Can babies with indigestion eat chocolate? Chocolate can actually cause indigestion in babies

Mothers always want their babies to taste a variety of foods, which can promote the development of their taste. But in the process of tasting, babies are likely to like some unique foods. You may not know that some foods are not suitable for babies' small stomachs! Let's take a look at the 8 most difficult foods to digest.

Eight foods that are most likely to cause indigestion in babies

1. Fried foods

Fried foods such as fried chicken nuggets and French fries are inevitably rich in oil and high fat, which can cause disease when accumulated in the stomach. Oil at high temperatures will produce a substance called "acrylic acid" that is difficult to digest. Tara Gidus, a nutritionist in Orlando, Florida, USA, said: "If you already have gastroenteritis and other diseases, pay special attention to eating less oily and fatty fried foods, otherwise it will cause some uncomfortable symptoms such as nausea and diarrhea."

2. Chocolate

Eating a lot of chocolate not only brings extra calories, but also causes gastroesophageal reflux, which causes uncomfortable irritation after eating chocolate. This is because chocolate relaxes the lower esophageal sphincter, causing stomach acid to reflux and irritate the esophagus and pharynx.

3. Spicy food

Red peppers or jalapenos can irritate the lining of the esophagus, which can cause annoying heartburn and increase stomach discomfort. Even if you add sour cream to cool it down, you can still get the same irritation. In addition, sour cream and other things can also cause other side effects.

4. Citrus juice

Acidic drinks can irritate the esophagus, stimulate sensory nerves, and cause redness and swelling at the irritated site. If you get up in the morning, drink a large glass of citrus juice first, which will increase the acidity of the gastrointestinal tract. If you drink sweet lemon water with a high concentration of fructose at this time, you should be more careful, because excessive intake of sugar can cause diarrhea.

5. Creamy Mashed Potatoes

Potatoes are a low-calorie, high-protein food that contains multiple vitamins and trace elements, and are known as an ideal weight loss food. It seems that nothing is more popular than a bowl of mashed potatoes. That's why mashed potatoes always rank first when it comes to "convenience food". But mashed potatoes with cream or cheese are not as good as expected. In the United States, there are 30 to 50 million people who are lactose intolerant, but if you are such a person, it is not suitable for you to enjoy creamy mashed potatoes. This is because adding milk, cream or cheese to mashed potatoes can make your stomach feel uncomfortable.

6. Ice cream

There is no quick way to determine if you are lactose intolerant, except when you sit down to eat a big bowl of ice cream. When you have bloating, abdominal pain, and flatulence, these are your body's reactions to tell you to stay away from these foods rich in dairy products. If you eat too much raw and cold food, such as ice cream, popsicles, cold drinks, etc., it will affect the normal operation of gastrointestinal function, making food difficult to digest and easily damaging the spleen and stomach. Although it tastes delicious, it will cause a decrease in appetite and also irritate the spleen and stomach, forming a vicious cycle of bloating and abdominal pain.

7. Raw onions

Onions, garlic, and leeks are full of nutrients that are good for your heart and other health, but they can also cause gastrointestinal discomfort, such as bloating and abdominal cramps. But cooking seems to prevent the nutrient mixture from causing gastrointestinal discomfort.

8. Beans

Beans are known for causing indigestion. Oligosaccharides contained in beans, such as stachyose and cotton sugar, are fermented by intestinal bacteria and can decompose to produce some gas, which in turn causes symptoms such as hiccups, bowel sounds, abdominal distension, and abdominal pain. Patients with severe peptic ulcers should not eat soy products because soy products have a high purine content and can promote gastric juice secretion. Patients with acute gastritis and chronic superficial gastritis should not eat soy products to avoid stimulating gastric acid secretion and causing gastrointestinal flatulence.

The following methods can generally be used to regulate indigestion in children:

1. Diet therapy

Restrict diet to reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. Early fasting can be used at the beginning of the disease. The general fasting time is 6-12 hours, depending on the nutritional status of the child's disease. If the condition is mild and the nutritional status is poor, the fasting time can be short; if the condition is severe and the nutritional status is good, the fasting time can be slightly extended. At some point, only boiled water or light salt water is fed, and then the diet is gradually resumed.

From thin to thick, from less to more, according to the condition, you can gradually resume normal diet within 3-5 days. If you are breastfeeding, you should reduce the number of feedings and the duration of each feeding, and stop supplementing food; the mother should eat less greasy food to reduce the fat in the milk; if you are bottle-feeding, you can first eat rice soup or diluted milk (preferably yogurt), reduce the number of feedings and each feeding.

2. Careful care

Do a good job of oral care and various cleaning and disinfection work, change diapers frequently, and wash the anus with warm water after defecation to prevent red buttocks. The child's abdomen should be kept warm to relieve abdominal pain caused by excessive intestinal peristalsis.

3. Appropriate fluid replacement

Children not only lose a lot of water due to vomiting and diarrhea, but also a lot of sodium salt, so they should be given small amounts of light sugar and salt water several times in the early stage. They can also take some orange juice and calcium tablets.

Additionally, sulfonamides or antibiotics may be used to control the infection.

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