth, caused by prolonged contact of sweet liquid on the teeth are typical of young children. Among adolescents there are "cavities foudroyantes" because young permanent teeth are less mineralized and allow the rapid development of caries, which is at a very advanced stage. Heredity genetic decay is not proven, the incidence of caries in some families is more due to transmission of eating behaviors, with a high intake of sweets in childhood. The sugar in children a high emotional and symbolic value: it rewards or depriving children of candy … it is therefore difficult to remove the sugar but can be limited and in particular to train the taste with other flavors.
 

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