Thursday, December 16, 2010

What if the child does not like fruit, vegetables and milk?


What if the child does not like fruit, vegetables and milk? Most of you might say to keep trying to introduce. But if only this technique is undertaken, the results are not always effective.
Not long ago, Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a group of independent scientists who advise the government on the American people an ideal consumption-identify that both children and adults need to get more calcium, vitamin D, potassium, and fiber. You can get these nutrients in milk, fruits, vegetables, and grains-foods that are usually shunned a series of children.
Here are solutions to help the little one voter food (picky eaters) to get food and nutrients they need, as quoted by Eating Well.

Do not like fruit

The solution, though the fruit in the milkshake. Most fruits give the amount of potassium and vitamin C are sufficient while the smoothie made from fruit is a fitting way to hide fruit in the presentation.
Most kids feel attracted to suck up drinks with a straw. Smoothie of the store is often loaded with lots of added sugar, making for a healthier menu, make yourself at home.

Children do not like to eat broccoli (and other vegetables)

The solution, flush with cheese sauce. Adding the cheese over the vegetables, like broccoli, cauliflower, or cabbage help "tame" a sense of what makes children lazy to eat. Indeed, cheese is generally contain more calories and saturated fat than low-fat dairy products, but also gives the cheese a little calcium.
The key is to add the cheese just enough to make vegetables taste good, does not eliminate the calories and fat vegetables.


Children do not like drinking milk



The solution, add the chocolate. In fact, chocolate milk more than the kids love vanilla milk. If you impose full cream milk until finally he drank milk, the child will lose important nutrients provided by milk.

With or without flavor, milk provides calcium (1 cup provides a third of daily requirement), vitamin D, riboflavin, niacin, phosphorus, and protein. Chocolate milk does contain added sugar, but seem to drink milk with the flavor does not mean you can not add sugar diet for children. For according to a study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, children who drink milk with a sense of having a higher calcium intake than children who do not drink milk without feeling, but the overall intake of added sugars they are the same.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Beware of malnutrition among children under five


Malnutrition among children under five is also less energy protein, characterized by the heavy weight is less than it should. (KMS weight on the line below the red or yellow ribbon bottom).

Causes of malnutrition:
• Lack of eating nutritious foods for a long time
• Suffering from illness, especially infectious diseases
• Experiencing digestive tract dysfunction.

As a result of malnutrition among children under five:
• Impaired growth and development
• Easy to disease
• The reduced intelligence and activity.

Terms of feeding:
1. Given in stages in accordance with the conditions of children under five
2. High calorie, gradually starting from 50 kcal / kg higher 150-300 kcal / kg per day
3. High protein, gradually ranging from 1 gram / kg up to 3-5 grams / kg daily
4. Lots of fluids, especially diarrhea, the amount of fluid 200 mi / kg daily
5. Form of food according to circumstances: liquid, creamed, soft, and regular.
Phase feeding feeding malnourished children under five there are three phases: adjustment, growth, continued.
1. Phase adjustment
• Awarded for 1-2 weeks or more depending on the ability of infants to receive and digest. Calories are given ranging from 50 kcal / kg.
• The main source of milk protein, is given in stages to dilute 1 / 3, 2 / 3, 3 / 3, each stage for 2-3 days.
• If weight loss is less than 7 kg, the food should be given a modified form of food (milk porridge). Gradually given soft food.
• If weight loss 7 kg or more, provided such food for children 1 year: with the form of food according to the conditions.
2. Stage of healing
When the appetite and improved tolerance to food, feeding gradually increased.

3. Advanced Stage
Can be given normal food. At this stage must be sufficient energy, protein and other nutrients that contain between 1100-1500 calories and 25-50 grams of protein per day.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Healthy food for pregnant women


There are so many types of food. But for pregnant women should avoid some foods that can cause infections such as: salmonella, toxoplasmosis, listeria, E. coli, which can harm the baby in your womb.

• Do not eat raw meat (sushi) cooked or undercooked, because it contains Toxoplasmosis a parasite that can cause serious infection in your baby as well as E. coli, which is dangerous for pregnant women and fetuses.

• Toxoplasmosis found in vegetables are not washed properly, therefore wash your vegetables well, especially for salads or vegetables are eaten raw. Avoid cat feces or playing with cats during pregnancy because they contain toxoplasmosis.

• Do not eat chicken and undercooked eggs are cooked or raw, avoid eating the liver of chicken / meat that may be the source of the salmonella, which can cause severe diarrhea in pregnant women. Also note the dishes, cooking tools are exposed to raw chicken meat is to be washed.

• Tuna steak, fish, sea bass, shark, or large-sized fish are known to contain high levels of mercury can cause neurological damage if eaten in large quantities. FDA recommendations tuna and large size is limited to 12 ounces per week

• Soft cheese such as brie and camembert, cheese blueveined also cheese from goat's milk and sheep, and do not drink milk that is not pasteurized. All these products have a risk of carrying listeria. Listeria type of bacteria that can penetrate the placenta and cause fetal infection, in adults there are no symptoms or flu-like. Listeria can cause miscarriage, premature birth, and toxicity in the blood. But avoid these foods until your baby.

• Do not drink containing alcohol can cause abnormalities in fetal development there is also an emotional problem in infants.

• Drinks that contain caffeine such as coffee, tea should be avoided or limited because of coffee can affect the baby's low weight, miscarriage and caffeine also reduces the absorption of iron.

Remember your baby's development in the womb depends on what you eat during pregnancy.
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