Drinking honey water for older children also has certain benefits, but infants under 1 year of age should not drink honey water.
Drinking honey water for older children over the age of 6 can supplement the child’s vitamins, fructose, carbohydrates, trace elements, etc. It can increase the child’s appetite, improve digestion as well as have the effect of laxative, but you can’t drink it in excess or it will easily lead to obesity and indigestion and other reactions.
For children under 1 year old, due to the relatively low activity of gastric acid and digestive enzymes, can not effectively kill the bacteria in the honey, drinking honey water can easily lead to bacterial infections, which may lead to septicemia in severe cases. Therefore, it is not recommended to drink honey water for children under 1 year old.
After 1 year old children can occasionally drink a small amount of honey water, but not often, otherwise it is also easy to cause indigestion and intestinal infections manifestations.
When the child drinks honey water after the emergence of uncomfortable symptoms, to take the child to the hospital pediatrics in a timely manner.