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Pumpkin is a nutritious and delicious food that is loved by many children. However, if you eat too much pumpkin, you can have an excess of some substances, creating conditions for some unusual diseases, typically in which the baby eats a lot of pumpkin and has jaundice.
1. Is it good for babies to eat a lot of pumpkin?
Pumpkin is considered one of the many vegetables and fruits that are good for human health. Pumpkin contains many essential nutrients for the body, so it has the ability to make the skin more beautiful and fight the aging process. old . Pumpkin contains a lot of vitamin A, so it has the effect of nourishing the eyes, helping the body's skeletal system to develop, thereby contributing greatly to the growth of children. In addition, vitamin A also helps to improve the immune system, which is a factor that helps the body's ability to fight off external agents that cause infections. Moreover, patients with diabetes are often advised by doctors to eat pumpkin to help lower blood sugar, reduce blood cholesterol, thereby contributing to reducing the risk of dangerous chronic diseases such as hypertension. pressure, cardiovascular disease.
For children, pumpkin is an easy-to-eat, delicious, high-fiber food, so many parents love it as a baby food. However, it is not good for babies to eat too much pumpkin, but should only be limited to 2-3 meals in a week so as not to have excess substances, causing the body to encounter some unwanted diseases.
Nếu bé ăn bí đỏ nhiều hơn mức độ cần thiết thì sẽ dẫn đến tình trạng dư thừa Beta caroten
2. Baby who eats a lot of pumpkin gets yellow skin
In pumpkin has a lot of Beta carotene is a precursor of vitamin A, it is also present in some other vegetables such as carrots, beets, tomatoes ... Beta carotene when loaded into the body through These foods will be converted into vitamin A by certain enzymes, this process takes place in the intestines and liver. If the baby eats pumpkin more than necessary, it will lead to an excess of Beta carotene, this excess will be stored by the body in the liver, under the skin and cannot be eliminated, leading to a yellow state. the skin of the palms and soles, and possibly jaundice at the tip of the nose. However, when eating a lot of pumpkin, the conjunctiva of the eyes will not be yellow compared to the above skin areas.
In addition, one thing to note when eating pumpkin is that you should not choose to buy old pumpkins because they will often contain a lot of sugar, which is not good for health. And for the processing of pumpkin in particular and other vegetable and fruit foods in particular, you should cook all of them in one meal because if you put them in the refrigerator to eat the next day, the food will be degraded. some symptoms of digestive disorders.
Baby eating pumpkin is one of the ways to help provide good nutrition for the body, but should be eaten in moderation to ensure that the body gets the necessary micronutrients without causing any excess. any. Besides, parents need to balance many other nutrient groups and add necessary micronutrients such as zinc, selenium, chromium, vitamins B1 and B6, ginger, acerola fruit extract (vitamin C), . .. to help children improve their taste, eat well, reach the correct height and weight, strengthen their resistance to get sick less often and have less digestive problems.
