Currently, the standard of living is relatively high, and the intake of nutrition for infants and young children emphasizes balance. However, some parents' seemingly nutrition-rich dietary combinations for their children are not actually so. Do you know the three major misconceptions about nutrition intake?
Misconception 1: Breakfast consisting of milk and eggs
In reality, if breakfast does not include grain foods such as steamed buns, noodles, and porridge, it can easily affect the child's height development. In addition, it is best for children to drink a small amount of water to clean the mouth after drinking milk.
Misconception 2: Peeling vegetables before eating is nutritious
In fact, cooking vegetables with the peel is very nutritious, such as radish soup and luffa soup cooked with the peel. In addition, vegetable leaves are more nutritious than vegetable stems. For example, cooking spinach soup is very nutritious.
Misconception 3: Baby's nutrition depends solely on "soup"
Regardless of whether it's chicken soup, duck soup, turtle soup, abalone soup... the nutrients in the soup are not as good as the meat itself. Although soup is delicious, it only contains a small amount of amino acids, fats, and very few vitamins and minerals that are broken down from protein.
Moreover, the "fast food" of soup-soaked rice passes through the digestive system quickly, skipping an important step - chewing.
Chewing plays a preliminary role in the digestion of starch foods. If food is swallowed without adequate chewing, it will prove the saying: "Save dental fees but burden the stomach."
Over time, even at a young age, stomach problems may arise. Moreover, fresh soup-soaked rice lacks comprehensive nutrition, so soup should only be a "side dish".
For example, it is advisable to eat more fish, shrimp, dairy products, and seaweed, as they can supplement the calcium needed by the body and effectively promote bone growth and development. In daily life, it is also important to get enough sunlight to promote calcium absorption.
In daily life, children should also eat more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins, eggs, meat, and whole grains to maintain a balanced nutrition, which is very beneficial for their growth and development.
