Model Nicole Bals gifted cans of energy drinks to children from the riverside during their visit to the Parintins festival in Amazonas this weekend.

The gesture of the influencer, who has already participated in Fazenda, caused a resonance in social networks and divided opinion. Some internet users have questioned the drink’s suitability for the children’s age group.

Find out why you shouldn’t give your kids energy drinks like Nicole Buhls did. Photo: Nicole Bahls/Reproduction/ND

“I wish I could give you a soda, anything… I only had energy drinks. I charged the children with energy, ”said the model on the Internet. However, after the episode, Nicole found a market nearby and was able to buy food for the children.

According to Nelson Douglas Eisenbaum, pediatrician, member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, children should not drink any energy drinks.

“You are not giving energy to a child due to high doses of caffeine and taurine. We do not give, not only because we do not give, but because there is no need for it, ”he explained to R7.

Excessive amounts of taurine and caffeine in energy drinks can cause irritability, vomiting, and stomach discomfort in children, impairing their health and sleep quality.

“The drink will not cause a risk to the heart, only in very large quantities, but it can cause tachycardia. Children are not going to be subjected to high-speed exercise or need medication to keep them awake. An energy drink is an adult thing, and yet it should be consumed in certain situations. [porque também há riscos]”, explains the doctor.

In addition, the pediatrician emphasizes that children should not be offered coffee, as well as soft drinks and other carbonated drinks. “Children should drink water. It would be better not to give coffee, but there are social and cultural problems [que envolvem esse consumo]” Eisenbaum says.