Apart from dressing warmly to prevent
children from cold air, some fresh foods can keep your children warm and away
from flu and other diseases.
Fresh fruits
Eating
fresh fruits are very good in winter, it’s able to keep your body warm, such as
apple, Pomelo, orange.
Eating fresh fruits are very good in the
winter. It’s able to keep your body warm. Fruits such as apple, pomelo, and orange
contain antioxidants, fibrous matter and vitamin C… Eating one of them a day
can help prevent children from flu, and improve their resistance.
You’d better let your children eat fruits
rather than just juice because the solid part of the fruit has fibrous matter
that is good for children and improve their immune system in order to avoid
infections caused by cold air.
Moreover, fruits have a great amount of
vitamin C. For that reason, if you want your children to be healthy, you should
let them eat fresh fruits. Not only should you feed your children with apple,
pomelo, orange, but you also need to let them eat papaya, strawberries, water
melon and banana…
Greens
Green
vegetables have plenty of vitamin A.
Green vegetables have plenty of vitamin A
which is very good for children. They not only keep children’s body balance,
but also provide them a healthy state and the best immune system.
So, be sure that there are at least 3 green
vegetables and fruits that have color variety, in children’s diet to prevent
respiratory diseases.
High-protein foods
To avoid flu, cold in winter, foods that have
high-protein is the best. Amino acid in protein will create cells for the body.
These cells will help improve children’s immune system. Without protein, cells
can’t live and the immune system won’t work.
Eggs, fish and meat are the main sources of
protein. Hence, moms should organize sensible meals for babies, and should
choose poultry instead of meat
In addition, fibrous proteins have the
ability of improving immune system and have anti-virus compounds. Moms can also
let children drink soy milk every day. Nevertheless, the choice of milk and
milk instruction need noticing for children to have the most scientific way.
Benefits from fat
Not all fat is bad for your health. You
should create a habit for children to eat fatty foods like avocado, seeds, and
fatty acids that contain omeg-3 and fish that improve the resistance for their
body.
Seafood
Seafood
has lots of zinc and antioxidants.
Seafood doesn’t have much omega-3, but it
brings a variety of zinc, antioxidants that help stimulate immune activities.
Additionally, salmon is a kind of fish that
most provides omega-3 as well as fish oil. That fat had been proved to help the
immune system be better.
Spices: Leek, onion, ginger
Onion
brings diuretic, easy digestion, cough treatment, low sedation, and it is good
for body. A fresh ginger can defeat all kinds of flu.
Many women don’t put those kinds of spices
into their children’s meals just because they’re afraid the spices will smell
bad in foods. That thought must be changed. Adding more onion and garlic in your
dishes in the winter is able to prevent the body from sneezing and a runny
nose.
Specially, leek is a great source of
vitamin B, C and minerals like iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium and
potassium that have the ability to improve mental system and avoid having a
cold.
Onion brings diuretic, easy digestion,
cough treatment, low sedation, and it is good for body. A fresh ginger can
defeat all kinds of flu.
A natural compound, Gingerol, which can be
found in fresh ginger, is able to prevent flu.
You can add leeks, onion and ginger into children’s
daily regimen by chopping them into pieces, mixing with other vegetables for a
soup, potato soup, some stir-fry dishes with carrot, tofu, beef and pork.
