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Eating right can make kids smarter!
Especially in the important stage of adding complementary foods, mothers keep in mind the 5 principles that can provide nutrition to the child's brain, better stimulate the brain, and make the child more intelligent.
First point: Eat meat early
The 2020 edition of the latest "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents" suggests that some minor changes have been made, before it was suggested that the first kind of supplementary food for children is rice noodles of high-speed rail, but now it is recommended that the first kind of supplementary food for children can also be meat puree liver mud, especially for breastfed children, it is more recommended to add some meat puree or liver mud when adding complementary food to children.
Although rice flour strengthens iron, but the content of iron inside is not particularly high, generally 100 grams of rice flour contains only 5 mg of iron, children eat 50 mg of rice flour every day, can only ingest 2.5 mg of iron, plus the iron absorption rate in rice flour is not very high, so there is no way to meet the child's daily iron needs.
If the child drinks milk powder, the milk powder is fortified with a part of the iron is fine, but if the child drinks breast milk, a certain iron content is very low, it is more recommended to consider the meat puree or liver mud in the first supplementary food, rather than giving the child only rice paste for a whole month or half a month.
When the child reaches more than 7 months, he can give the child some egg yolk or chopped chicken liver and duck liver, and you can give the child meat to eat earlier, so that the child's iron is more sufficient.
Iron helps your child's brain deliver oxygen, allowing your brain to respond faster and have a stronger memory.
Second point: Eat fish early
When the child adds complementary food, he can buy some fish puree for the child, and when the child is 8 months old, you can consider buying some cod or salmon for the child, which has fewer bones and more delicious meat for the child to make supplementary food.
Marine fish not only have high-quality protein, but also rich in DHA, which is very helpful for children's brain and vision development
You can also consider buying some cod and fish intestines for your child to make snacks. When buying, try to choose cod content greater than 70%, additives are relatively small.
Experts recommend that children supplement with 100 mg of DHA per day, which is great for brain and vision development, and children will react faster and have stronger memory.
Third point: Let your child chew food early
Six months ago to drink milk is mainly to drink, when eating rice paste, because it is also mud paste, children are mainly swallowing, it is recommended that children eat some granular soft rice in eight months, or meat and vegetables and fruit cubes, you can let the child exercise their chewing ability.
When the child chews, not only need to flexibly use the teeth, tongue and many muscles around the mouth, and these muscles are exercised more, when the child speaks, these muscles will be more flexible, and the child will pronounce more clearly when speaking.
Children speak clearly and are more willing to speak, and children can learn more things when they talk more, stimulate their brains more, and make their children smarter.
Fourth point: Let your child eat on his own early
Many children, after adding complementary foods, especially hope to be able to eat themselves, and grab their mother's bowl and spoon with their hands, that's because children think eating is an interesting thing!
Pediatricians in the UK and the US recommend that children try to eat on their own when adding complementary foods.
When the child eats by himself, it can not only make him interested in eating, but also allow the child to observe and experience the color of the complementary food, and the taste traits are better to stimulate the brain.
When the child grasps the food with his hand, in fact, the exercise is the grasping action of the hand, fine movement, and when the child sends the food to the mouth, the exercise is the child's hand-eye coordination ability, all of which can better stimulate the child's brain.
Point 5: Complementary foods are diversified
Although the child is mainly based on milk before the age of one, the child grows up slowly, and there are more and more types of complementary foods, plus when the child prepares complementary foods, it is necessary to have both nutritional digestion and collocation. When matching, not only based on nutrition, but also based on color, such as cooking carrots, cucumbers, lean corn for children Different colors can also stimulate children's appetite, but also stimulate children's vision, stimulate children's brain.
Different foods can provide different nutrients for children, and children's nutritional balance also helps brain development.
Children add complementary foods, parents keep in mind the above 5 principles can make children eat happily, eat healthy, eat smarter.
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