Patient's question:
What are the benefits of infants eating glucose? How much should they eat per day? They are breastfed.Doctor's answer:
Hello, infants should not eat too much glucose and should be minimized or avoided as much as possible, although glucose is a nutritional product. Because the human small intestine can directly absorb glucose, eating glucose may reduce the burden on the intestines, but the function of the intestines to secrete other digestive enzymes will degenerate due to the direct absorption of glucose by the small intestine. Over time, this will lead to a decline in the function of intestinal digestive enzymes, affecting the digestion and absorption of food, which may result in malnutrition in infants. If they must eat it, ordinary sucrose can be given. If you have any other questions in the future, you are welcome to consult again.