What should children eat if they are always constipated?

Children are in a critical period of growth. If they suffer from diseases such as constipation, their normal growth and development will be greatly delayed, which can cause great damage to their health. Because of this, many parents feel overwhelmed when faced with this situation. In fact, dietary adjustment can help relieve the symptoms. Below, the editor will introduce several foods that help with bowel movements.

1. Banana Applesauce

Method: Mash bananas and apples. Steam it in a pot for 3 minutes, take it out and let it cool before feeding it to your baby.

Nutritional secrets: Bananas and apples contain certain fructose, sugar alcohols and soluble dietary fiber. These substances can not only increase the stimulation of food on intestinal peristalsis, but also prevent the water in the baby's stool from being excessively absorbed by the intestines. Therefore, it is an effective dietary supplement for constipation.

Friendly reminder: The baby’s stomach is not suitable for eating too much raw fruit. The acidic components in raw fruit are highly irritating and can cause diarrhea and spleen and stomach disorders in the baby. It should be heated appropriately before feeding to the baby.

2. Nut and orange peel porridge

Preparation method: Cut the orange peel into shreds, mash almonds, pine nuts and sesame seeds, and fry them together with the orange peel; remove the residue and take the juice, then add rice, cook porridge and add sugar, sprinkle a small amount of fried nut powder on the porridge for seasoning.

Nutritional secrets: Nuts and orange peels can clear the lungs and reduce phlegm, and moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements.

Friendly reminder: Suitable for babies with dry lungs, blocked intestines, chest and abdominal distension and constipation.

3. Sweet potato porridge

Preparation method: Wash and cut the sweet potatoes into pieces, put them into a pot together with rice, add appropriate amount of water and cook into a thick porridge, add sugar, and let the children eat it warm in the morning and evening.

Nutritional secret: Sweet potatoes are sweet and mild in nature and non-toxic. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, replenishing deficiency, and invigorating qi.

Friendly reminder: The fiber in sweet potatoes can absorb a lot of water in the intestines, increase the volume of stool, and its effect in relieving constipation is no less than that of drugs.

After reading these contents, I believe everyone has learned about several foods that can be used to relieve constipation. Therefore, when your child is sick, you can prepare the necessary ingredients, follow the methods provided by the editor, and insist on eating them for several consecutive days. This way, the effect of the diet therapy will become more obvious.