1. It is an important source of vitamins.
Only vegetables and fruits contain VC and VA protocarotene, and also contain VB 1, B2, nicotinic acid and VP. VC can prevent scurvy, VA can keep eyesight and prevent dry eye and night blindness.
2. It is an important source of minerals.
Vegetables contain minerals such as calcium, iron and copper, among which calcium is the main substance for the development of baby bones and teeth, and can also prevent rickets; Iron and copper can promote the synthesis of hemoglobin, stimulate the development of red blood cells, prevent baby from loss of appetite and anemia, and promote growth and development; Minerals can turn vegetables into alkaline foods, neutralize acidic foods such as grains and meat, and adjust the acid-base balance of body fluids.
3. It is an important source of cellulose.
Vegetables are rich in cellulose, which can stimulate gastric juice secretion and intestinal peristalsis, increase the contact area between food and digestive juice, help the human body digest and absorb food, promote the discharge of metabolic waste and prevent constipation.
4. It is an important source of volatile aromatic oil.
Some vegetables contain volatile aromatic oil and have a special taste, such as ginger, onion and garlic. This unique fragrance can stimulate appetite and prevent and treat some diseases.
Eating more vegetables can also help the body supplement calcium.
The content of phosphorus in milk is too high, and the ratio of calcium to phosphorus is not suitable. Improper ratio of calcium to phosphorus will affect the absorption of calcium in the body. Although the calcium in vegetables is not as high as that in milk, and it is easily influenced by phytic acid or oxalic acid, which reduces the absorption rate in the intestine, some vegetables have even higher calcium absorption rate than milk, such as mustard greens and soybean sprouts. So some babies who are not used to drinking milk can also get some calcium from vegetables.
6. Eating more vegetables is good for dental health.
Baby's chewing action is beneficial to teeth health. Vegetables are the first food that can be chewed by teeth, especially carrots, celery, cabbage, spinach and cucumbers. Eating vegetables regularly can increase molybdenum in teeth and enhance the hardness and firmness of teeth. Therefore, children who are anorexic to vegetables and meat have lower tooth bone density than children who eat vegetables and meat normally. Eating vegetables regularly can also prevent dental caries. Vegetables contain 90% water and rich cellulose, which can dilute sugar, improve oral environment and inhibit bacterial growth when chewed. In addition, cellulose has the function of cleaning teeth.
7. It can improve the absorption rate of protein.
Children who eat too little vegetables will not only consume less vitamins and trace elements, but also suffer from malnutrition, and their immunity and health level will decline rapidly, which will also affect the absorption of protein. If vegetables are added to meat, the absorption of protein will be as high as 87%, which is 20% higher than that of eating meat alone.