Most people regularly drink coffee. Someone does not think in the morning without a cup of a fragrant drink, someone drinks it in unlimited quantities throughout the day. There are also those who use coffee to combat excess kilograms. But all this concerns adults. But what about the children whose parents have coffee? At what age can coffee be for children, and should it be given at all?
Why can not children drink coffee?
There are many reasons why children can not drink coffee. In a cup of invigorating infusion, in addition to all known caffeine, there are many more chemicals. And those parents who offer decaffeinated coffee to children are mistaken. After all, they are sure that if there is no caffeine, then coffee is harmless to the child. But this is not so, the rich chemical composition of coffee, when used regularly, is washed out of the child's body, so the building material necessary for it is calcium.
Can children drink green coffee?
Another misconception is that if black coffee is harmful, then green coffee can be consumed by children and even useful. It's a delusion. The child will not benefit from green coffee. On the contrary, green coffee stronger than black stimulates the nervous system, which in turn leads to excessive hyperactivity of the child, to his uncontrollability. Regularly consuming coffee, the body quickly gets used to it and requires ever larger doses. Such stimulation of the nervous system leads to dependence on coffee in childhood, and in adolescence,
The damage to coffee for children is obvious. But what if the child asks for a sip and can not refuse the parents? Start up in the kitchen, you have a jar of chicory coffee or barley coffee, which is good for the growing body. A real coffee doctors recommend starting to drink no earlier than the age of majority.