What to do if children do not absorb calcium well

Childhood is a critical period of physical development. During infancy, the brain has not yet fully developed, so the required amount of calcium, iron, zinc, selenium and other elements is particularly high. However, many babies do not absorb well and will suffer from malnutrition. For example, some babies do not grow hair because they do not absorb calcium well. So what should we do if children do not absorb calcium well?

Babies grow and develop very rapidly during infancy, and their bones need more calcium for growth. Many parents believe that babies should eat more calcium powder or other calcium supplements. In fact, this is inappropriate.

For babies, the main source of calcium should not be calcium powder, but calcium-rich foods. Both breast milk and infant formula are rich in calcium. For example, 100 ml of infant formula contains 50 mg of calcium, and breast milk contains 30 mg of calcium. In addition, milk calcium is easily absorbed by babies. While supplementing calcium through milk, it also increases the intake of protein in milk. Therefore, milk is the best calcium supplement for babies, and calcium supplementation for babies should mainly rely on food.

In addition, if you simply take calcium powder to supplement calcium, if the dosage is too much, such as more than 200 mg per day, it will not only affect the baby's appetite, but also make the baby's stool dry, or cause white soap blocks (commonly known as milk blocks) to appear in the stool due to the combination of milk fat and calcium. Therefore, in order to achieve the purpose of calcium supplementation for infants, we must also pay attention to the infant's absorption of calcium.

Eat more foods rich in calcium or that can promote calcium absorption. For example: milk (human milk, cow's milk, goat's milk, etc.) is rich in calcium and is well absorbed; animal liver, egg yolk, fish, meat and beans are rich in vitamin D, which can promote calcium absorption, but the vitamin D in animals and plants must be converted into endogenous vitamin D through ultraviolet radiation before it can be used by the human body, so children should get appropriate sun exposure. Seafood such as kelp and shrimp are high in calcium; seaweed and cauliflower are also rich in calcium. Or you can buy some red mushroom and vegetable/tuna seaweed/shiitake mushroom and salmon rice seasonings and mix them with your baby's rice. They are sold on Taobao. There are rich varieties of ingredients in it, which are very beneficial to the baby's development.

In order to allow babies to fully absorb and utilize calcium, they should be allowed to do more outdoor activities. When exposed to ultraviolet rays, the skin can produce endogenous vitamin D, which promotes the body's absorption and utilization of calcium. Giving babies cod liver oil (containing vitamins A and D) can not only increase the baby's respiratory resistance, but also promote calcium absorption.

The above are the solutions to children's poor calcium absorption. In order to promote the baby's body absorption, we should not simply be afraid of the baby bumping into something and stop the baby from exercising. More exercise can be of great help to their bodies. In addition, if the baby has poor absorption, they can also eat some nutritional supplements that promote digestion and absorption.