Recently there has been news of precocious puberty in children: 4 year old girls are having their period. In recent years, reports of precocious puberty in infants or children are common: milk powder causes precocious puberty, excessive light causes precocious puberty …… and so on, which is right and which is wrong? How to prevent precocious puberty in children? Today for you to answer one by one!
1, milk powder will cause precocious sexual maturity?
The report “milk powder is suspected to cause precocious sexual maturity in baby girls” has caused widespread concern. The actual fact is that infant milk powder can really lead to precocious maturity?
There is no definite evidence that consuming infant milk powder leads to precocious sexual maturity, and it is impossible to add hormones to infant milk powder to cause precocious sexual maturity in infants and children. “If the addition of hormones to infant milk powder can lead to precocious sexual maturity, will not thousands of infants across the country will appear precocious sexual maturity phenomenon, no enterprise will be foolish to this extent, which is equivalent to self-destruction for the enterprise.” The current report of individual infants caused by the consumption of Sheng Yuan milk powder should be purely coincidental. It is recommended that these infants should immediately go to a regular hospital for a comprehensive examination so as to make a correct judgment.
2, during breastfeeding to take birth control pills, the child will be precocious?
The child who was exclusively breastfed never ate any milk powder, but in the sudden appearance of precocious signs of breast development. After repeated recollections, the mother felt that the only possible reason was that she had taken birth control pills. Children who consume estrogen-containing food or medicine can cause breast enlargement, of which the pill is one of the most serious. “If the mother has been taking hormone-containing medications for years, a young child can easily inhale an excessive amount of estrogen through the mother’s breast milk. Therefore, we also advise mothers who are breastfeeding to use hormone-containing drugs sparingly.” Doctors also specifically remind breastfeeding mothers to try not to use cosmetics during breastfeeding, especially those containing hormones or heavy metals that can be passed on to the baby through the mother’s breast milk. Other things that a mother should not eat during breastfeeding are alcoholic beverages, drugs, unfresh vegetables and less MSG. Before the baby is 3 months old, if the mother consumes a high-protein diet and then consumes too much MSG, a large amount of monosodium glutamate will enter the baby’s body through the breast milk, reducing the baby’s absorption of “zinc”.
3. Can excessive light cause precocious puberty?
The excessive light that can cause precocious puberty can come from both sunlight and light, especially the widespread use of artificial light. The role of non-natural light is greater. Prolonged exposure to light from television and computer monitors can also lead to precocious puberty in children. The reason why excessive light can lead to precocious puberty in children is that light affects the normal work of the pineal gland, an endocrine organ in the brain. The pineal gland can secrete a large amount of melatonin at night when the body goes to sleep, and this hormone is secreted most vigorously from eleven o’clock late at night to the early hours of the next morning, and stops being secreted after dawn when there is a light source. And the pineal gland has a characteristic, as long as the eyes see a light source, melatonin will be inhibited or stop secreting. The human pineal gland generally develops to its peak in mid-childhood, inhibiting the premature development of the gonads; however, from the age of 7-10, the pineal gland begins to gradually degenerate, and sexual function slowly increases. Therefore, if children have too much light exposure, will reduce the secretion of pineal melatonin, causing sleep disorders may lead to early secretion of follicle stimulating hormone, resulting in precocious sexual maturity.
4, often drink soy milk will be precocious?
The experts say that fish roe and crab, homemade soy milk and durian are often considered nutritious foods, but they are “high-risk foods” that trigger precocious puberty in young children. The mother once took her daughter Wenwen to the hospital pediatrician. The main culprit is the home made soy milk that the child must drink every day. It’s not just soya bean milk that may trigger precocious puberty in children, but even the most commonly eaten durian, ripe fruits and vegetables and hairy crabs may cause precocious puberty in young children. These foods can either stimulate the body’s estrogen production or contain extremely high amounts of estrogen or progesterone themselves. Child health doctors say, “Any food that contains hormones or can stimulate estrogen may induce precocious puberty, and many of these foods are commonly eaten and thought to be healthy.”
5, the prevention of premature sexual maturity of children a few suggestions to save the baby from the distress of premature sexual maturity, parents must usually for the baby’s food gate, the following recommendations can be referred to.
(1) anti-seasonal fruit as far as possible not to eat.
These mostly contain ripening agent ingredients, which can easily lead to the possibility of precocious puberty due to an excess of hormones in the baby’s body.
(2) farmed fish, shrimp and crab to eat less.
Many farmers now use contraceptives for the feeding of fish, shrimp and crabs for greater benefit. Therefore parents should try to choose wild foods for their babies, such as sea fish and sea shrimp.
(3) Stay away from all kinds of supplements.
Supplements contain more or less hormonal ingredients, which are extremely inappropriate for infants and young children to consume. Other health products such as colostrum, calcium, cod liver oil, etc. should also be consumed correctly, and if the baby is developing normally, dietary supplements should be the main focus.
(4) In view of the frequent incidents of milk powder in the past few years.
Some mothers who are fed manually can also change the formula for their babies regularly to minimize the possible risks under the premise of choosing the formula carefully.
In addition to dietary attention, mothers should also pay attention when taking care of their babies in general, for example, do not let them come into contact with their cosmetics; do not give them drugs containing hormones indiscriminately, etc.