Mother's Child Don't Like Drinking Water? Here's A Trick To Consumpte Children's Daily Fluids Still Full

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JAKARTA - Water intake is important for children's growth and development, but what if your baby prefers colored water by increasing taste? Pediatrician dr. Cahyani Gita Ambarsari, Sp.A (K) from Pondok Indah Hospital - Bintaro Jaya provides several tricks to keep children's daily fluid consumption fulfilled and comes from healthy drinks, quoted from ANTARA.

First, try putting fresh fruit pieces into mineral water as an increase in taste. Then, choose cow's milk or soybean milk with a fresh taste. Parents can also provide coconut water without sweeteners or pure fruit juice without additional milk or sugar.

"On the other hand, beverage products such as soda, milk, or fruit juice with additional sugar and dyes, as well as caffeinated drinks, should be avoided," said Cahyani.

This beverage product contains additional empty calories, namely calories without nutritional value and can also increase the work of the kidneys, especially in children less than five years old.

Water or mineral water is the best source of liquid because it does not contain sugar and calories. However, research shows that a colorful liquid, such as milk, or taste, for example with sugar, will be preferred by the child.

Parents need to remember that this colorful and sweet liquid contains calories, so it must be consumed carefully. Research also shows that additional sugar in a child's drink is one of the causes of excess weight or obesity and chronic illness, such as diabetes and chronic kidney disease, when he was an adult.

He explained that every food and drink we consume contains water, only with a different composition. Generally, about 20 percent of the daily water needs will be obtained from food, especially fruits and vegetables that have a high water content, while the remaining 80 percent is filled with drinks.

Therefore, any liquid or beverage product we drink will play a role in meeting daily hydration needs because it contains water. Water also has an important role to play in maintaining kidney health. Sufficient hydration will allow blood to flow freely into the kidneys. This will ensure the kidneys get the oxygen and nutrients that children need to perform their functions properly.

Extensive hydration can also help the kidneys remove remnants from the blood in the form of urine, because there is 60 percent of the water that will be dumped by the body through urine. In addition, adequate water can also prevent stone-forming crystals from deposited and attaching to each other, as well as help the flushing'' of the urinary tract or remove bacteria that cause infection from the urinary tract.

In other words, adequate hydration can reduce the risk of kidney stone formation or urinary tract infection that can damage the kidneys. In conclusion, lack of hydration can interfere with kidney function, even damage the kidneys.