What should a 2-year-old baby with anemia eat?

Everyone knows a simple truth. Since having children, many families have treated their children as treasures, fearing that their children will encounter any adverse conditions during their growth and development. Especially for two or three-year-old children, many have anemia. In fact, this phenomenon can be completely alleviated through reasonable dietary adjustments. So what should a two-year-old baby with anemia eat? Let's discuss it together!

The impact of anemia on the baby's mental health is manifested in:

1. Affect the baby's intelligence. Studies have shown that a baby's growing and developing brain consumes half of the body's oxygen consumption, while an adult's brain consumes only one-fifth of the body's oxygen consumption. Anemia in babies reduces their oxygen intake and causes hypoxia in brain tissue, which will affect their memory and concentration.

2. Affect the baby's mood. Due to lack of oxygen and abnormal brain cell metabolism, babies often show temper tantrums, cry and become irritable.

3. Affect social adaptability. Babies who are weak and sickly have relatively fewer opportunities to interact with others, which can easily lead to withdrawn personalities and low self-esteem.

In short, anemia is a common disease that affects the baby's physical and mental health, and it is necessary to prevent and treat it early.

Five dietary rules to correct anemia in babiesGo Top

Rule 1: Pay attention to adding foods high in iron

In addition to breast milk or milk, babies also eat eggs, vegetables, and meat. Which of them contain more iron?

1. Let's look at vegetables first: leafy vegetables have a high iron content, with rapeseed having the highest iron content, reaching 5.9 mg/100 g; followed by shepherd's purse and amaranth; spinach, which is generally believed to be high in iron, has an iron content of only 2.9 mg/100 g, less than half of rapeseed.

2. Let's look at meat products: animal liver and blood have the highest iron content, 10-25 mg/100 g, which is about 10 times that of livestock, poultry and fish (1-3 mg/100 g); the iron in eggs is mainly concentrated in the yolk, and the content is similar to that of livestock and poultry meat.

3. The iron content of milk that babies drink every day is relatively low, only about 1/10 of that of livestock and poultry meat.

From this, it can be seen that among baby foods, both plant-based and animal-based foods, there are types with high iron content.

The recipes mentioned above are some foods for supplementing iron and blood for children aged two or three. I hope that after reading them, parents can correct their previous unhealthy eating habits in time, especially making a scientific nutritional structure based on their children’s physique. I would like to emphasize just now that once a child is anemic, dietary supplements alone are not enough. When the weather is good, try to take your child outdoors for exercise as much as possible. This is beneficial to their physical and mental health.