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Before 6 months, the child can still rely on the iron brought from the fetal period to maintain growth and development, but after the child reaches 7 months, the iron brought from the mother's body is exhausted, so it is urgent to supplement iron from complementary foods.
"Chinese residents dietary nutrient reference intake" mentioned that 0 to 6 months of children need 0.3 mg of iron per day, and to 7 to 12 months of children, need 10 mg of iron per day, children's iron demand increased by 9.7 mg, a full increase of more than 30 times, and these increased iron must be ingested from complementary foods!
If the child does not take in iron from the complementary food in time, the child's severe iron deficiency will affect the delivery of oxygen in the body, and once the oxygen in the body is insufficient, the first thing that affects the child's brain is the child.
Therefore, if the child is deficient in iron, it is easy to cause the child's reaction to become slower, the memory is reduced, and the child's brain is unwilling to explore the world, which will affect the child's IQ!
Iron is too important for children's brain development, so after 6 months, the first bite of supplementary food is recommended to eat high-speed rice paste, or meat puree or liver mud.
After the child is 7 months old, it is recommended to give the child some fresh liver or fresh lean meat, and the lean meat will be relatively hard because there is connective tissue inside, and many children cannot bite open, eat and spit out.
Mothers will be more willing to give their children to eat some animal liver, and the iron content in the animal liver will be higher than that of lean meat, many mothers feel that giving children more liver can supplement iron, which can make children smarter!
The liver has a high iron content and a good absorption rate, which is beyond doubt, but the amount of food eaten should be controlled
100 grams of duck liver contains 23.1 mg of iron, while beef dried with only 10 mg of iron, pork has a lower iron content.
100 grams of pork liver contains 22.6 mg of iron, and 100 grams of chicken liver contains 12 mg of iron.
A child eating 40 grams of duck liver, 45 grams of pork liver, or 90 grams of chicken liver a day can meet the needs of 10 mg of iron per day.
And the iron in the liver, 40% is the iron of heme, and the iron absorption rate of heme will be higher.
The liver contains provocative factors that also promote the absorption of iron.
Indeed, the liver has a high iron content and a good absorption rate, which seems to be the best choice for iron supplementation, and giving children more liver iron supplementation helps children's brain development, and this sentence seems to have no problem.
But every food does not only contain a nutrient, the liver is not only rich in iron, but also has a higher content of vitamin A.
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that can easily cause a toxic reaction once it is overdose for a long time.
The liver has a high content of vitamin A and cannot be eaten in large quantities, otherwise it will cause poisoning
Each 100 grams of chicken liver contains 10,414 micrograms of vitamins, and children aged 7 to 12 months only need 350 micrograms of vitamin A per day, which is equivalent to about three grams of chicken liver to meet the needs of vitamin A.
There are also 1040 micrograms of vitamin A for every 100 grams of duck liver, and 30 grams of duck liver per day can meet the needs of vitamin A.
A chicken liver is about 100 grams, and a duck liver is 150 grams.
Give your child a chicken liver, it is easy to exceed the vitamin A standard!
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that is difficult to excrete once consumed in excess, which can cause poisoning.
Children with vitamin A poisoning will experience headaches, loss of appetite, blurred vision, drowsiness, and more.
Therefore, although the liver is a good iron supplement, the vitamin A content is also very high, and it can be given to children, but it cannot be eaten more!
It is recommended that when eating for children, eating duck liver will be better than chicken liver, after all, the vitamin A content of duck liver is 10 times less than that of chicken liver.
It is recommended that the child's liver should not exceed 30 grams per week, and if you eat it twice, you will eat about 15 grams each time, which can supplement iron well and vitamin A will not exceed the standard.
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