As we all know, adequate calcium absorption is the premise of good bone development. 20 1 1, Yili Maternal and Child Nutrition Research Center, the new generation market research institution and Sina. Com, jointly released the "China Infant Constitution Report". According to the report, 82% of mothers choose to supplement calcium when they choose to supplement nutrition for their babies, but at the same time, most mothers are not sure how to supplement calcium effectively. In order to help parents solve this doubt, Yili Maternal and Child Nutrition Research Center invited pediatric experts as guest media to teach parents how to scientifically supplement calcium for their babies.
The intake of calcium is not as high as possible.
The body's demand for calcium varies with age, sex and physiological condition. Professor Zhang Feng, an expert from the Children's Insurance Center of Beijing Pediatric Hospital, said that if the child is exclusively breastfed at birth, the child does not need calcium supplementation within 4 months, which can be met by the way of mother's calcium supplementation. If the baby is purely artificially fed, it should be calculated according to the daily milk quantity. This formula contains a certain proportion of calcium. If the daily intake of calcium reaches 300 mg, there is no need to supplement calcium. If you can't meet the standard, you need extra calcium. Baby's daily calcium requirement is: 1 ~ 6 months, about 300 mg. 7 ~ 12 months, about 400 ~ 500mg, 1 ~ 3 years old, about 500 ~ 700mg.
Experts emphasize that babies can't make calcium supplements at will. The safest way is to go to the hospital for relevant examinations and make calcium supplements according to the doctor's advice. Never think that your baby may be short of calcium. Go to the drugstore to buy calcium tablets for your baby. Excessive calcium intake may cause anorexia, constipation, blood calcium and many other serious consequences.
What trace elements will affect the absorption of calcium?
Studies have shown that some trace elements can promote the absorption of calcium, such as vitamin D, while others can prevent the absorption of calcium, such as phosphorus and magnesium. Therefore, the baby's calcium supplement must be supplemented with vitamin D at the same time. The amount of vitamin D that the child needs every day is 400 international units. Vitamin d can be synthesized by the human body itself. Parents are advised to take their children to bask in the sun properly, or choose formula milk powder rich in vitamin D for their babies to make appropriate supplements.
If the intake of phosphorus is too much, it will form water-insoluble calcium phosphate and be excreted, so the intake of calcium and phosphorus must meet a certain proportion. The ratio of calcium to phosphorus in breast milk is the most suitable (2: 1), and calcium is easily absorbed. If it is formula milk powder, it is best to choose this calcium-phosphorus ratio product.