Supplements Children Healthy Food Can Replace

MAKE supplement to the child to complete their nutritional needs may be-only. But, you know, if the consumption of these supplements can be avoided with healthy food Feed. Food was a day-to-day needs is sufficient vitamins in the body without the need to consume more supplements.

"Supplements are important for their own health and growth of children, and indeed there are supplements in the food that is around us. In other words, the supplements do not need to eat healthy food as long as Feed daily can met," said the Head of Public Health West Java Alma Dr Hj Lucyati MKes MSi MH Kes.

Alma menuturkan, which is the problem is whether or vitamin supplements in the food can enter the body of a child. This means food is available and consumed, or food is available, but does not enter into our bodies that can also mean he can not choose the food or does not have any money to buy it.

"Although the food is there nutriennya, but if they do not have any money to mengonsumsi food is healthy, I also difficult," said Alma at the time of the event "Kraft Foods and Save The Children Developing Strategic Partnerships for Children Helping Indonesia" Kraft Foods held at Hotel Nikko, some time ago.

He menuturkan, God has provided in the form of food supplements, start a vegetable that is green, orange, red already contains a lot of supplements in it.

Not fish-ikanan the many available from the start that even cheaper. In fact, from the land, there are even foods that contain nutrients such as the tubers.

"All the way back again to make views food or body condition that we can mencerna all the food is," said Alma. Have a healthy body means healthy cells that also. And it can be marked with tercukupinya Feed to eat, enough fluid and electrolyte Feed, enough vitamins and minerals for the cell metabolism and cell damage does not occur.

"If we want the body system made good, then all of Feed into the body must also be good also," a teacher of Food and Nutrition Science Prof. Dr. Ir Khomsan Ms Ali.

He said, supplements can be consumed, but if it really needed. "If there is a Feed of nutrition in food daily is sufficient, the child eats with appetite voracious that the better the quality of food required, then the child does not need to supplement consumption," said the lecturer at the Faculty of Nutrition Sciences Department of Nutrition Society Family Resources, Institut Pertanian Bogor.

Food consumption for children, the menu can be selected does not contain a preservative that can be dangerous to health. Ali suggested to choose fresh foods that are made in the processing of parents.

"Do not leave children mengonsumsi food that contain lots of processed products such as kornet. Choose fresh fish or vegetables for daily consumption," the message.

Susu is one drink that has the actual nutritional value of a very large and very good for health. How is that Feed into the susu, very important for someone to drink susu each daily. For babies who are breastfed should be given only to children age 6 months, and children followed until age 2 years.

For children over age 2 years can be added fresh susu 1 glass 3-4 times in one day. And for the elderly is also youth, recommended 2x1 glass per day in the morning and evening to prevent osteoporosis.

"One day, when each is mengonsumsi vegetables, fruits are also added to the milk, then there is no need to supplement mengonsumsi because the average content of vitamin supplements and minerals are," called Ali.
(Koran SI / SI Koran / tty)