The Child Is Not Growing Taller And Has Poor Physical Fitness? Don’t Take Calcium Supplements Blindly! Collect This Children's Diet And Health Recipe
Yesterday, I went to pick up the third child from school. As soon as I entered the classroom, the class teacher pulled me aside with a smile. She pointed at the third child who had grown significantly taller in the team and told me: "This child is like a 'Galaxy Monkey' this year. He was still a small man last semester. Now I am almost catching up with the classmate in front of me. I see that he eats very well and runs very fast in physical education class. Do you have any unique method? "
Someone asked this, and of course I felt happy in my heart. However, who knows how many twists and turns our family has gone through to get to where we are now. A few years ago, the eldest son of my family was a typical "household with difficulty in eating". He was also shorter than other people of similar age. Every time he took a physical examination, he was always on the edge of the passing line. At that time, like all anxious parents, I fell into a huge misconception: If a child is short, it is caused by calcium deficiency! So, I went to buy all kinds of high-calcium milk and imported calcium tablets, and spent a lot of money. However, the child's size seemed to have been pressed on the pause button. What's worse is that due to improper nutrition, the child often developed food accumulation and fever, and his little face showed a sallow color.
A word from an old Chinese medicine practitioner can wake up the dreamer
Until one time I took my child back to my hometown. After seeing it, an old Chinese medicine doctor from my relatives said something that I will never forget until now: "If you only know how to apply fertilizer but don't know how to water, can the crops grow? The child's spleen and stomach are like that piece of land. If the land is hardened, will the crops grow?" No matter how good you apply the fertilizer, it won’t be able to absorb it. Too much fertilizer will burn the roots.” These words were like a basin of cold water, completely waking me up. It turns out that the key to your child's growth is not how much you "supplement", but how much his body can "take in". If the spleen and stomach, which are called "the foundation of acquired nature," are poorly transported, then all the delicacies eaten will become a burden.
The “golden formula” proven for five years
Since then, I have completely given up on those nutritional supplements in bottles and cans, and started to focus on dietary therapy. After countless attempts and improvements, I finally settled on a spleen-strengthening and growth-boosting soup that my four children have been drinking for five years. The key point of this soup is not how expensive the ingredients are, but the scientific combination and the subtleties of production.
Step one: Choose the right “main ingredients” to avoid the greasy trap
When parents make bone soup, many people like to use tube bones because they think they are rich in bone marrow and give people a strong appearance. However, in fact, this is a common misunderstanding. The fat content of pork ribs is too high, and the soup made from it is too greasy despite its fragrant aroma. For those children with weak spleen and stomach, drinking such an overly greasy soup can easily lead to slippery intestines. Not only cannot the nutrients be absorbed, but it will also increase the burden on the spleen and stomach. After repeated weighing and comparison attempts, I finally found that pork spine is the real "hidden champion". Backbone, the bones and flesh are closely connected, the bone marrow is very rich, the fat content is in a moderate state, the soup is milky white and rich, the calcium and collagen in the soup are easier to be absorbed by the body, and the taste is more refreshing.
Step 2: Ingredients "Monarch, Minister and Envoy", the essence is more expensive than the more expensive
At first, I was also greedy, thinking that it would be better to increase the number of high-quality things, such as angelica root, dangshen, astragalus root, etc., but the result was that the medicinal properties and flavors of the soup were obviously excessive, and the children were determined not to drink even a small sip. Then I realized that the most basic condition for a continuous supply of food for children is that it tastes wonderful. Nowadays, the preparation method I use has been simplified to the "five golden items", which not only strengthen the spleen and stomach, but also supplement calcium for the body, and the taste is particularly delicious:
A handful of soybeans is a treasure house of plant protein and calcium. Remember to soak it two hours in advance, and then cook it with the bones. This way, the protein can complement each other, thereby greatly improving the nutrient absorption rate.
There is such a yam, which is the so-called "key core" of the whole bowl of soup. This yam has a mild nature, which can tonify the spleen and stomach, thereby strengthening the spleen and stomach transport ability of children. Only when the function of the spleen and stomach, known as the "transit station", becomes stronger, can the various nutrients eaten be truly transformed into a driving force for bone growth.
A carrot, cut into cubes, is rich in vitamin A, which is important for bone development and vision protection, and adds a natural sweetness to the soup.
Remember to remove the core of the five red dates, because they can nourish qi and blood, which can make the child's face rosy and make the child's energy and energy sufficient.
Have a small handful of wolfberry. Sprinkle it in five minutes before turning off the heat. It can improve eyesight and protect your eyes, and it can also enhance the deliciousness of the soup.
Step 3: Master the "golden rule", details determine success or failure
There is a mistake that most parents will make, which is related to the timing of adding salt. Many people are accustomed to putting salt in from the beginning, thinking that this will make the food taste better. However, when making bone soup, this is an extremely serious taboo. From a scientific perspective, the sodium ions in the salt will "compete" with the calcium ions in the bones. Adding salt too early will make it difficult for calcium to dissolve into the soup. No matter how long you cook it, most of the calcium is actually still locked in the bones, and what the child drinks is mainly fat and salt.
My approach is to simmer the soup over low heat for about an hour and a half, during which the essence of all the ingredients is incorporated into the soup. Then, add some salt to taste for the last ten minutes before turning off the heat. In this way, the taste of the soup is moderately salty and fresh, and more importantly, the soluble calcium in the soup is retained to the greatest extent, so that the children can get the "real" taste with every sip.
Raising children is like waiting for a flower to bloom
There is such a soup that my family often makes. Making that soup two to three times a week has become an unbreakable habit for a long time. That soup is not some magical thing that makes people grow taller overnight, like a panacea. It certainly won't make children grow taller all at once. But after 5 years of insisting on making that soup and doing this, the effect is real and obvious. The children's meals tasted better, the number of times they got sick was significantly reduced, and they gradually caught up in size. Raising children is literally like planting trees. Genes set the maximum height that a tree can grow to, but the careful management of sunlight, water, and soil determines whether the tree can reach that maximum height healthily. Many times, it’s not that children don’t grow taller, the fundamental reason is that we use the wrong method.
If you are also worried about your child's lack of appetite and delayed body development, you might as well put aside your anxiety for the time being and start by regulating the transportation and transformation functions of your child's spleen. Go try this spleen-strengthening soup that has both mild properties and significant effects. If you continue to practice it, the most ideal proof will be presented over time. There is no quick way to a child's growth, but there must be a corresponding method, and the best methods are hidden in the careful preparation of every daily meal.
