Precautions for babies eating cod oil
1, supplemental cod oil to grasp the amount, to avoid the baby poisoning.
Many parents only know that the baby supplement cod fish oil is good, but do not know the baby cod fish oil supplement overdose will also cause baby poisoning. Cod fish oil in the vitamin A and vitamin D will cause different symptoms of poisoning. Vitamin A poisoning slow onset, often manifested as hair loss, dry skin, itching, loss of appetite, easy to agitation. Some children also develop vitamin D toxicity, which is characterized by loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, accompanied by high blood calcium levels and impaired kidney function. These two conditions can be collectively referred to as "cod fish oil poisoning", once diagnosed, the drug should be stopped immediately.
2, select a high-quality cod fish oil.
The best cod fish oil for babies is concentrated, and vitamin A, D content ratio of 3:1 of the new preparation of cod fish oil is the best choice.
3, the right dose.
Baby eat cod fish oil must be appropriate, the child's daily vitamin D physiological needs is 400 units, mothers must calculate the amount, do not overdose.
And if the baby is breastfeeding, then the baby needs to eat cod fish oil, because the baby from breast milk can absorb vitamin D is not much. If the baby is eating milk powder, then even if the baby to eat the dose of cod fish oil, you must count the milk powder in the vitamin D content, so if the milk powder and cod fish oil in the vitamin D together has more than 400 units, then you can eat every other day.
The right way to take cod liver oil
Vitamin deficiencies can cause disease, but supplementation needs to be moderate, and oversupplementation can also cause disease. The daily recommended intake of vitamin A is 2,500 to 5,000 international units, and the daily recommended intake of vitamin D is 400 to 800 international units. If a large dose is taken in a short period of time, or if too much vitamin A or D is taken daily for a long period of time, it can cause poisoning, which is manifested by loss of appetite, lack of weight gain, irritability, excessive sweating, headache, vomiting, drowsiness, arthralgia, muscle pain and so on. Concentrated vitamin AD drops (i.e., concentrated cod liver oil drops) sold on the market contain 50,000 international units of vitamin A and 5,000 international units of vitamin D per gram, about 30 drops per gram, so 3 to 5 drops per day is enough.
When feeding babies a variety of infant formulas and fortified foods, parents must carefully check the amount of vitamin A and D in the formulas, and should pay attention to the total amount of the baby's daily intake, including vitamin A and vitamin D from various vitamin-enriched foods, to avoid overdose, or even cause poisoning.
If the baby is breastfed and has enough milk, and the baby can often get sunshine, you can not take cod liver oil. If the baby ate formula milk, born in winter without sunshine, although breastfeeding but the mother's nutrition is poor or the baby's gastrointestinal tract digestion function is poor, should give the baby additional cod liver oil.