How to treat malnutrition in children? These methods are simple and effective

If you find that your child is obviously malnourished, it is best to take the child to the hospital for a physical examination to see if there are any problems with the child's body. On this basis, you can increase the child's nutrition by adjusting his or her diet. For example, the following foods are very effective.

1. Milk porridge

Ingredients: appropriate amount of cow's milk or goat's milk, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of white sugar.

Preparation method: Wash the rice clean, put it into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, and cook the porridge over low heat. When the porridge is half cooked, remove the rice soup and add milk and sugar to cook into porridge. Eat hot food for breakfast and dinner, preferably on an empty stomach.

Function: Nourishes blood, moistens dryness, harmonizes the stomach and strengthens the spleen. This meal uses milk, which has the effect of nourishing blood and moistening dryness. Cow's milk is a commonly consumed nutritious food, rich in protein, fat, sugar and vitamins. Cooking porridge with rice can not only enhance the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, but also prolong the time of digestion and absorption in the gastrointestinal tract, and enhance the tonic effect. It is used to treat metabolic diseases such as malnutrition, slow development, thin limbs, insufficient qi and blood, sallow complexion, and infantile malnutrition.

2. Chicken liver porridge

Ingredients: 1 chicken liver, 60 grams of rice.

Preparation method: Wash and chop the chicken liver; wash the glutinous rice clean. Put a pot on the fire, add appropriate amount of water, add rice and chicken liver, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer until the porridge is cooked, and drink it in several times.

Function: Nourishes blood, improves eyesight, tonifies kidney and harmonizes stomach. This dish uses chicken liver, which is rich in nutrients, sweet in taste, slightly warm in nature, and has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys. "Bencao Huiyan" states: "Chicken liver is a medicine that nourishes the kidneys, stabilizes the fetus, clears malnutrition and improves eyesight." Regular consumption of this porridge can treat malnutrition in children.

3. What foods are good for health when you are malnourished?

Breastfeeding is emphasized because breast milk is more nutritionally comprehensive, but care must be taken to ensure that the mother gets enough vitamin A and vitamin D. It is also possible to give the baby 500 to 1000 international units of vitamin D daily starting 1 to 2 weeks after birth, and continue until the baby is 2 to 3 years old.

We should understand the dietary conditioning methods for malnutrition, and parents must pay attention to this knowledge. In particular, we parents should understand some conditioning methods for malnutrition in our daily lives so that we can be prepared to actively respond when our children suffer from malnutrition.