Food & Receipts

Don’t neglect nourishment if your child falls behind, you might be making a costly mistake that harms your child.

No one raises a child without wanting them to be healthy, but it's important to be mindful so as not to invest in the wrong way, wasting parents' money and not benefiting the child.

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2 January, 2024

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Parents often worry about nourishing their children and even hesitate to spend money on expensive things for them. However, this may be a mistake that causes parents to spend money while their children remain unhealthy.

If you feel that you have tried your best for your child, take a look at whether you are making the following mistakes:

Over-nourishing the child can hinder their growth

Many people feed their children nutritious foods such as stewed chicken, bone broth, and encourage them to eat lots of meat and shrimp. They even buy other nutritious items like bird’s nest and royal jelly for their children. However, just like adults, children need to eat a moderate amount to digest and absorb. Excess amounts can prevent digestion and harm the digestive system, leading to a decreased appetite, reluctance to eat, and incomplete digestion.

Children should be fed in moderation. For example, having two large prawns per meal along with other foods is sufficient, rather than giving the child a whole plate of prawns until they are full. Children should be given a variety of foods in one meal and eat a little of each type, which is better than eating a large amount of one type and being unable to digest it in the next meal. Using too many nutritious foods also burdens the child’s digestive system, making digestion less efficient. The more pressure is put on the child to eat, the worse their digestion becomes. If there is no change, the child becomes weaker, reluctant to eat, and has difficulty digesting, thus becoming malnourished.

The most common mistake is overusing bone broth

Many people believe that bone broth is rich in calcium and feed it to their children to help them grow taller. Therefore, sometimes they only use half a kilogram of bones when cooking for the whole family, and use only half a kilogram to cook for the child, thinking that it contains more calcium. In fact, bone broth contains a lot of fat, and the longer it is cooked, the more fat it contains, making it harder to digest. You only need to simmer it for an appropriate amount of time to add flavor to the child’s porridge or soup. Simmering the bones for too long results in the conversion of nitrate to nitrite, which is harmful to the body. The same applies to chicken stew and boiled pigeon soup, which should only be given to children in moderate amounts.

Prolonging meals to provide additional nutrition

Out of concern for their children, many parents extend their meals, sometimes even for an hour. At first glance, this seems beneficial as the child eats a few more bites, but it is actually not beneficial. Each meal should only last for about 30 minutes. After that, the food is not digested in time and spills into the break between meals. As a result, the child refuses to eat the next meal. Parents need to strictly forbid their children from watching TV or using electronic devices to distract them while eating, and only allow them to put a few more bites in their mouth. After that, if the child prolongs the meal for more than 30 minutes, they should immediately stop eating. Only by decisively putting an end to this behavior can the child focus on eating and succeed. Prolonging meals denies the child the opportunity to feel hungry, resulting in no meals being eagerly enjoyed.