Diet for children in summer needs to be pain
attention especially because this is the season when children’s body will need
a lot of minerals and vitamins to convert calories more easily.
Summer is the time that makes children feel
tired and catch diseases, especially children that are under 3 years old. This
thing makes many parents worry. A suitable diet will help children healthy band
grow well.
Group of necessary foods for children
According to nutritious experts, children
need to add to 50 from different nutrients. Therefore, mothers should provide
enough nutrients to help children health and grow well. Groups of food that you
should add for children include: starch, protein, Fe, fiber. Mothers should pay
attention to foods that are rich in these nutrients to choose for children.
Diet
In summer, the weather is hot and muggy, so
nutrition for children needs to be cool to be antifebrile for body. You should
let children eat the group of food that have antifebrile feature more than
normal (such as amaranth, water morning glory, pumpkin…). You should divide
children’s meals into small meals and you need to provide soup. You should let
children eat more snacks that care nutritious and cool such as: sweet soup of
lotus seed, yoghurt, milk, flan cake…
Moreover, you should also let children eat
1-2cups of yoghurt/day to help them digest well and drink more 400-500ml of
milk/day. Children can drink fresh milk, full cream powder milk.
How to process
To help babies eat deliciously, the way to
process is important. Mothers should process kinds of soup that are nutritious
and easy to eat such as soup of crab, spinach, melon, pot-herbs, or sour soup
that is cooked with chopped meat, dracontomelum or tamarind, limit fried dishes
that are difficult to eat in summer. This thing will help bring cool feeling.
In addition, it also provides a lot of vitamins for body, provides fiber and it
is also very good for children’s digestive system.
Besides, mothers should pay attention to
choose colors and lively taste of foods to attract baby’s taste.
Pay attention to providing water
The hot and muggy weather in summer can
make children sweat, so it will lead to lacking water. Therefore, mothers
should let children drink water regularly (even children don’t require), the
suitable amount of water is 100ml/kg/day. Mothers should let children used
drinks that have nutritious value: fresh milk, soya milk, drinking yoghurt,
fruit juices.
Mothers
should let children drink water regularly.
To older children, mothers should process
dishes that have a lot of water such as soup, soft noodle, noodle, noodle soup
and provide children with more snacks when children eat less rice. In addition,
mothers should also prepare fruit juices, yoghurt, and fresh milk so that
children can eat anytime they want.
Add the sources that provide vitamins
In summer, children’s body can lack
vitamins. With the loss of calories and electrolytes through sweat and
excreting, minerals and vitamins are also lost. Especially, vitamins such as
B1, B2, B6, C and PP are quickly lost. Children will easily have flu, feel
tired and decline immune system when they are absorbed in playing and forget
snacks or to drink water.
Fruit is one the sources that provide a lot
of vitamins and nutrients for children and they also help intensify immune
system and prevent diseases in summer. Kinds of fruit such as watermelon,
strawberry, avocado, papaw, or pineapple that is very popular in summer. In
addition, they are also very good for children’s health. Mothers can add to
daily diet for children.
Mothers
should let children eat a lot of fruits because they are very good for
children’s health.
Forbidden things when children eat and drink in summer
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You shouldn’t let children eat too salty dishes
because kidneys will be affected and children will feel thirsty.
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You shouldn’t let children eat dishes that are
peppery, hot and have a lot of spices such as pepper, chili and ginger… that
aren’t good for children’s digestive system.
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You shouldn’t let children use foods and drinks
such as tea, coffee.
·
You shouldn’t store children’s food in a long
time because foods easily contaminate bacteria in summer. They will get stale
and they become dangerous for children’s health.
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You shouldn’t let children eat a lot of
ice-cream because children’s mucous membrane in their mouth is easily harmed,
and as a result, it will lead to diseases about respiratory system.
You
shouldn’t let children eat a lot of ice-cream.
