Should sticky chocolates and sweets be totally banned from a childs intake?
These food items are rich in refined foods with high sugar & low fibre content. Today the rate of dental decay is higher in civilized, urban population due to the nature of diet consumed. It is difficult to stop your child from eating chocolates & sweets. Every uncle/aunt/ visitor gets chocolates & sweets for the child as gifts. No parent ever buys them chocolates! These are irresistible. Bacteria too love these sugary foods & convert them into harmful acids. One should not give these bacteria a chance to drill cavities in the teeth. Your child can eat sweets & chocolates but eat them only along with regular meals, since after meals teeth are properly cleaned so that all these sweet foods do not remain stuck between teeth. It is dangerous, if the same chocolates and sweets are eaten in between meals (which are how these are taken). These sweets remain stuck to the teeth for a very long time since we do not brush after every feast of chocolate (but only after a meal). This gives the bac
