In many diseases, proper nutrition has a huge impact on the recovery process of the body. If you know what and how to eat yourself, and even more so if you give it to sick children, then you can, if not completely dispense with drug treatment, then reduce the use of potions and pills to a minimum. It is clear that we are not able to provide you with a universal menu, but we are always happy to offer a few general recommendations on how to make a diet for a child during an illness.
Winter is a period of frequent colds, so you need to be prepared for them in advance. A baby with a cold, especially if he has a fever, must certainly reduce the amount of protein food in the daily menu, and it will not hurt to cut portions so as not to burden the already weakened body. It is not necessary to sharply change the diet during the illness of the child, because the stress generated by this can only complicate the course of the disease.
In addition to the common cold, children are very susceptible to a variety of allergies. It is clear that if the allergy is food, then the allergen will certainly be excluded from the diet, but besides that, think about reducing the amount of sweets. During the period of exacerbation of allergies, which often occurs in the spring, try to feed your child mostly healthy food, with a minimum of preservatives, dyes and flavors.
At the first signs of obesity in a child, which manifest themselves in the form of too sharp weight gain and excess weight for age by more than 35%, give up fatty and high-calorie foods to the maximum. In addition, the sports load of the child should be doubled, or even tripled. So that the child does not feel flawed, try the whole family to sit on a vegetarian diet for a while, eating meat food no more than once a week.
Diet for constipation involves the use of products that thin the stool. These are beets, seaweed and legumes. Liquids also need to be drunk at least 1.5 liters per day, it doesn’t matter if it’s tea, juice or plain water, but not necessarily carbonated.
With frequent diarrhea, on the contrary, products that strengthen the stool are suitable, of which it is worth noting cereals from buckwheat, low-fat fish and meat, kissels, low-fat cottage cheese and crackers. The latter will appeal to children, especially with a little salt or sugar, just make them yourself, do not buy a factory-made product with flavors.
In general, as usual, children do not particularly like such a diet, and they simply refuse to eat. You can restore your baby's appetite by inviting him to decide for himself what he would like to eat for lunch tomorrow. This playful form of diet formation returns the child's desire to eat and instills the habit of eating properly and without harm to health, for which they will thank their parents in the future.
What to make a diet for a child with a disease
A diet for diseases allows you to speed up recovery, but can only be used after consultation with your doctor. The love of parents for their children is boundless, and it is not so difficult to go too far with care and guardianship, which does not always benefit the child.
And yet, diseases should not be treated, but prevented. So, in order to avoid the appearance of diabetes, instill in children a love of sports from childhood and do not indulge them in sweets, and the risk of colds will help regular consumption of onions and garlic, as well as lemons and oranges.
Grandmothers should also be warned not to spoil their grandchildren, because they like to feed their beloved kids with dumplings and pancakes so that their bellies burst, and regular consumption of excessively high-calorie foods increases the risk of developing a variety of rather serious chronic diseases.
Alexandra, especially for BiWomen.ru.
