"Falling backwards" mistake makes children short

Mothers today always try to do everything to improve the height of the next generation.

Women do not hesitate to spend money on foreign milk, calcium supplements, vitamin D, and feed their children lots of shrimp, crab, and seafood... just so that their children will have the ideal height later on. However, sometimes, just because of "small" mistakes, mothers unintentionally cause all their efforts to improve their children's height to "go down the drain".

Feeding children too much beef

Mothers know that beef contains a lot of iron, a lot of protein and is very good for children's development. However, the truth is, people who often eat beef are people who are seriously deficient in calcium. Because beef itself contains very little calcium. At the same time, beef is also rich in acidic elements, mainly phosphorus, sulfur and chlorine - the reason why blood is acidic. When there is acid in the blood, the body must use calcium in food and calcium in bones to neutralize, thereby increasing calcium evaporation and reducing calcium absorption in the body. Therefore, if your baby is deficient in calcium, you should feed him/her just enough beef, supplemented with other seafood and white meat.

Just simmer bones to cook porridge for children

The mistake is “so painful to say over and over again” but many women still make it. The calcium in bone soup is absolutely not easily dissolved. After simmering a pot of bones in a pressure cooker for about 2 hours, the fat in the bone marrow gradually floats up, but the calcium in the bone broth is still very little. Therefore, the idea that eating a lot of bone soup will give you enough calcium is not correct.

If you want to use bone soup to supplement calcium, there is only one way: Add a moderate amount of vinegar, slowly simmer for about 1-2 hours. Vinegar can help dissolve calcium in bones effectively.

Feed your baby beans, sweet potatoes and spinach cooked with foods rich in calcium or after drinking milk.

Beans, sweet potatoes and spinach are foods that contain a lot of Phytic acid. This acid will bind with calcium in the body to form salt. As a result, calcium is not absorbed into the baby's body, and even for health reasons, the baby's body will "expel" these new salt compounds in the form of waste. Therefore, if the mother has bought shrimp, crab or other seafood for the baby to eat, the baby's meal that day should avoid beans, tofu, sweet potatoes and spinach. Otherwise, it will be a waste. Of course, these acids only affect what the baby eats at that time. This means that if the baby eats spinach today, he can drink milk tomorrow without worrying about the acid in the spinach absorbing the calcium.

Improper calcium supplementation will only "waste money" (illustrative photo)

Let the baby be stunted in the 0-3 years old stage and then wait for "puberty to grow tall"

Nowadays, women seem to be more relaxed about their children’s weight and weight development. Some mothers, although seeing their children as underweight, underweight, and underdeveloped, are still very “optimistic”, do not change their children’s menus, let them eat according to their needs, and think that as long as their children “always smile and are happy”, that is enough.

However, the fact is that for infants and young children, at this time, the body needs a large amount of calcium to build bones, so the amount of calcium that can be absorbed is up to 60%. The rate of calcium absorption will decrease to only 15-20% in adulthood. Calcium absorption gradually decreases compared to human age, and the older people are, the more likely they are to lose calcium, leading to osteoporosis.

Therefore, mothers need to pay attention to providing adequate nutrition for their children during this very important period of 0-3 years old. Letting children eat according to their needs is the right thing to do, however, if the mother has a child who is too underweight or malnourished, the mother should discuss with a doctor and specialist to get the most appropriate menu and feeding method for the child. How can a child with anorexia still eat according to their needs, but eat the right food and enough nutrients? This, the mother needs to be the one to guide the child.

Feed your child too many sweets

Children love sweets. That’s natural. Many women think that sweets are only harmful in that they make children susceptible to tooth decay and think that asking their children to brush their teeth carefully is “done”. However, candy, soft drinks, cakes, chocolate,… and many other foods with ingredients that are all sugar, which are thought to be “sweet”, are actually enemies of children’s height. They not only stimulate the process of converting sugar into fat, causing obesity, but also reduce the ability to absorb calcium.

Let the baby lie in the "shrimp shape" too much

Some children like to curl up in a shrimp shape when sleeping, some like to lie on their stomachs with their butts up in the air… all of these positions are not good for children in the long run, especially in the early stages of development, when the skeleton is developing strongly. Mothers should make sure that their children always stand and sit in the correct position. Do not let your children lie down for too long and do not let them sit with their backs hunched or their faces down too much. This not only causes the child’s spine to become curved, but also compresses the vertebrae, making it difficult for them to grow taller. Correct sleeping, standing and sitting positions will help your child form a habit from an early age, also helping them stretch their vertebrae and develop a beautiful, straight spine. This greatly affects the child’s height and stature.

Fathers giving birth early also makes it difficult for children to grow tall.

Another interesting piece of information. As you know, a child's height is largely determined by genetics. However, the father's age at conception also affects the child's height. Children whose fathers were 31 or older at conception were on average 2 cm taller than those whose fathers were younger. The study was published in the journal Clinical Endocrinology.

According to Discovery