Nowadays, the weather is cold in winter, and it is the season of high influenza incidence. Just in time for full opening up, epidemics have recurred.
Those with elderly people and children at home should pay special attention to improving their immunity to prevent both adults and children from getting sick.
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"Active immunity" is the protective umbrella of children
We all know that with the normalization of epidemic prevention, everyone is paying more and more attention to the immune system. Especially for families with children, parents will try their best to ensure that their children have a good body.
This is a very encouraging practice, but some parents have fallen into a misunderstanding:
think that giving their children a lot of food or nutritional supplements, and going to the drugstore to buy various calcium, zinc, and vitamin supplements and giving them to their children will solve the problem once and for all.
In fact, this is only a temporary solution, not the root cause, and eating too much is not good for the child's body, but will easily increase the burden on the kidneys.
In addition, excessive food and nutritional supplements may cause endocrine system disorders in children, eventually inducing precocious puberty and affecting children's physical and mental health.
Therefore, experts do not encourage parents to do this. A more scientific approach should be: Let children achieve "active immunity."
From a scientific point of view, the human body's immune system is like a natural barrier. It helps us fight bacteria and pathogens , ensuring that the body is not invaded by them and can operate normally.
In order for the immune system to function properly, exercise and diet are two essential steps.
Everyone should know a lot about the former, so I won’t go into details here. Today I will focus on how to enhance children’s immunity through diet.
After winter, parents often let their children eat "three yellows"
According to traditional Chinese medicine, the five elements correspond to the five internal organs of the human body. Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth correspond to the heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and kidneys.
Among them, yellow is earth, which corresponds to the human spleen and stomach. Therefore, it is generally believed that eating more yellow foods can actually help protect children’s spleen and stomach.
The spleen and stomach are the acquired foundation of the human body. Only by raising them well can people's immunity improve. If the spleen and stomach are weak, no matter how much you eat, it will be difficult for the body to digest it, nutrients cannot be transported to other parts of the body, and your immunity will naturally decline.
In addition, yellow foods generally contain high-quality protein , which is also one of the important nutritional elements for maintaining the normal operation of the human immune system.
Therefore, after winter, it is recommended that children eat more yellow foods, especially the following three types -
, pumpkin
It is recorded in the book " Southern Yunnan Materia Medica ": "Pumpkin is warm in nature, sweet and non-toxic, and can enter the spleen and stomach meridians..." It can play a role of "moisturizing things quietly", helping to protect children's gastrointestinal mucosa, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach.
What's more important is that pumpkin is rich in nutrients such as vitamin A, vitamin D and vitamin E, which can improve the baby's immunity and enhance his physical fitness.
The rich carotene can not only maintain the normal secretion of the child's pituitary gland, allowing the child's body to develop healthily, but can also be converted into vitamin A that is beneficial to the baby's body development through the action of the human body. It is beneficial to maintaining the body's immune system activity, normal bone development, vision development, and the growth and differentiation of epithelial tissue.
And compared with other foods, it is rich in dietary fiber and pectin, which helps to protect children's delicate gastrointestinal tract and enable it to be quickly digested and absorbed by the body.
, carrot
Carrot is also called "popular ginseng", which shows its rich nutrition.
Like pumpkin, it is also rich in carotene, which can be converted into vitamin A that is beneficial to the human body. If children eat more in winter, it can increase the B cells of the immune system to produce antibodies, and enhance the resistance of the respiratory tract and digestive tract mucous membranes, comprehensively improving children's immune defense capabilities.
Secondly, the plant fiber in carrots can promote gastrointestinal motility, laxative and moisturizing the intestines, and keep children away from constipation.
Finally, it is rich in trace elements , such as various sugars, anthocyanins , lignin , quercetin and kaempferol, potassium succinate and other ingredients, which all help to promote the metabolism of children's bodies and allow them to develop better.
, Xiaomi
It is known as the "first of five grains" and is rich in vitamins B1 and B2, protein and carbohydrate . These are nutrients that the body of developing children needs. While strengthening the spleen and stomach, it also ensures that the child's intestines and stomach can digest and absorb quickly.
Cooking porridge with millet in winter can not only warm the stomach, but also promote appetite and improve sleep quality. Because the content of tryptophan and starch is very considerable, it can stimulate the normal secretion of insulin in the child's body and speed up the child's body metabolism.
More importantly, this food is rich in potassium, with approximately 284 mg of potassium per 100 grams. Ingestion by young babies can help maintain the body's vitality, replenish energy, and strengthen the body.
[Final summary]
Of course, in addition to a balanced diet, parents should pay more attention to daily protection. After all, judging from the current situation, the speed of this wave of infection is still very fast.
It is recommended that children go out as little as possible, do disinfection work before and after going out, and maintain indoor windows for ventilation at least twice a day, and open the windows for no less than half an hour each time.
