That children having anorexia is due to many
reasons, one of which is nutritional deficiency.
The fact that children lose appetite can
result from their teething, upper respiratory tract infections, osteoporosis,
anemia as well as zinc and vitamin deficiencies….
Children can have osteoporosis, nutrition
malnutrition, mental retardation, diarrhea or constipation, poor resistance
which makes them easily get sick… by the fact that they lose appetite. The
followings are some essential nutrients for the children.
B group vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B12)
All the vitamin including the B group are
B1, B2, B3, B12… will combine to each other to help the body be healthy,
increase resistance, develop mental system, maintain metabolism and help
children enjoy eating foods.
That’s because the B group vitamins can be
diluted in water; they won’t be built up in the body and able to be discharged
in case the body having too much of them. Therefore, you should provide your children
with a certain amount of B group vitamins to prevent them from lacking
vitamins.
The
B group vitamins are largely contained in daily foods.
The B group vitamins are often in bread,
potato, banana, lentils, peppers, tuna, beans, seeds, eggs, cereal and oatmeal,
chicken breast, tomato juice….
Fibers
When lacking fiber, children can have
constipation. And when the constipation lasts long, they are often grumpy as
the toxic product accumulations in the body affect mental system.
Fibers have the ability to stimulate
peristalsis, increasing the number of contractions supporting discharging
faeces. When children have regular and daily defecations, the body has more
chance to discharge toxic products and prevent the toxic from getting into
blood.
The
fibers are highly recommended for children.
Besides, fibers also create good conditions
for good bacteria in intestine develop, supporting children’s digestion and
absorption. For that reason, children will have better appetite.
So, the fibers are highly recommended for
children’s regimens in order that children will have healthy developments and
eating.
Zinc
Zinc plays an important role in the
synthesis and resolution of nucleic acid and protein which are essential to
life; therefore, the organs likes the digestive, central nervous system, skin
and mucosa… are very sensitive to zinc deficiency. Children who are lack of
zinc will lose appetite.
Egg
yolk also contains an essential amount of zinc for the body.
You should take notice of providing
children with zinc. Foods that are rich in zinc include liver, lean meat, egg
yolk and oyster…. Having those foods not only can stimulate the digestion and
absorption, but also improve children’s appetite.
Lysine
Lysine helps children enjoy foods, increase
the metabolism, maximize nutrition absorptions and height developments. It
helps increase calcium absorptions and prevent discharge the mineral, so it can
increase height, prevent rickets and osteoporosis.
There’s lots of lysine in eggs, meat, fish,
soy milk… but, it’s easily destroyed when being cooked, so you should learn
more about how to cook foods to have the least lysine loss.
To help children absorb enough the
micronutrient, you should balance their regimens and let them eat a variety of
foods like eggs, fish and milk.
Milk
is a source of lysine.
Potassium
The high temperature of summer makes
children sweat more than normal, which easily cause dehydration and the loss of
some certain nutrients for example, sodium, zinc and calcium, especially
calcium deficiency as it can make children considerable depressed, which leads
to the decrease in the fond of eating. You should let children eat more fresh
fruits and vegetables, especially potassium-rich ones like banana, oranges,
strawberries, apricot, peaches, plum, cabbage, celery, pea, mushroom and
vegetable….
