What should children eat if they are zinc deficient?

Zinc deficiency is a common problem in children. If zinc is not supplemented in time, the child’s immunity will decrease, and in severe cases it will lead to physical retardation. Many parents also know this, so when a child is found to be zinc deficient, everyone will supplement the child with zinc in time. However, zinc supplementation cannot be done randomly. It must be supplemented according to the situation. If too much zinc is supplemented, it will have a certain impact on the child. Below we will introduce in detail what children with zinc deficiency should eat.

Common symptoms of zinc deficiency in children include loss of appetite, dull taste, abnormal sense of smell, pica, upper abdominal pain, recurrent oral ulcers, dermatitis, inhibited sexual maturation, low cellular immunity, slow growth, and mental depression. However, some diseases that are not caused by zinc deficiency may also show the above symptoms. On the contrary, since children have mild zinc deficiency, the symptoms are not obvious and are not easy to detect. Therefore, it is very difficult to judge whether zinc deficiency occurs based on symptoms alone, and a comprehensive analysis must be conducted.

Children with excessive sweating should take zinc supplements. Many trace elements in the human body are excreted through sweat, and zinc is one of them. Due to the influence of genetics, physiology and disease, some children suffer from excessive sweating. Excessive sweating will cause excessive zinc loss, resulting in false zinc. Zinc deficiency will reduce the body's immune function, weaken the child's constitution and aggravate excessive sweating, thus forming a vicious circle. Therefore, children with excessive sweating should supplement zinc appropriately.

Try to get enough calcium from natural foods by improving your diet. Among the daily foods in the family, those that contain more calcium include milk, cheese, eggs, soy products, kelp, seaweed, dried shrimps, sesame, hawthorn, sea fish, vegetables, etc., especially milk. Every 100 grams of fresh milk contains 120 mg of calcium. If each person drinks 250 grams of milk a day, it can provide 300 mg of calcium; drinking 500 grams of milk a day can provide 600 mg of calcium; plus about 300 mg of calcium provided by other foods in the diet, it can fully meet the body's need for calcium. It is worth noting that when eating these calcium-rich foods, you should avoid eating too much phosphate, oxalic acid, and protein-rich foods to avoid affecting calcium absorption.

The above is an introduction to what children should eat if they are zinc deficient. I hope that parents with young children at home must understand it. There are many opinions on zinc supplementation for children, but no matter which method of zinc supplementation is used, it depends on the degree of zinc deficiency in the child. If it is not very serious, food supplementation is enough. If the zinc deficiency is more serious, medication should be used to supplement zinc.