When a child has a fever, his metabolism is accelerated and the consumption of nutrients and water is greatly increased. At this time, the secretion of digestive juice decreases, the digestive function weakens, and the gastrointestinal movement slows down. Therefore, parents should pay attention to the dietary principles when their children have a fever: firstly, they should supplement enough water, secondly, they should supplement a large number of inorganic salts and vitamins, and thirdly, they should supplement a proper amount of calories and protein, focusing on liquid and semi-liquid diets. Here is a detailed introduction to the choice of various foods. Food choice when children have a fever: liquid diet The choice of liquid food mainly includes milk, rice soup, mung bean soup and fresh fruit juice. Children under one year old are mainly milk, which can be diluted with water or rice soup. Milk can supplement protein for children, and rice soup can shorten the protein molecular chain of milk, which is easy to absorb. When cooking rice soup, you should use good rice, add appropriate amount of sugar or salt, and add mung beans, which has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, or you can cook mung bean soup for your child alone; Freshly squeezed fruit juice is mainly composed of vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates, and contains only a small amount of plant protein, which is easy to absorb. For example, watermelon juice used in summer has the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, quenching thirst and diuresis, and pear juice used in autumn and winter has the functions of moistening lung and clearing heart, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. Food choice 2 When the child has a fever: semi-liquid diet Semi-liquid foods include lotus root starch, milk powder substitutes, and softer noodles. Most people mainly eat liquid food during acute or high fever period, and eat semi-liquid food during recovery period and fever reduction period. Children with fever have a bad appetite, so don't force feed them, and pay attention to replenish water. Don't suddenly increase the food he didn't eat during the fever, so as not to cause diarrhea.