Honey Bad Effects in Infants Under 1 Year

POSTED BY Unknown on Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Honey is known to have a million benefits. In addition to fitness can be a drug, the efficacy of honey can also be useful for the beauty and cure various diseases.
For adults and children over the age of one year, the benefits of honey may be felt. But, no Accordingly if you give it to infants under one year old. Because, according to a warning from the Food Standards Agency (FSA), honey contains botulism bacteria that can cause serious disease can even cause paralysis in infants.
As quoted from page femalefirst.com, children under the age of one year does not have the ability to fight the botulism bacterium which can cause serious illness.
A statement from the FSA said the disease is rare but serious cases of botulism were recorded in only eleven cases since 1980. However, three recent cases, making the FSA worried and strictly prohibits the use of honey to infants under age 1 year. FSA was immediately warned parents all over the world.
Botulism can occur from bacteria that normally live in soil and dust, which sometimes can get into the honey. However, if these germs into the baby's intestines that have not been able to work up, the bacteria can grow and produce toxins or poisons, which cause infant botulism.
Although infant botulism is rare, this is a serious disease that causes muscle weakness and respiratory problems. Even infants who develop this germ, should get special treatment in the hospital.
FSA went back meperingatkan on parents in a statement to the press, for the first six months babies need only breast milk or formula. While specific to solid foods, the FSA recommends that women avoid sweet foods to infants for adverse effects that impact on tooth decay is not experienced baby.

Source VIVAnews.com

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