What to eat to prevent myopia

summary

At present, the prevalence of myopia in primary and secondary school students is very high. In addition to insufficient light, incorrect reading and writing posture and excessive use of eyes, the factors of improper diet can not be ignored. Chromium deficiency is closely related to myopia.

What to eat to prevent myopia

Many parents don't pay attention to the reasonable collocation of diet. Children often eat some refined food, so they lack trace element chromium. Chromium is combined with desmin in the body, which is necessary for the normal metabolism of globulin. In the process of carbohydrate and fat digestion and metabolism, chromium helps the pancreas to secrete insulin and plays an important physiological role. Teenagers are in a vigorous period of growth and development, and they need more chromium than adults. Chromium is mainly rich in coarse grains, such as corn, sorghum, brown sugar and beans.

Vegetables and fruits also contain a certain amount of chromium. The primary and secondary school students should eat coarse and fine grains, vegetables and fruits.

Calcium deficiency and vitamin B1 can aggravate myopia. Calcium is not only a component of bones and teeth, but also very important for eyes. Lack of calcium can reduce the elasticity of eyeball wall, fatigue eye muscle, and deepen myopia. Young people should often eat foods rich in calcium, such as shrimp, laver, kelp, agaric and so on. Vitamin B1 deficiency can also aggravate myopia. Young students prefer sweet food or drink sweet drinks. Excessive high sugar diet in the body metabolism process, to consume a lot of vitamin B1. Coarse grains are rich in vitamin B1, so teenagers should eat less refined sugar and appropriate amount of coarse grains. The production of acid metabolites in glucose metabolism requires neutralization of basic elements such as calcium and chromium in the body, resulting in the reduction of calcium and chromium and aggravation of myopia.

matters needing attention

To prevent myopia, it is necessary to start from the child's childhood, help him to establish a good dietary structure, and try to correct the bad habits of partial eclipse