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 What do we mean by the concept of "rational nutrition"? This is a physiologically complete nutrition for a child - varied and balanced, containing all the necessary components for the full development of a child's body. Rational nutrition is an integral part of a healthy lifestyle and one of the factors in increasing the body's resistance to most infectious and non-infectious diseases in children.
The relationship between diet and the state of the immune system
Improper child nutrition is the cause of a variety of digestive disorders. Recently, the number of children suffering from gastrointestinal diseases, including dysfunctional ones, has significantly increased. As a rule, it is these children who are also referred to the group of often suffering from acute respiratory diseases.
Due to the pathology of the gastrointestinal tract, which leads to various types of digestive disorders, the child develops dysbiosis (or dysbiosis) intestines. It is in the intestines that there are many lymphatic follicles, 60% of which form the immune system. Due to digestive disorders, toxins accumulate in the body, which deplete the immune system. In addition, due to intestinal dysbiosis, the friendly microflora is suppressed, and the pathogenic and conditionally pathogenic microflora grows, which increases the load on the body's immune system and reduces its protective functions. So, we see a fairly clear connection between indigestion and a decrease in the body's resistance to infectious diseases.
In addition, children who are often ill suffer from various types of allergies, in particular food allergies. The body's predisposition to allergic reactions indicates a malfunction of the immune system. Poor nutrition only increases the likelihood of allergies and causes an imbalance in the immune system. As a result, the child gets sick more often.
What should you pay attention to when forming the diet of children who are often sick? First, the quality of the products. It is the use of quality food products rich in trace elements and vitamins that will protect the child's body from frequent cases of the disease. Secondly, on the way of storing food and their compliance with shelf life.
Now the number of children with latent (latent) iron deficiency has increased, one of the manifestations of which may be precisely the increased soreness of the child. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that the diet of children who are often sick, include foods high in iron.
When concluding a menu for children who are often sick, you should pay attention to the method of cooking products. Dishes should be as simple as possible: frying should be avoided.
In addition to the quality of the products, attention should be paid to sufficient energy value. The daily calorie intake should correspond to the age-related needs of the child and be formed by products that are as easy to digest as possible: dairy and dairy products, various types of cereals (firstly oat, buckwheat, millet), low-fat fish and poultry, eggs, vegetables and fruits.
Pay attention to parents! During an infectious disease, the child's liver is actively involved in the synthesis of antibodies, and should not be "distracted" from this important matter. If, having come from preschool, a sick child refuses to eat dinner, you should not force him. On the first day of ARVI illness, you can offer the child only warm drinks - water or tea. Biscuits, sweets and other easily digestible carbohydrates during this period are not advisable to use.
Immunity is positively influenced by:
* high quality and healthy products;
* compliance with the diet;
* correspondence of daily calorie intake to the age needs of the child;
* the required amount of proteins;
* simple non-fried dishes, minimum heat treatment;
* eating during illness at the request of the child
Foods and dishes that are harmful to the health of children who are often sick
Let's single out dishes and products that should be excluded from the diet of children who often get sick:
* potato chips and French fries"containing a harmful mixture of flavored carbohydrates and fats;
* sweet chocolate bars with lots of sugar and various artificial additives;
* sweet carbonated and flavored drinks, some canned nectars, juice drinks;
* meat and vegetable products canned with vinegar and other preservatives;
* mushrooms - due to the fact that the body of a child under 7 years old does not produce enzymes that can adequately digest the proteins that make up the mushrooms.
When compiling a diet, monotony should be avoided. Particular attention should be paid to diet.
Ivanchenko A.
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