A study by the World Health Organization confirmed that children’s growth and development has significant seasonality, among which: spring (March-May) grows the fastest and the growth rate of height is 2-2.5 times faster than autumn. So, how can parents seize the prime time of spring to help their children grow taller? By taking appropriate measures during the golden period of your child’s growth, parents of short children may also be able to make their children grow taller.
In total, there are four golden spots to grow taller
One, nutrition
Child nutrition experts believe that among many acquired factors, nutrition is crucial. Among them, including 5 key points.
1, balanced
The growth of the human body comes entirely from the quality of the food that is imported. To make your baby grow taller, all kinds of nutrients should be balanced. Every day to ensure that a variety of food into the food, than a day to eat only three or five things to get much richer nutrition.
Recommended foods.
Vegetable and fruit salad: cucumbers, apples, bananas, onions, lettuce, pears, oranges, etc. cut into small pieces into a bowl and pour in the salad dressing.
Mixed grain porridge: Wash rice, black rice, red beans, dates, raisins, etc. and add water and cook together for 1 hour.
Mixed rice: put oil in a pot, add eggs, peas, sweet corn kernels and ham when the oil is hot, add rice and stir-fry together after it is cooked, and finally add cucumbers and scallions and stir-fry a few times.
2.Calcium
Calcium is the basis for bone growth. If the diet can not often take the amount of calcium required by the physiology, blood calcium and soft tissue calcium is not enough, you must take calcium from the bones, and the lack of calcium in the bones, the result will lead to osteoporosis, vertebral deformation, spine curvature. Bones do not get enough nutrients, of course, can not grow normally, let alone grow taller.
Recommended foods.
Dairy products, eggs, fish, shellfish, tofu and beans, sesame paste, pumpkin seeds, etc. (vitamin D, vitamin C, lactose, etc. all help the absorption and utilization of calcium).
3.Protein
In the growth period of the baby, the demand for protein is much higher than that of adults, such as insufficient supply will affect the growth of height. In addition, collagen and mucin are also organic components of the composition of the bones.
Recommended foods.
Chicken, beef, fish and shrimp meat, eggs, milk, tofu, etc.
4, trace elements
The human body’s demand for these trace elements is not large, but it is not missing. Zinc deficient baby, see what no appetite, will certainly affect the growth. Iron is a necessary substance for the synthesis of hemoglobin, and copper is a catalyst for the synthesis of hemoglobin. If the supply of iron and copper in food is insufficient, the synthesis of hemoglobin will be hindered, and growth, intellectual development and immune function will be affected, and the baby may often be sick.
Recommended foods.
Iron-rich foods: animal liver and other offal, beef, lamb, egg yolk, fish, red beans, etc.
Zinc-rich foods: oysters, animal liver, etc.
Food rich in copper: pig liver, pig blood, shrimp, crab, shellfish, etc.
5.Vitamins
We can get vitamins by giving our babies fresh fruits and vegetables. Vitamins A and C can make the baby have normal resistance.
Recommended foods.
Vegetables: cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, green peppers, young bamboo shoots, tomatoes, green onions.
Fruits: oranges, bananas, pears, apples, grapes, peaches, apricots, watermelon.
Special reminder: do not let children eat too much people in a state of hunger, will promote the pituitary gland to secrete more growth hormone, which can stimulate children’s bone growth. Therefore, the child each meal only give him an eighth of the amount of full is enough. Excess nutrition will make the child’s sexual development period early, resulting in premature sexual maturity. This leads to early closure of the epiphysis before the growth period and eventually becomes short.
Second, sleep
As the saying goes, “spring sleepiness and autumn fatigue”, in fact, the human body needs more sleep time in spring, especially children in the growth and development stage, in order to promote the secretion of growth hormones in the body, more need to support the quality of sleep.
Three, exercise
For children, exercise is as important as nutritional intake. The right amount of exercise can stimulate the epiphyseal plate and bones, promote the secretion of growth hormone, and strengthen the muscles, bones and ligaments of the body. Children in the formative years need to exercise. For children, exercise is as important as nutrition. The right amount of exercise can stimulate the epiphyseal plate and bones, promote the production of growth hormone, and strengthen the body’s muscles, bones, and ligaments. The sunlight can promote the production of vitamin D, which is good for calcium absorption and height development.
Four, sunshine
Many mothers know that if they want their children to grow, they need to take calcium supplements. But in fact, the body in the diet of calcium absorption is less than 10%. And to promote the absorption of calcium, you must have the assistance of vitamin D. The easiest and most important way to get vitamin D is by getting sunlight and being “baptized” by ultraviolet light. UV radiation is converted into vitamin D3, which is absorbed by the body, thus promoting the absorption of calcium in the gastrointestinal tract and enabling children’s bones to grow better and faster. In all seasons of the year, the UV content of the spring sun is the highest, so children are more likely to absorb calcium in the spring, and therefore more likely to grow taller.
Special reminder: sunbathing your baby should expose the skin as much as possible according to the prevailing temperature conditions. In addition, direct sunlight on the head should be avoided, and do not sunbathe through glass. Some mothers are afraid of their babies blowing wind, often through the glass to let the baby sunbathing, do not know that ultraviolet light penetration glass ability is weak, most of the ultraviolet light blocked outside, through the single-layer glass sunbathing, ultraviolet light reduced by 60%, and therefore reduce the effectiveness of the sun.