Watch out for overtaking child sugar. Increase the risk of Metallic Syndrome.

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Jakarta, Spasi-id.com - watch out for the mother's father, excessive sugar intake on the child of the food and sweet drink can increase the risk of metabolic syndrome.

A metabolic syndrome which is a health disorder simultaneously can increase the risk of disease like type 2 diabetes and heart attacks.

"Too much sugar supply increases the risk of metabolic syndrome like overweight, more nutritious, extra-criminal cholesterol and type-two diabetes levels later on," said the specialist who graduated the University of March from Noor Anggrainy Retnowati, Sp, A, quoted from ANTARA, Tuesday, September 27.

The Indonesian doctor's bond says parents should remember that there are many types of sugar to be known for their food to be controlled. Besides sand sugar, there's also fructose, glucose, lactose, maltose alias wheat sugar, raw raw sugar or crystal sugar to sucrose.

American Pediatrics Academy regulates sugar intake for children per day, limited to six teaspoons or roughly 24 grams. The sugar added to underage food and drinks is not recommended to reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome as children grow up.

Natural sugar is also contained in fruit that becomes part of daily food. Therefore, parents should also be concerned about feeding the child fruit so that child sugar is not too much.

Orkra explains AAP doesn't recommend giving fruit in juice to underage children in a year.

"Children under a year are either given in person, like in a scar or get bit if the fruit is soft."

The fruit juice is made purely without an added sweetener can be given to a 1 -3-year-old child with less than 100 ml per day, while the age of 4 -6-year-old can drink 110-150 ml-a-day fruit juice, and the child over two can drink fruit juice to 200 ml a day.

In Indonesia, the terms of recommended daily sugar intake are listed in the 30-Year Health Minister's Rule where sugar consumption in adults is at least 50 grams per day to avoid the risk of hypertension, stroke, diabetes, and heart attacks.