Currently, living standards are relatively high, and the intake of nutrients for infants and young children emphasizes balance. However, some parents' seemingly nutritionally rich dietary combinations for their children are actually not. Do you know the three main misconceptions about nutrient intake?
Misconception 1: Breakfast consisting of milk and eggs
In reality, if breakfast does not include grain foods such as steamed buns, noodles, or porridge, it can easily affect a child's height development. In addition, it is best for children to drink a small amount of water to clean their mouth after drinking milk.
Misconception 2: Eating peeled vegetables is nutritious
In fact, vegetable skins boiled in soups are very nutritious, such as radish soup and loofah soup with the skin. In addition, vegetable leaves are more nutritious than stems. For example, cooking green vegetable soup is very nutritious.
Misconception 3: Baby's nutrition relies solely on "soup"
Whether it is chicken soup, duck soup, turtle soup, or abalone soup... the nutritional content in the soup is not comparable to the meat itself. Although soup is tasty, it only contains a small amount of amino acids, fats, and minimal vitamins and minerals released from protein breakdown.
Moreover, the "quick meal" of soaking rice in soup skips an important step in the digestion of food - chewing.
Chewing plays a preliminary role in the digestion of starchy foods. If food is swallowed without sufficient chewing, it will prove the saying "saving teeth but harming the stomach."
Over time, even at a young age, children can develop stomach ailments. What's more, fresh soup-soaked rice is not nutritionally balanced, so soup should only be used as a condiment for meals.
Instead, it is beneficial to eat more fish, shrimp, dairy products, and seaweed to supplement the body's calcium needs, which can effectively promote bone growth and development. It is also important to expose oneself to sunlight regularly to facilitate calcium absorption.
Children should also consume more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins, eggs, meat, and whole grains in their daily lives to maintain a balanced diet, which is highly beneficial for their growth and development.
