What to eat for infant anemia

summary

Anemia is a common clinical manifestation in children. It is also one of the main factors that affect the growth and development of children and induce infectious diseases. There are many causes of anemia in children, the most common is nutritional anemia. Nutritional anemia is caused by the lack of iron, vitamin B12, folic acid and other nutrients necessary for hematopoiesis. Nutritional anemia is very harmful, but it can be prevented completely. The key is to establish a scientific concept of feeding, reasonable with the baby's diet, add complementary food on time and so on.

What to eat for infant anemia

1. Let's take a look at the vegetables first: the iron content of leafy vegetables is relatively high, among which rape is the highest, reaching 5.9 mg / 100 g; shepherd's purse and amaranth are the second; it is generally believed that spinach, which contains more iron, has only 2.9 mg / 100 g, less than half of rape.

2. Let's look at meat food again: the iron content in animal liver and blood is the highest, which is 10-25 mg / 100g, about 10 times of that in livestock, poultry and fish (1-3 mg / 100g); the iron content in eggs is mainly concentrated in the yolk, which is similar to that in livestock and poultry.

3. The iron content of milk that baby wants to eat every day is relatively low, only about 1 / 10 of that of livestock and poultry meat.

matters needing attention

Rule 1: pay attention to the food with high iron content. Rule 2: the effect of iron supplement depends on the absorption