What should babies of different ages eat if they are zinc deficient?

There is a lot of zinc supplementation for babies. Even if there are no symptoms of zinc deficiency, parents will regularly supplement their babies to prevent zinc deficiency. In fact, there are many symptoms of zinc deficiency. As long as parents observe the changes in the body in time, zinc deficiency can be accurately diagnosed. And the zinc supplementation methods for babies of different ages are different, because the degree of zinc deficiency in the body will be different at different ages. So what should babies of different ages eat when they are zinc deficient?

Babies under 6 months old need about 3 mg of zinc per day, babies 7-12 months old need 5 mg of zinc per day, and babies 1-10 years old need about 10 mg of zinc per day. Diet therapy is the best way to supplement zinc. It is convenient and effective, and it is not easy to cause poisoning. Even if you eat a little more, the body's regulatory system will reduce absorption in the digestive tract or increase excretion to maintain balance. For growing and developing children, they should pay attention to increasing their meat intake and avoid being picky eaters. Zinc is generally found in large quantities in pork liver, lean meat, pork kidney, eggs, carp and milk. In addition, hard-shelled fruits such as peanuts, walnuts, and chestnuts also have high zinc content.

Zinc supplement recipes for babies aged 4 months to 1 year old

1. Chestnut porridge

Ingredients: chestnuts, rice

Method: Peel 5 chestnuts and chop them into small pieces. Add water to the pot, put in chestnuts and bring to a boil, then add a handful of rice and mix together and cook until cooked through, then you can feed it.

2. Egg yolk and milk paste

Ingredients: eggs, milk

Method: Boil an egg in water (about 6 minutes), take out the egg yolk, crush it, mix it with milk into a cake or porridge, and feed it directly to the baby.

Zinc supplement recipes for 2- to 3-year-old babies

1. Nut porridge

Ingredients: rice, peanuts, walnut kernels

Method: Wash and chop rice and peanuts, add water and cook porridge. When porridge is 80% cooked, add walnut kernels and some sugar.

Note: Chop the peanuts and walnut kernels as finely as possible and cook them until soft to prevent the baby from choking.

2. Seafood Egg Custard

Ingredients: dried shrimp, fresh clams, eggs

Method: 1. Chop the dried shrimps and soak them in rice wine for 10 minutes. →2 Wash the clams and blanch them in boiling water until they open. →3 Crush the eggs, add salt, add dried shrimps and clams, add warm water, put in chopped green onions, and steam over high heat until it becomes a soup.

Zinc supplement recipes for babies aged 4-6

1. Shredded Pork with Cabbage

Ingredients: Cabbage, lean meat

Method: 1. Cut cabbage and lean meat into shreds. Add water starch to thicken the shredded meat. →2 Heat up some oil in a pan, stir-fry the shredded pork until tender, add in the shredded cabbage, add in salt and MSG and stir-fry until cooked through, finally pour in a little water starch and stir-fry a few times.

2. Colorful Yellow Croaker Soup

Ingredients: small yellow croaker, celery, carrot, fried pine nuts, fresh mushrooms

Method: 1. Wash the small yellow croaker, remove the bones and cut into dices. →2Cut celery, carrots and mushrooms into shreds. →3 Heat oil in a pan, add onion and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in boiling water, add celery, carrots, mushrooms, fried pine nuts and small yellow croaker meat, and cook until the fish is cooked. →4 Add salt, MSG, cooking wine and other seasonings, thicken with water starch, and drizzle with a little cooked oil.

What should babies of different ages eat when they are zinc deficient? The zinc requirements of the body will vary depending on the patient's age. The patient should diagnose the disease based on the physical symptoms and then supplement zinc accordingly to avoid excessive supplementation, which will cause harm to the body. This is mainly for drug supplementation. There is little harm to patients if they use excessive zinc supplementation with food. Patients only need to reduce their intake of foods containing zinc.