Snacks are the children's favorite foods, but now many snacks have added a large number of artificial ingredients, these ingredients will have harm to children's brain development, affecting the baby's intellectual development. The culprit 1: Trans fatty acids Trans fats, also known as trans-fatty acids, are generally produced by the "hydrogenation" technology of vegetable oils. Compared with common vegetable oils, trans fats have the advantages of high temperature resistance, non-deterioration, and longer storage. At present, the use of artificial trans fats by the US fast food industry is quite common, and it is usually used to make crispy breads, French fries and donuts and other foods. Some fats, margarines, and cooking oils that can make crisp noodles may contain artificial trans fats. After pregnant women take in excessive amounts of trans-fatty acids, they can be transmitted to the fetus through the placenta. The nursing mothers also “feed†the trans-fatty acids to the babies through the milk, thus affecting their growth and development, and may also cause the lipid deficiency of the young children’s brain. Their mental development. Therefore, special attention should be paid to the following food parents: first, artificial oils such as margarine (vegetable butter); followed by fried foods such as instant noodles, potato chips, and french fries. Some processed foods containing fats, such as instant soups, fast foods, frozen foods (such as glutinous rice balls), baked goods (such as cookies, cookies, and breads), various kinds of instant paste-like foods (such as powdered cereal, coconut powder) , sesame aleurone, etc.), buttermilk, peanut butter, and chocolate sauce all may have trans fatty acids. The culprit 2: Puffed food In recent years, puffed snack foods are popular with children because of their crisp, crisp, fragrant, and sweet taste characteristics. However, medical experts at home and abroad believe that puffed foods are not truly safe or healthy foods. If children eat these foods for a long time, they will be harmful to their brain and physical development. U.S. nutrition food experts have put forward many years of advice: Excessive foods contain more harmful metals such as lead or aluminum. Parents should not allow children to eat these foods. The reasons why extruded foods contain lead and aluminum are: First, additives such as leavening agents are often added to the processing of such foods, and some bulking agents (such as alum and sodium bicarbonate) contain more lead or aluminum. Heavy metals, etc. Secondly, foods are processed through metal pipes during processing. Metal pipes usually contain lead and tin alloys. In the case of high temperatures, these lead gases are easily gasified. Lead after evaporation will contaminate these puffs. Food. Eating puffed foods often hurts children (especially children under the age of 3). When "lead enters the mouth" for a long time, it slowly lurks in the blood and bones, and it is difficult to metabolize naturally. Children are in the stage of growth and development. The absorption of lead is several times that of adults, and children's excretion of lead is weak, which makes it easier to accumulate in the body. When harmful heavy metals accumulate to a certain amount, they will cause significant damage to the body's nervous system, digestion, and hematopoiesis, especially cognitive impairment or thinking ability, and may even affect the child's lifelong health. Excessive intake of aluminum mainly damages brain function. For example, it can interfere with people's thinking, consciousness, and memory functions, resulting in neurological disease, manifested as memory loss, visual and motor coordination failure, brain damage, mental decline, severe cases may be dementia. The culprit 3: Artificial colors Today's children's foods are numerous, well-packaged and colorful, but some of the "colored foods" containing pigments are potentially dangerous to human health. Excessive or long-term consumption is harmful to children's health and development. In the children's intellectual development stage, a large number of high-quality protein and lipids and other nutrients are needed, and synthetic pigments cannot provide these nutrients. At the same time, synthetic pigments themselves or their metabolites are toxic, and they may also contain arsenic, lead, or other toxic intermediates during the preservation process, which can affect children's mental development and neurobehavioral behavior. In addition, excessive intake of synthetic pigments can also cause allergies, such as asthma, laryngeal edema, rhinitis, urticaria, pruritus, and neurological headaches; some artificial pigments affect the nerves of humans and affect the conduction of nerve impulses. This leads to a series of symptoms. It is recommended that parents strictly control the children's diet so that children can eat more natural foods. When buying processed foods, try to choose foods without artificial additives. Children should avoid the influence of artificial pigments from the daily diet. Be cautious when buying brightly colored foods or drinks. Do not choose processed foods that are too bright. Read about the habit of reading food ingredients. Add synthetic pigments such as Carmine, Lemon Yellow and Sudan Red. Puyang Linshi Medical Supplies Co., Ltd. , https://www.linshihealths.com