Calcium supplementation does not mean growing taller, protein is more important When it comes to growing taller, calcium supplementation is inevitable, however, the fact is that calcium supplementation is not necessarily related to growing taller. In addition to genetic factors, the height of children is also related to nutrition, sleep and exercise. The main function of calcium is to strengthen bones and increase bone density. The usual sense of calcium supplementation is to replace the calcium lost in the body in time to maintain bone density. Calcium supplementation does not make bones longer or even thicker, and once calcium intake is too much, it can easily lead to urinary stones and constipation and other adverse reactions, which not only bring illness to children, but also affect growth. If you have to say that the relationship between diet and growth, I am afraid that the impact of protein is greater, if you can consume enough protein, and to ensure adequate sleep, is very conducive to children high. The 4 misconceptions about calcium supplementation for children Although there is no direct relationship between calcium supplementation and growth, calcium deficiency does have a negative impact on the growth of children. Calcium deficiency in infants not only affects bone development, causing “X” and “O” shaped legs or affecting height, but can also directly lead to delayed mental development or even mental retardation. Therefore, we should pay attention to give children reasonable calcium supplementation, especially not to make the following four kinds of calcium supplementation mistakes: Mistake 1: excessive calcium supplementation A strong calcium supplementation for children will not play a parent’s desired results, but will bring hidden risks to the baby’s health. Calcium and children’s bone growth, but not children eat more, calcium absorption, the body through the diet intake of calcium is a certain ratio, excess calcium discharge will increase the burden on the baby’s body, such as increasing the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, etc.. Excessive calcium supplementation may also lead to loss of appetite, constipation, affect the absorption of iron, zinc and other trace elements, and in serious cases may lead to hypercalciuria. Mistake 2: Drinking bone soup for calcium Animal bones do contain a lot of calcium, accounting for almost 90% of the total body calcium content. But this calcium is biological calcium, it is difficult to separate from the bones, even through a long time of boiling, the amount of free calcium produced for easy absorption is minimal. Some people have done tests, 1 kilogram of meat and bones stew, two hours later and then measured the soup contains only about 20mg of calcium, far less than a cup of 250ml of milk contains up to nearly 300mg of calcium. Mistake 3: Calcium supplementation without vitamin D Vitamin D can effectively promote the body’s absorption of calcium, is the golden key to open the door to calcium metabolism, taking calcium tablets should be appropriate oral cod liver oil and other vitamin D preparations, or let the child more sunshine, otherwise is to eat more calcium tablets, the child will still be calcium deficient. Mistake 4: Eat milk tablets for calcium Some parents give their children milk tablets for calcium, because “milk dry eating tablets per plate nutrition and a cup of fresh milk equivalent nutritional content”, in fact, this idea is wrong. First of all: from the point of view of absorption, fresh milk contains calcium and other nutrients that are more easily absorbed by the body, while milk tablets in the drying and pressing process of production, in which calcium and other nutrients have been solidified, and through the multi-step production process, the absorption rate of the human body is far from fresh milk. Secondly: fresh milk contains high quality calcium in addition to protein, iron, vitamin B and many other nutrients, which are incomparable to milk tablets. Therefore, not only can milk tablets not be used as an alternative to milk as a calcium supplement, but it is harmful to the body to eat more.