Be careful with honey for infants and children under one year of age

Many parents like to add honey to their baby’s milk, food or water for the purpose of sweetening, appetite, nutrition, constipation and so on. The health department has done a survey on the honey sold in the market and found that some of the honey suffered from microbial contamination and two percent contained yeast, showing that most of the honey is of varying quality and the collection and production process is not strictly quality controlled. This is especially true for honey produced and sold in home workshops, where there is no quality assurance. In adults, the gastrointestinal tract can defend itself against external bacteria, but in infants, the gastrointestinal function is not yet mature, and many bacteria (especially those that can be transferred to spore form) cannot be completely eliminated, and may continue to multiply and secrete toxins in the intestinal tract, which, when absorbed into the body by the gastrointestinal mucosa, can damage their already fragile defense system and cause disease. In addition to the general gastrointestinal reactions of vomiting and diarrhea, the most serious danger is that of botulism, which can release special neurotoxins that cause vomiting, confusion, speech disorders, swallowing difficulties, blurred vision, dilated pupils and The mortality rate is quite high. Therefore, it is best to avoid honey for infants and children under one year of age.