Every time the child goes to the hospital for a physical examination for a full month, the doctor will recommend supplementing the child with vitamin D. Why do you need to add dimension D to your children? Let’s learn about it today.
Where does vitamin D come from
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin , which is closely related to people's health is vitamin D2 and vitamin D3. Vitamin D2 is mainly converted through ergosterol in plants and is activated by ultraviolet light. The vitamin D in the human body is mainly vitamin D3, which is converted from cholesterol through ultraviolet irradiation.
Why do all baby recommend that they supplement their vitamin D?
Baby need a lot of calcium during growth and development. Although there is a lot of calcium in breast milk or milk powder, very little can be absorbed by the baby. Vitamin D can help your baby absorb more calcium, so vitamin D should be supplemented.
In nature, there are only a few foods containing vitamin D
1. Fish rich in fat: salmon, tuna , eel , salmon, etc. are all good sources of vitamin D. For example, canned tuna and sardines also contain vitamin D, and they are usually cheaper than fresh fish, have a long shelf life, and are convenient and quick to eat.
2. Animal liver: chicken liver, duck liver, pig liver, beef liver, sheep liver, etc.
3. Mushrooms: White mushrooms also have the ability to synthesize vitamin D by themselves, because ultraviolet rays can promote the production of vitamin D. After a few hours of exposure to UV light, the mushrooms will have a 4-fold increase in vitamin D.
4. Whether it is whole fat or skim milk, it contains natural vitamin D, and the yolk in eggs is also rich in vitamin D.
In addition to supplementing vitamin D through these foods, most vitamin D is synthesized through the human skin through sunlight (it is useless to sunlight through glass).
Vitamin D can be synthesized by itself by sunbathing and obtained from food, but this is far from meeting the needs of the baby, so the doctor will recommend some vitamin D drops to supplement vitamin D (Hanvi Vitamin D drops) for babies between 2 weeks of birth to 2 years old.
Vitamin D has good effects on the human body
In addition to helping babies absorb more calcium, vitamin D has these effects.
1, prevent rickets
When the child develops abnormally, symptoms such as square skull, funnel chest may appear. After the child leaves, X and O-shaped legs may also appear, which will also affect intellectual development in severe cases. Some children have poor sleep at night before the age of half a year, which is actually related to vitamin D deficiency. Deficiency of vitamin D will lead to increased nerve excitability in children.
2. Improve immunity
In addition to being good for bones, supplementing vitamin D can also improve the body's immunity.
We found that some children often get sick and catch colds and have a throat inflammation at any time. Studies have confirmed that the D3 content in the blood of children who have repeated these symptoms is significantly lower than that of other children. Supplementing vitamin D to children can reduce the number of times children have respiratory infections of . Deficiency of vitamin D will lead to insufficient immune function in children and cannot play a normal role in immune defense. Therefore, when children experience repeated respiratory infections, doctors will also recommend timely supplementing vitamin D.
3. What is the effect of brain development?
. Will vitamin D deficiency cause schizophrenia ? Yes, Australian research shows that newborns who lack vitamins are more likely to suffer from schizophrenia than normal children when they grow up, so they directly recommend vitamin D supplementation from pregnancy.
There are also some studies saying that vitamin D can prevent tooth decay , reduce the risk of diabetes in children, etc. There are so many benefits of vitamin D, mothers should replenish their babies in time.
