What are some foods that are easy for children to digest?

Children's gastrointestinal function is relatively fragile, but if they eat some foods that are difficult to digest, it can easily cause some gastrointestinal diseases, the most common of which are diarrhea and stomach pain, and sometimes it can also have a certain impact on appetite. Therefore, when preparing food for children, it is best to prepare something that is easy to digest. Let’s take a look at what foods are easy for young children to digest.

For children aged 1-3 years old, the food they should eat should be reasonably arranged into each meal, reflecting the nutritional ratio of "eat well for breakfast, eat enough for lunch, and eat less for dinner". In order to meet the heat and nutrition required for children's morning activities, in addition to the staple food, breakfast should also include some milk, eggs, soy products, vegetables, meat and other protein and vitamin foods. The amount of lunch should generally be higher than other meals, because they have been active for a morning and will have more time for activities in the afternoon. Adding snacks can delay the time for dinner. Because children are ready to go to bed after dinner. The proportion of total calories in each meal is generally 25-30% for breakfast, 40% for lunch, 10-15% for midday snacks, and 20-30% for dinner.

The food combination of each meal should be appropriate, with both dry and liquid food, both meat and vegetarian food. The meals should be diversified and not repeated every day. For example, the staple foods can be rotated to include soft rice, noodles, steamed buns, dumplings, wonton stew, steamed cakes, sesame paste rolls, vegetable rolls, etc. Pay attention to the complementary effect of proteins and add a little coarse sugar. Mix meat, soy products, eggs, vegetables, etc. to cook dishes. You can put two or three kinds of vegetables in one stir-fry, or mix several vegetables as stuffing. You can also eat steamed carrots, braised pork liver, soy products, etc. for lunch or breakfast to stimulate children's appetite and generate interest in food.

When it comes to children's diet, it is very important to have a good digestion of the gastrointestinal tract, but at the same time, attention should also be paid to the nutritional combination, especially for young children who are in a period of rapid growth and development. Their bodies need to consume a large amount of nutrients every day. Therefore, the diet should be diversified as much as possible to make the nutrition more balanced.