What do children know about diet?

Children cannot make random choices in their diet. Parents should make reasonable arrangements for their children's diet, which will be of great help to their children's growth. Many parents do not pay attention to this problem, which makes them casual in giving their children a diet, which can easily cause malnutrition in children and threaten their bones. So what is the knowledge about children's diet? The following is a detailed introduction.

Children's dietary knowledge:

Children should not drink white wine

Some families do not restrict children from drinking alcohol when friends and relatives gather together, thinking that it is not a big deal for children to drink a little. In fact, it is extremely harmful to children's health for them to drink liquor. Children are in the period of growth and development, and their body parts and internal organs are not yet mature. Although children drink small amounts of alcohol, it can have an impact and harm on their health, which cannot but attract attention. Alcohol has an anesthetic effect. Drinking white wine will cause the blood vessels in the skin to dilate and become congested, and the heartbeat will accelerate. In severe cases, it can cause symptoms such as acute alcohol poisoning, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. In addition, starting to drink alcohol in childhood can easily cause chronic gastritis, indigestion, and lead to vitamin deficiency.

Children should not drink beer

Some people believe that beer is "liquid bread" that can help digestion and is rich in B vitamins, phosphorus, calcium and other vitamins and trace elements that are beneficial to health. In order to increase children's nutrition, they encourage children to drink beer. Nutritionists say drinking beer may do more harm than good to children. According to the information: beer usually contains 3% to 5% alcohol, which is equivalent to 1.5-2.5 grams of alcohol in each glass of beer. Although the content is not high, the harm it brings cannot be ignored, especially for children.

Children should not consume too much salt

Excessive salt intake is not good for children's health. The harm of salt to infants or children is excessive intake of sodium. Since children's kidneys are not yet fully developed and are unable to excrete excess sodium in the blood, sodium salt is easily retained. If children consume too much salt, they may develop high blood pressure and lose potassium in the body (mainly excreted in the urine). Potassium plays an important role in the contraction and relaxation of muscles (including myocardium) when the human body is active. If potassium is lost too much, it will cause myocardial weakness or even death. This is how the so-called "cradle death" occurs, so we must be careful. In addition, medical statistics also show that people who are accustomed to a high-salt diet in childhood have a much higher incidence and mortality rate of hypertension, heart disease, and renal insufficiency in adulthood than those who eat a low-salt diet. Therefore, in order to ensure the healthy growth of children, we should pay attention to a light diet.

After learning about children's diet, parents should carefully prepare food choices for their children. During the growth of children, calcium supplementation should be carried out in large quantities, which will be of great help to the children's bones. Calcium supplementation is also very helpful in improving children's physical immunity, which parents also need to pay attention to.