Traditional Chinese medicine believes that children who are out of breastfeeding are prone to various problems, mainly because picky eaters lead to viscera deficiency and qi and blood loss. Therefore, children's diet should follow the principle of "food is not refined, food is not miscellaneous", which is also one of the important theories of TCM diet health preservation. Children should eat more than 10 kinds of food every day, which can be gradually increased to 30 kinds in the future. These foods mainly include the following categories:

1, children should always eat whole grains.

According to China's traditional eating habits, children's staple food should be millet, oats, buckwheat, corn and other cereals for two reasons: First, cereals are rich in nutrition, which are all needed for children's growth. For example, corn contains glutathione. Vitamin e and so on. It can "regulate appetite, benefit the lungs and soothe the nerves", and children often eat it to improve their eyesight and strengthen their brains. Second, miscellaneous grains are rich in dietary fiber. Because they are not as convenient to chew as fruits, children have to chew them many times before swallowing them, which is in line with the theory of "eating without chewing, coarse and fine" emphasized by Chinese medicine. In addition, repeated chewing can also exercise children's oral muscles and gums, which is conducive to future development.

Children should eat vegetables often.

In western countries, vegetables are often eaten raw. Many parents also believe that eating raw vegetables can preserve the nutrition in vegetables. To some extent, eating fresh vegetables can really play a role in health care, but this does not apply to children. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that children's spleen and stomach are acquired, and eating cold things is easy to cause blood coagulation, and Shui Gu is not solid. Coupled with the child's weak constitution, children should stay away from cold food.