Autism Soccer: Drinks

Thursday, March 23, 2017

3 Drinks That Affect Your Children’s Behavior

Many popular drinks in stores have chemicals that might affect your kids, be cafeful on what you're giving to them.

It has become very normal to consume and eat foods that are widely known and famous for their years in existence; products like soda, hamburgers and even food additives have made their way into people’s minds because of the brands behind them. The only thing that people tend to ignore is the risk and consequences of ingesting products like those, because of the acceptance they get in our society. This gets even worse when talking about children with ASD since they’re more susceptible to becoming addicted and risking their health.

This article’s objective is to bring awareness of the risks of certain drinks and the effects they have on the child besides the dependence they cause.

Soda/Soft drink: This is the main drink that’s consumed almost on every part of the globe. It’s mostly composed of carbonated water, a sweetener, artificial flavoring, and coloring. The main problems with these types of drinks are the sweeteners and artificial coloring:

Aspartame: An artificial sweetener used as a sugar substitute. Its use has been the subject of many controversies. Known to have caused adverse reactions after its consumption like fatigue, irritability, insomnia, headaches and migraines.
Artificial Coloring on food: Causes many negative effects that go from chromosomal damage (from Blue #1), to lymphomas and hyperactivity (from Red #40), and most of those are found in drinks.

Sugar Drinks: After soda, these are the next in the list of negative effects on the organism. Sugar ingest can increase the risk of gaining weight on kids, causing heart disease in the long-term. Dental cavities are more likely to happen in children who ingest sugar on a daily basis. All of this without taking the chemicals added to those drinks into account, which make these an option to be put out off their habits for good.

Fruit Juice: Most of the processed juices today have stopped being healthy and are now as harmful as any junk food out there. The main reason for this is because of the amount of sugar found in most of the juices, causing hyperactivity and the risk of type 2 diabetes. It’s better to swap for the natural choices and stop the consumption of those for ASD children (and non-autistic children, too).

There’s no need to add more drinks to the list since those are the worst, and hopefully this information will bring awareness on parents with special needs children to change the drinks kids have, with healthier alternatives to help them in their growth. Autism Soccer also has great tools to allow your children have a change in their routine and become fit to grow properly, in an environment made just for him. Contact with them on their website!

Natural fruit juices are the best option as an alternative to sodas, they're healthy and have a great nutritional value.

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Friday, December 23, 2016

3 Alternatives to Soda that Your Child Needs to Taste

Fruits and veggies can be incorporated into delicious smoothies for your child.

Children are used to eating sweets and drinking sodas, but what you need to know is that eating and drinking this kind of things increase the chances of suffering from an illness and, also, cavities, which is quite common in children. You must know that most health care providers have talked about this subject: children prefer sweets and sodas instead of healthy food and drinks because of their flavour.

Therefore, when it comes to children with special needs, parents and caretakers need to be extra careful about this; if you have a child in this condition, you need to teach him that candies, sweets and sodas might deteriorate his health. Not only they contain a bulk of calories and sugar, but they also contain high levels of chemicals that might turn your child into a hyperactive kid. For those reasons, today I will show you 3 healthy sodas that your children will love!

Natural tea: Chamomile and green tea are the best alternatives for your children. They are great because they give them the energy they need during the day and, also, they soothe them at night. Avoid using Black tea and Jamaica tea because they contain high levels of caffeine, which is harmful to children.

Juice and bubbling water: Does your child love bubbling sodas? Mixing natural light juices with bubbling water has the same effect: no chemicals. Also, seltzer water works great with passion fruit or cherry juice, which are an interesting and delicious drink that your kids will love.

Smoothies: The health benefits of Smoothies are almost endless. You can incorporate veggies, fruits and protein in these shakes to offer a better and healthy beverage for your kids. Make them as thick as you want to turn them from drink to healthy desserts.

Teach your children alternatives to live healthier. Let them know the importance of having the right things to drink. At Autism Soccer, specialists understand the importance of this. They help children to get hydrated to make sure that they are at the top of the game every single time they are at the training camp. What are you waiting for? Contact them now and I assure you that your child will be in the right direction!