Diet is a very important part of your child's growth and the foundation of all life activities. To make children eat well and grow strong, we must first understand the children's physical characteristics. Chinese medicine believes that the child is the body of "infant yin and yin yang", that is, the child's body blood and body fluid is not yet substantial, the function of internal organs is not yet sound or not yet strong. In view of the above physiological characteristics, the child's care is focused on regulating the spleen and stomach. The essence of conditioning the spleen and stomach is not to eat a panacea, but is entirely due to the daily diet.
Eight rules of healthy eating
One, food expensive
According to the ancients, "If you are a child, you must suffer from hunger and cold." In the child's diet, it is necessary to provide adequate nutrition to meet the needs of the body's growth and development, but also moderate and appropriate. Excessive food intake may not only lead to over-nutrition, but also may injure the spleen and stomach and cause disturbances in digestion and absorption.
Second, food should be light, can not be partial eclipse
Eat light and easily digested foods. If the gastrointestinal tract accumulates a large amount of food that cannot be digested in time, the stagnant pathological stagnation will easily occur, and then it will change into phlegm, accumulate heat for a long time, and the presence of phlegm heat in the body will become a pathogenic factor.
Third, food should be warm
The function of the child's spleen and stomach is still developing. The stomach is warm and chilly. To protect the spleen and stomach, we must keep warm on the food, eat less sweet and cold food and cool meals.
Fourth, food should be gentle, not speed
There is a close relationship between eating speed and digestion and absorption. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a good habit of eating slowly so that the food stays in the mouth for a long time. The food can be cut to pieces and the saliva plays a role. Also more full. If a child devours when eating, it can cause gastrointestinal disorders, indigestion, and even develop into chronic nutritional disorders.
Five, avoid food before eating, avoid static after eating
In general, when people exercise, the blood is mostly concentrated in the limbs, muscles and other organs in addition to the stomach, so it is best not to do intense activity before meals, so as not to affect the digestion of gastrointestinal parts due to lack of blood. However, after a meal, if you sit still, the gastrointestinal tract will be forced to slow down the activity and cause the food to stagnate in the gastrointestinal tract. A proper walk after meals can help the gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, so there is "a hundred steps after a meal, live to ninety-nine."
Sixth, the stomach is good
Emotions can affect dietary digestion. When angry, anxious, sad, scared or frightened, some people will experience nausea, vomiting, and not eating. This is how emotion affects the digestive function. When the mood is particularly good before eating, it will be very fragrant and it will be easy to digest after eating.
Seven, food expensive sometimes
The main point is to insist on good meals, regular rations. In this way, the child will feel hunger for a certain period of time, and a large amount of digestive juice will be produced in the stomach and intestines, so that the foods eaten can be smoothly digested and absorbed.
Eight, prudent use of drugs
Improper use of medicine will hurt the child's vitality. When a child is sick, he or she should be given medication under the guidance of a doctor. Natural medicines can be used without chemical medicine. If a certain physical therapy can be used to achieve therapeutic purposes, there is no need for medical treatment; Kind of medicine.
Three things parents need to master
First, a reasonable diet
The mix of meals mainly refers to the mix of food performance. For example, adding millet to boil rice or rice porridge in rice or drinking a bowl of corn porridge when eating steamed buns can not only reconcile people's tastes, but more importantly, it can greatly improve the nutritional value of staple foods.
Second, a reasonable diet system
Normal breakfast must be the best of three meals, and there should be enough high protein supply. It is better to eat less at dinner. This dietary distribution is in line with the physiological activities of the day, as well as the need for energy consumption and supplementation.
Do not eat certain foods because children love them, let them eat without restraint, and finally cause fullness and damage the stomach, and even vomiting, flatulence, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other indigestion symptoms.
"The fish is a fire, the meat is raw, the vegetables are safe and the vegetables are safe." The ancients have long summarized this experience; although fish and meat can provide high-quality protein, they can't eat too much, especially fried seafood. Fast food, but not regular consumption.
Third, a reasonable cooking method
Cooking is an important part of food processing. "cooking" refers to the rational use of cooking conditions; "tune" refers to the deployment of good taste suitable for the needs of consumers. Cooking is to protect and develop the nutrients in food. Therefore, attention should be paid to the protection of nutrients when cooking.
Common methods for heating foods are cooking, steaming, frying, frying, sizzling, and brewing. Frying and smoked cooking methods should be used as little as possible. The use of excellent cooking methods not only ensures the color and aroma of meals, but also protects the nutrition so that children can develop normally after eating.