oyster
If you want to help children supplement zinc and solve the problem of zinc deficiency, then the first thing to recommend is oysters. This is what we usually call oysters. They are rich in zinc and can be eaten often. However, when buying, you must pay attention to choosing fresh ones, so as to ensure that zinc will not be lost. Clean them before eating, and eat them after cooking. Otherwise, their nutrition may be lost.
fruit
At the same time, we should also pay attention to the fact that many fruits are rich in zinc, among which apples are the highest. Besides apples, fresh dates, oranges, pears, lemons, strawberries, persimmons, apricots, peaches and bananas are all good choices, so for children, they should often eat some fruits in peacetime, but they should try to avoid taking them on an empty stomach.
Vegetables and plant-based foods
In addition to the zinc-supplementing foods recommended above, vegetables and plant foods that contain zinc in our daily life mainly include Chinese cabbage, beans, peanuts, radishes and millet, etc. These foods also have good zinc-supplementing effects, so everyone must eat more. In addition, drink more soybean milk or millet porridge in peacetime, which can help nourish the stomach and soothe the nerves while meeting the body's zinc-supplementing needs, which is very suitable for children's health.
What are the manifestations of zinc deficiency in the baby?
First, do not like eating, picky eaters, pica
Zinc is an important component of taste hormone in saliva. Zinc deficiency in infants will lead to mucosal hyperplasia and dyskeratosis, which will make a large number of exfoliated epithelial cells block the pores of taste buds, making it difficult for food to touch taste buds, thus reducing the sensitivity of taste buds and reducing taste function. If the baby is zinc deficient, it will reduce the digestive enzymes containing zinc in the body, which will weaken the digestive ability, affect our appetite and eventually cause partial eclipse and anorexia.
Second, the immunity declines and it is easy to get sick.
Trace element zinc is a powerful immunomodulator, which can enhance the immune function of thymus, spleen and lymph, increase the content of thymosin, improve the killing activity of T cells, and directly fight against some bacteria and viruses, thus reducing the chance of illness. If the baby is zinc-deficient, it will make him immune. In summer, he often has colds, fever and diarrhea. The baby's illness cycle will be longer than that of other children, and the disease will easily recur.
Third, the growth and development are backward, and the secondary sexual characteristics of adolescence are retarded and incomplete.
Zinc is an indispensable trace element in our physical development. Zinc deficiency in infants will affect their physical and intellectual development, and their height and weight are lower than those of children of the same age. Moreover, there will be yellow hair, poor memory, insufficient learning and cognitive ability, and serious zinc deficiency can cause mental retardation. In addition, the secondary sexual characteristics of children with zinc deficiency in adolescence are relatively slow or underdeveloped.