Drinking water during meals will dilute gastric juice?

Beijing Youth Daily

Many parents are used to spending a glass of water at the same time when their children eat to facilitate food swallowing.It has always been said on the Internet that drinking water during dinner will dilute the gastric juice to affect the child's digestion and absorption function.

In fact, the food itself contains a lot of water, such as the moisture content in vegetables and fruits of more than 80%, so even if you do n’t drink water, you have water to enter the gastrointestinal tract when eating, which is not related to whether drinking water.

In addition, some studies have found that drinking water during meals will not have a significant impact on the concentration, ingredients or pH values of the gastric juice, and will not affect children's digestion and absorption of food.

[Source: China Internet Joint Rumor Platform_Net Rumor Exposure PRC]

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