How is the right calcium supplement? Many parents, although calcium supplementation is very important, but there are misunderstandings on the issue of what to supplement. In fact, calcium deficiency is only a folk saying, the real name is vitamin D deficiency rickets. It can be said that the expression of calcium deficiency has shifted people's attention to calcium, while ignoring the vitamin D behind to help calcium absorption.Simply supplementing calcium is difficult for the human body to absorb, and only with the help of vitamin D can achieve the effect. Therefore, children's calcium supplementation should focus on vitamin D. The two hours of outdoor exercise per day will allow the body to synthesize enough vitamin D.

Calcium supplementation is by no means the more the better, calcium supplementation must also have a quantitative limitation, blind calcium supplementation is not only easy to cause the burden of the kidneys, but also cause heart disease, affecting the child to grow up. And it is worth noting that calcium, iron, zinc as the human body must be trace elements, in the digestive "walk" are the same "road", so too much calcium will affect the absorption of iron, zinc, resulting in children with iron and zinc deficiency. In serious cases, it can also cause anemia, intellectual decline, anorexia, no growth and other manifestations. Therefore, only in the case of calcium deficiency, through the guidance of the doctor for reasonable and appropriate supplementation, so as to promote the growth and development of children.

Methods/Steps

The child is deficient in calcium, iron, zinc and other trace elements, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital to check the trace elements, according to the doctor's guidance of the medicine or dietary supplements. Let's see what foods are rich in calcium?

1, medicine

If you go to the hospital, listen to the doctor's advice. If you go to the drugstore to buy it yourself, you need to see if it is calcium for pediatric use. Choose according to your child's age, because there are many kinds of powder, liquid and solid. Some commonly used ones are: Icosin, Longmu Strong Bone Granules, Diqiao Children's Calcium, Sanjing Calcium Gluconate.

2, dietary supplements

If it is not very serious, the doctor is also will recommend you dietary supplements. Let's see what foods are suitable for calcium supplementation:

(1) Milk and milk products

Pure milk, yogurt, children's cheese are good choices. Formula suitable for the age of the child is also good, while the formula also add other substances conducive to growth, which is conducive to increasing resistance.

There are many dairy manufacturers, developed a series of children's milk, not only fruit flavors and sweet, many children are like. But too sweet for children's teeth is not good, but also affect the absorption of nutrients.

(2) soy products

peanuts, sesame seed paste, soy milk, tofu, tofu, other beans (green beans, beans, beans, beans, beans, and chickpeas) most of them contain a considerable amount of calcium.

Consider making your own soymilk by putting soybeans, peanuts, and black sesame seeds into a soymilk maker, and in 20 minutes or so you'll have hot, nutritious soymilk. Choose your own type of beans to change the flavor.

(3) seafood

Shrimp skin, kelp, unicorn cabbage, seaweed, prawns, all kinds of fish.

Shrimp skin and nori can be made into soup or wrapped as dumpling filling. Kelp, unicorn cabbage can be eaten cold, kelp can also be stewed; prawns, fish can be steamed; of course, here is the introduction of the simple, maximum retention of nutritional eating method. Parents can do whatever they like, and children like to eat in different ways.

(4) fresh vegetables

Kale, cauliflower, cabbage, greens, celery, carrots, fennel, parsley, black fungus, mushrooms, potherbs.

Blanch vegetables that contain a lot of oxalic acid first to destroy oxalic acid (oxalic acid can affect the absorption of calcium), and then cook. Such as: collard greens, cauliflower, spinach, amaranth, cabbage, mustard greens, snow peas, bamboo shoots. Similarly, spinach and tofu should not be cooked together.

(5) fresh fruit, dried fruit

Watermelon, pears, loquats, bananas, oranges, strawberries, cherries, apples, hawthorn, dried apricots, almonds, raisins, pecans, watermelon seeds, pumpkin seeds, dried mulberries, lotus seeds.

(6) Meat and eggs

Lamb, lean pork, chicken, eggs, duck eggs, quail eggs, pork floss and so on.

More than 80% of animal bones are calcium, but it is insoluble in water and difficult to absorb, so you can crack it beforehand when making it into food, add vinegar and cook it slowly over a gentle fire. When eating, remove the floating oil, put some green vegetables can be made into a delicious fresh soup.

While these foods are rich in calcium, balanced nutrition is still important. Let the children eat less snacks, less sugar, more exercise to better assist the diet.

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Note

Please use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor

Eat a balanced diet and teach children not to be picky about what they eat and not to snack