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Doctors warned about the dangers of a popular drink
Drinks with a sugar substitute glycerin, especially the popular “slush” from carbonated fruit puree, are able to cause severe intoxication in children, British doctors found out. Doctors recommended children under the age of eight to completely abandon the use of drinks containing glycerin, BBC reports .
“Slush” or Slash (slushies) is a sparkling cocktail of carbonated water and fruit puree with ice. The authors of the study published in Archives of Disease in Childhood studied 21 cases from 2018 to 2024, when an urgent help was required for a child from two to seven years old in the UK and Ireland within an hour after the consumption of “slush” was required.
A brightly painted cocktail is designed to attract the attention of children, but often the drink contains a natural sweetener glycerin, not sugar. The sweetener does not allow the cocktail to freeze and creates the desired “slope effect”. The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) believes that children under five should avoid such drinks, and children under 11 years of age should drink no more than one per day.
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If a small child drinks a “slush” too fast, glycerin intoxication can cause shock, hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and loss of consciousness, doctors warn. BBC referred to examples of two-year-old Arla and four-year-old Albi, who recently got to the hospital after drinking a drink.
The doctors participating in the study said that “glycerin intoxication syndrome” was manifested in different ways: most children lost consciousness and their blood found signs of low sugar and high acidity, one child had a seizure, and four needed a brain scan.
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Each of the 21 children was recovered and was discharged from the hospital with advice to avoid the use of “slush”, writes the BBC.
The leading author of the study, Professor Ellen Krushel from Dublin, told reporters that 21 cases considered in scientific work could be the “peak of the iceberg”. However, she admitted that thousands of children around the world drink “slush” daily, without experiencing serious consequences.
In countries where there is no sugar tax, drinks contain much more glucose, and often do not contain glycerol at all, the authors of the study noted. However, it can be difficult for parents to quickly determine whether glycerin is in a drink, Krushnell believes.
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