Too many children do not eat coarse grains

Once, to eat coarse grains is a matter of last resort; Today, eating coarse grains had become a "fashion", "health" of the pronoun. However, this should be the style of pop, "scraper" to whom the head, or a bit of stress. Beijing Institute of Children's Hospital child nutrition director of the Center for Qi can be the people that have the attention of children to eat coarse grains, not before.

Generally speaking, the so-called coarse grains, as opposed to in terms of rice flour. For example, corn, buckwheat, oats, sorghum, potato and so on, flour and rice did not taste the talk. From the nutrient composition, the relatively low protein content of coarse grains, starch, cellulose, minerals, and vitamins B-rich. If the day-to-day meal with some coarse grains, flour and rice can make up for less in the cellulose content, as well as flour and rice during the processing of minerals and vitamins lost enough nutrition to achieve complementarity. This obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as the prevention of great benefit. Therefore, eat more roughage for the need to control the nutritional intake of the "three high" crowd is concerned, is indeed a good thing; but for growth and development period is for the children, it is necessary is another matter.

There is a long short, coarse grains are also derived from the inferior position of the rough it is not easy to digest, taste bad. The same quality of flour and rice and coarse grains than is the overall nutritional value of flour and rice to be higher. In addition, too much to eat coarse grains will reduce the intake of protein, of which a large number of cellulose will also affect the absorption of minerals and trace elements. These children are not appropriate.

Of course, this does not mean that children would not eat coarse grains, Qi said to the people, the key is not to eat more, or may lead to malnutrition, caused some problems. Well, this ratio is how much? At present, there is no authoritative data. However, according to a number of clinical observations, the total daily intake of the coarse aggregate should not exceed the date of the staple food of the 1 / 4, it should be it.

In addition, the need to be reminded that there are many children constipation, obesity, in which case, also need to eat more roughage appropriate in order to facilitate defecation, and weight control.