During the growth process of infants and young children, the role of vitamins can be said to be crucial. Many parents may think that simply supplementing vitamins through diet is not effective for infants and young children. They hope to better supplement vitamins for their children. Many parents are asking: How to supplement compound vitamins for infants and young children? Let's learn about it together.
How to supplement compound vitamins for infants and young children?
Long term excessive intake of vitamins can reduce the body's absorption rate of vitamins in food. Once stopped, it can lead to symptoms of vitamin deficiency. Therefore, long-term excessive intake of vitamins is not a scientific approach. The dosage taken by a normal person should include the vitamins in the food and reach the amount specified in China's dietary standards.
The best way to supplement vitamins is to eat more fresh vegetables and fruits every day, because vegetables and fruits not only contain rich vitamins, but also abundant trace elements, which are essential for the human body. And small pills cannot replace vegetables and fruits.
What vitamins are easily lacking in infants and young children?
1. Vitamin A
Vitamin A is known as the beautiful vitamin for bright eyes and white teeth. This is because its main function is to maintain the healthy growth of skin, hair, bones, and mucous membranes, enhance vision and reproductive function. Vitamin A only exists in animal based foods, and there is no vitamin A in plant-based foods. Only the precursor substance of vitamin A, carotenoids, can be converted into vitamin A in the human body.
2. Vitamin D
Vitamin D deficiency usually occurs in infants, pregnant women, and lactating women between 2 months and 1 year old after birth. Once children lack vitamin D, they are prone to rickets. The simplest way to supplement vitamin D is to bask in the sun. Because there is a substance in human skin called 7-dehydrocholesterol, which can be converted into vitamin D under ultraviolet radiation and utilized by the human body.
3. Vitamin B1
Vitamin B1 has the highest content in grain products containing germ and bran. Nowadays, noodles have been refined and processed, resulting in the loss of most vitamin B1 during processing, which is a great pity.
Now we know how to supplement compound vitamins for infants and young children. In fact, for infants and young children, the best way to supplement vitamins is through food. Making appropriate adjustments to the diet to help children supplement sufficient vitamins is the best. Of course, if a child lacks vitamins seriously, they can also take appropriate medication under the guidance of a doctor.
