What to do if your baby is zinc deficient?

Zinc deficiency in babies is a common symptom among many children nowadays. This is often because the energy intake is not enough to replenish the body. Now there are more and more ways to supplement zinc. However, it is often not the case that all methods of zinc supplementation are suitable for your baby's body, and parents do not understand some methods and do not know which methods to use to supplement zinc. So let's take a closer look at what to do if your baby is zinc deficient.

Zinc Supplement Recipe for Children

1. Ingredients for Flammulina velutipes and rapeseed: Flammulina velutipes, rapeseed, ham, ginger, peanut oil, salt, MSG, oyster sauce, and water starch.

practice:

1. Remove the roots of the enoki mushrooms and clean them. Remove the old leaves from the cabbage and clean them. Cut the ham and ginger into shreds and set aside.

2. Heat the pot and add water. When the water boils, pour in a little salt, MSG, and oil, then add the vegetable core, blanch until just cooked, remove and set aside;

3. Heat the pan, add the oil, put in the shredded ginger, stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in the enoki mushrooms and shredded ham, add in salt, MSG, and oyster sauce, stir-fry thoroughly, pour in water starch, and finally pour in the vegetable core.

This dish contains about 12.9 mg of zinc and is rich in essential amino acids for children, which can regulate the zinc content in children's bodies. The combination of red, yellow and green can easily stimulate children's appetite.

2. Ingredients for stir-fried cabbage and pork: cabbage, lean meat, red pepper, garlic, peanut oil, salt, MSG, and water starch.

practice:

1. Wash and shred the cabbage and red pepper, shred the lean meat, and chop the garlic into small pieces;

2. Marinate the shredded pork with a little salt, MSG and water starch;

3. Heat oil in a pan, fry the shredded pork until tender, then set aside;

4. Heat the pan, add oil, add garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, pour in cabbage and red pepper and stir-fry until cooked, add shredded pork, add salt and MSG and stir-fry until cooked, finally pour in a little water starch and stir-fry a few times.

This dish contains about 14.88 mg of zinc. Cabbage contains various vitamins and ascorbic acid, which has the effect of moisturizing dryness and replenishing deficiency. It is especially effective for children's indigestion and thirst caused by zinc deficiency.

3. Ingredients for oil-splashed lettuce: tender lettuce, shredded green onion, olive oil (or peanut oil), salt, MSG water, and peppercorns.

practice:

1. Peel and clean the lettuce, and cut into 6 cm long strips;

2. Add water to a pot, wait for the water to boil, then put in the lettuce, bring to a boil over high heat and then turn off the heat. Then put it into a container filled with cold water, rinse it, take it out and put it on a plate, sprinkle a little salt, MSG and water to marinate it, and arrange the green onion shreds for later use.

3. Heat the oil in a pan to about 80 degrees, add an appropriate amount of peppercorns, stir-fry until the peppercorns turn black, turn off the heat, remove the peppercorns, and pour the oil on the arranged lettuce.

This dish is light and refreshing, and contains about 7.86 mg of zinc. The mineral content of lettuce is 5 times higher than that of other vegetables, and it has a good effect on indigestion, anorexia and other symptoms caused by zinc deficiency in children.

4. Ingredients for radish and tomato soup: carrots, tomatoes, eggs, shredded ginger, chopped green onions, peanut oil, salt, MSG, and white sugar.

practice:

1. Peel the carrots and tomatoes and cut into thick slices;

2. Heat the pan, add oil, pour in shredded ginger and stir-fry for a few times, then add carrots and stir-fry for a few times, add clear soup, bring to a boil over medium heat, when the carrots are cooked, add tomatoes, salt, MSG, sugar, beat the eggs and pour in, sprinkle with chopped green onions.

This soup contains about 35 mg of zinc. Tomatoes have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. The carotene and minerals they contain are excellent for replenishing zinc deficiency. They have certain therapeutic effects on detoxification of children's malnutrition and zinc deficiency dwarfism. There are also many dishes that we can make in our daily life, such as stir-fried pork and carrots, which contains 12 mg of zinc, stewed beef brisket with potatoes, which contains 16 mg of zinc, and fish fillet cooked with spinach, which contains up to 47 mg of zinc. Some more complex turtles and yellow dishes are even better products with higher zinc content.

The above article introduces what to do if your baby is zinc deficient. Parents must understand their baby’s physical condition. In this case, it is also better to supplement zinc for your child according to the method introduced above. However, parents need to know more about the baby's living habits and eating habits, so as to ensure the healthy growth of the child.