{"id":4439,"date":"2026-04-30T12:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/oat-and-soy-milk-may-pose-danger-to-children\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:06:32","slug":"oat-and-soy-milk-may-pose-danger-to-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/oat-and-soy-milk-may-pose-danger-to-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Oat and soy milk may pose danger to children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-04-30 12:06:30<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Parents have been warned against giving young children vegan oat and soy milks over growing health concerns. <BR><br \/>\nThe British Society for Allergy+Clinical Immunology say drinks marketed as healthy alternatives to cow\u2019s milk can be high in sugar while lacking essential nutrients. <BR><br \/>\nNew guidance highlights risks for under-fives, including tooth decay, malnutrition and obesity.<BR><br \/>\nSpecialists caution that plant-based drinks are often promoted as nutritionally equivalent to cow\u2019s milk, despite limited evidence to support this. <BR><br \/>\nSome products, particularly \u201cgrowing-up\u201d drinks aimed at toddlers, contain added sugars such as glucose syrup and sucrose, with a single serving exceeding daily sugar recommendations.<BR><br \/>\nDoctors report cases of children requiring dental treatment linked to these drinks. Concerns have also been raised about the body\u2019s ability to absorb added nutrients like calcium and vitamin B12.<BR><br \/>\nParents choosing plant milks are advised to opt for unsweetened, fortified versions. <BR><br \/>\nHowever, some industry representatives maintain these products support children\u2019s development.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-04-30 12:06:30 Parents have been warned against giving young children vegan oat and soy milks over growing health concerns. The British Society for Allergy+Clinical Immunology say drinks marketed as healthy&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4440,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439\/revisions\/4440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}