In daily life, parents are afraid that their children's nutrition cannot keep up, so they give their children various supplements, which can lead to excessive or uneven nutrition. Moreover, there are some foods that can cause early puberty in children when eaten. Do parents know about this? Let's find out together!
Which foods can cause early puberty in children
1. High-nutrient foods
These include winter, spring, summer, and autumn grass, ginseng, dried longan, dried lychee, astragalus, and sand ginseng. Traditional Chinese medicine points out that the more high-nutrient the food, the easier it is to change the child's normal endocrine environment, leading to imbalanced physical and mental development.
2. Poultry, especially poultry necks
The majority of poultry sold in the market is fed with feed containing growth promoters. The residual "ripening agents" in poultry mainly concentrate in the glands of the neck. Therefore, eating the necks of chicken, duck, and goose becomes a high-risk behavior for "precocious puberty".
3. Off-season vegetables and fruits
Strawberries, grapes, watermelons, tomatoes, etc. in winter are all ripened out of season or ahead of time with the help of "ripening agents". They should be avoided for consumption by young children.
4. Fried foods
Especially fried chicken, french fries, etc., excessive calories can be converted into excess fat in children's bodies, causing endocrine disorders and leading to early puberty.
5. Children's oral solutions
Some oral solutions can also cause early puberty in children. Many supplements and oral solutions on the market that promote "growth and strength" contain hormone ingredients.
These hormones make children grow taller and stronger than their peers at the age of five or six. Their bone age reaches 8 or 10 years old. However, when children enter the normal developmental stage, they stop growing.
Effects of early puberty on children
1. Early onset of bodily functions and metabolism
Early puberty in children leads to early onset of bodily functions and overall physiological metabolism, which will also lead to premature aging. In particular, the early onset of menstruation in girls can cause early menopause in women.
2. Impact on children's physical and mental health
Children with early puberty have to deal with sudden physiological changes earlier than other children, and they will bear a lot of psychological pressure, which will affect their physical and mental health in the long run.
3. Endangering children's personality
Early puberty can also endanger children's personality. Children with early puberty are physically mature, but because they are too young and have limited education, their psychology cannot keep up with their physical maturity. Problems may arise as a result.
4. Impact on children's physical development
Early puberty first affects children's physical development. Experts believe that children with early puberty have advanced physical development and early fusion of growth plates, which inhibits their growth in the later stage and leads to generally shorter height.
