Children's "calcium deficiency" affects the big calcium supplement homework do not fall

In the process of children's growth, calcium supplementation is something that every mother will inevitably care about, especially during the critical period of children's height. Wang Kai, a nutritionist at the Nutrition Department of Hebei Provincial People's Hospital, and Zhang Xiaowei, director of the Nutrition Department, remind parents that insufficient calcium intake will lead to children's growth and development delays, which cannot be ignored.

Calcium plays an important role in the human body

Calcium is a macronutrient in the essential nutrients of the human body and is the most inorganic element in the human body. In addition to the important components of bones and teeth, calcium in the human body also plays other important physiological and biochemical roles, such as regulating nerve and muscle excitability, affecting capillary permeability, participating in the release of a variety of hormones and neurotransmitters, participating in phagocytosis, secretion, division and other activities of cells; participating in coagulation as a coagulation factor.

"Calcium insufficiency" has these signals

If insufficient calcium intake leads to growth and development, abnormal new bone structure, poor bone calcification, bone deformation, and rickets occur. Calcium deficiency in infants and young children under 3 years of age will be obviously manifested as hair ring baldness, frog belly (caused by muscle calcium deficiency and relaxation), flat nails, crying at night, etc.; while calcium deficiency in children over three years old will appear anorexia, partial eating, not easy to fall asleep, easy to wake up, easy to catch a cold, thinning hair, mental retardation, late toddler, teeth irregularities, paroxysmal abdominal pain diarrhea, X or O-shaped legs, chicken breasts and other conditions.

Calcium supplement foods should be remembered

For children and adolescents in China, the recommended amount of calcium is also different for different ages. It is 600 mg per day for 1 to 3 years of age, gradually increasing to 1200 mg per day for 11 to 13 years of age, and the recommended amount of dietary calcium for adolescents aged 14 to 17 years is 1000 mg per day. The following diets can be supplemented with calcium:

Milk: Milk is the best source of dietary calcium, about 100 grams of milk contains about 100 mg of calcium, for students a cup of milk a day can provide the body with a part of the high-quality calcium.

Pulses: Soybeans and their products are also a good source of calcium.

Dark vegetables: Some dark green vegetables also contain calcium, but because the oxalic acid contained in vegetables will affect the absorption of calcium, so when cooking, you can first blanch and then fry, remove part of the oxalic acid, in order to improve the absorption rate.

If the dietary supplement is insufficient, you can choose nutritional supplements containing calcium under the guidance of professionals. For children's bone health, in addition to dietary calcium is also affected by vitamin D and other nutrients, in addition to adequate mineral intake, but also to adhere to exercise, especially in combination with appropriate weight-bearing exercise, in order to better promote bone health.

Text/Heqing News Network reporter Wang Shan

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