Is coffee bad for kids?!
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According to one researcher – Dr. Tomas DePaulis – many parents who keep their kids as far away from coffee as possible could be wrong. He says coffee isn’t that bad for kids and, like in adults, it can help improve concentration and may help children do a little better on tests for this reason.
In an interesting finding from Brazil, kids who drink coffee with milk are less likely to have depression than other children."
http://www.kidzworld.com/article/17060-k…
Many parents who keep their kids as far away from coffee as possible could be wrong. Coffee isn’t that bad for kids and, like in adults, it can help improve concentration and may help children do a little better on tests for this reason. Kids who drink coffee with milk are less likely to have depression than other children. http://www.kidzworld.com/article/17060-k…
A better question is what age is preferable for kids to drink coffee? TLC has a great response: http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/righ…
Coffee is ok for children in heavy moderation. One small cup would have no ill effect.
Soda is much worse, not only for the caffeine, which is in higher concentration and artificially put into it, but the vast amount of refined sugar.
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