Amal Allam wrote Thursday, January 4, 2024 06:00 PM
Dr. Islam Al-Baroudi, Pediatrics Consultant at Cairo University, revealed that proper nutrition must be linked to the child’s immunity, and it begins with the mother before birth, which determines the child’s future and mental abilities when he grows up, adding that intestinal bacteria are important in strengthening the immune system, and that the traditional habits that were It is followed by grandmothers. Recent research and studies have proven that it is healthy and strengthens the child’s immunity and fights diseases.
He pointed out that mothers and grandmothers used to leave their children to play in the dirt, which gives them immunity against bacteria, microbes, and allergies that affect them later. Also, eating foods that cause allergies early prevents the child from developing food allergies in the future, and these foods are such as peanuts, dairy products, Eggs, strawberries and fish.
He said that attention must be paid to proper nutrition before pregnancy and attention to breastfeeding after birth, stressing that in the fourth month weaning foods can be introduced in accordance with the recommendations of the American Pediatrics Association, gradually and with a light texture that is easy to swallow, such as foods containing liquids such as soup, grains such as balila and ground grains such as wheat. Ground, mashed vegetables, eggs, and potatoes, adding: “Even foods that we fear would cause allergies can be introduced early so that allergies do not occur, such as dairy products, as well as cheese, and eggs, in accordance with the latest recommendations of the American Pediatric Society and the European Society for Allergy and Immunology.”
He explained that the three largest studies currently emphasized the importance of giving the child foods that may cause allergies early so that the child does not develop allergies later.
He said that we must pay attention to the diversity of eating, including protein, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, because the lack of vitamins and minerals is what is called “hidden hunger”, as the child is full but his cells are hungry because he does not get the vitamins and minerals he needs, and therefore the child is obese. At the same time, it suffers from a lack of many elements.
He said that proper nutrition from a young age makes the child’s mental abilities high, and that attention to proper nutrition from childhood is what determines the child’s future later on and determines his skills and mental abilities in the future, and if the child’s nutrition is neglected from the beginning, it will result in weakness in mental behavior and functional behavior, stressing Social intelligence, or what is called social creativity, is due to proper nutrition from the beginning of pregnancy.
He explained that immune diseases, immune infections and allergic infections are the result of a defect in… Gut bacteria Beneficial, explaining that patients who are hospitalized frequently are more weak as a result of a decrease in the microbiota in their bodies, and that those who take antibiotics do not have many beneficial bacteria in their bodies, and children who are formula-fed and do not depend on breast milk have a lower amount of bacteria in their bodies. Their immunity is weak due to their lack of beneficial bacteria, so the mother is forced to give the children foods that contain microbiota, such as yogurt and pickles, as they contain beneficial bacteria.
2024-01-04 16:00:00
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