Fiber foods are important for toddlers

There are a wide variety of beverages on the market, which often make parents at a loss. But a common feature of these drinks is that they all contain sugar. Sugar is an indispensable substance in the growth and development of the human body, but the current intake of sugar in the children's diet is generally too much; not only that, they also like to eat yummy food, do not like to eat vegetables and other light food, therefore, photographed There are too many proteins.

Too much sugar and protein make the human blood form an abnormal acidic condition. In children, symptoms such as irritability, anorexia, dry mouth, supper night sweats, constipation, or difficulty in defecation appear.

To correct and treat this common disease in children, besides encouraging them to eat more fiber-rich and fresh vegetables, tea is also a good medicine for the treatment of these diseases.

Chinese medicine believes that tea tastes bitter, slightly cold, weakly alkaline, there is digestion to get tired, detoxification, phlegm and thirst quencher function. Regular drinking can correct children's acidic blood, thus eliminating the above symptoms. Tea contains a lot of vitamin C and a small amount of carotene and some essential trace elements, naturally also beneficial to the child's growth and development.

However, children should not sing tea, and the tannins and proteins in tea are combined into non-digestible substances, which have a certain influence on the absorption of nutrients. People usually take ginseng and other supplements at the same time. For children, only drinking tea, use good quality green tea 1 ~ 1.5 grams, brew two cups of tea (about 400 ml) boiled water, ready for children to drink light tea. Fibrous food is an important factor in the diet balance, it helps digestion of food and maintain normal function of the digestive tract, so it is very important for toddlers. Its main functions are:

(1) Masticatory muscles can be exercised to enhance the digestive function of the gastrointestinal tract.

(2) can promote bowel movements, thereby preventing constipation in children.

(3) To reduce the adhesion of toffee and snack foods to the teeth and periodontal tissues to prevent dental caries from occurring.

(4) Increase the amount of feces, dilute the carcinogens in the stool, reduce the contact between carcinogens and the intestinal mucosa, and prevent colon cancer.

Therefore, children should eat some food containing cellulose.

Although cellulose is very important for children's growth and development, there is no need to specifically look for it. As long as children usually eat bread, bread, rice, and other cereals and fruits and vegetables, they can obtain a sufficient amount of fiber. Foods containing high amounts of fiber may cause unnecessary irritation to delicate gastrointestinal tracts in children, and there is no need to add these foods on the basis of regular diets. For children with habitual constipation, eat more fruits, vegetables, etc. as appropriate.

In general, there are corn, beans and other foods containing crude fiber. Vegetables containing a large amount of crude fiber include: rape, leeks, celery, and leeks.