【不是小兒科】兒童保健品不能當糖吃

#營養不是越多就越好
#服用過量恐有副作用
#星期四食材

天然食材取代魚肝油
坊間兒童保健食品林林總總，魚油及魚肝油產品更是常見。不少父母都覺得多吃無妨，因為這些產品標榜可以增強小兒抵抗力，又可吸收更多營養。中醫角度卻認為小朋友不宜過早進補，因為中醫理論認為小兒：「臟腑嬌嫩，形氣未充」，小朋友的五臟六腑尚未發展成熟，過多的營養和補品身體都未能吸收，所以主張從小飲食清淡，養好脾胃。
3歲以下的小孩乃「純陽之體」，意思是小朋友正值生長旺盛期，除非先天性稟賦虧虛，就可按醫師建議作調補，否則小朋友飲食均衡已經足夠，過早進補只怕弄巧反拙，干擾體內的陰陽平衡，例如魚肝油和魚油的功效為促進眼睛、心血管等健康，不妨讓小朋友適量進食具補益肝腎、養血明目功效的豬肝、雞肝、枸杞葉、藍莓及小型魚類等，而核桃、葵花子、松子仁、榛子等果仁則可增強腦部機能。
豬肝：性溫，養血、補肝、明目
雞肝：性溫，補益肝腎、養血明目
枸杞葉：性涼，養肝明目、補虛益精
藍莓：性涼，滋補肝腎、明目
桑椹：性寒，滋補肝腎、養血滋陰
核桃：性熱，補腎固精、益氣養血、增強記憶力
葵花子：性平，補虛損、降血脂、補腦健腦
松子仁：性熱，補氣養液、潤肺滑腸、補益大腦及神經
榛子：性熱，補脾胃、益氣力、增強腦部機能

Use natural ingredients to replace cod liver oil
There are a lot of children health supplements in the market, fish oil and cod liver oil are very common. A lot of parents see no harm in giving them as they are marketing to improve children immunity and increase nutrient absorption. From Chinese medicine perspective, children should not have tonic replenishing food too early as their organs have not fully developed and they cannot properly absorb all the nutrients given. Children diets should be light and nourishing for the spleen and stomach.
Children under 3 are in prime growth period. Unless your child has some innate deficiencies and a professional practitioner has prescribed replenishing supplements, children should have enough nutrients from their diets. Supplementing too soon may have the opposite desired effects, disrupting the internal yin and yang balance. Cod liver oil and fish oil is to improve health of your eyes and blood vessels, you can actually try ingredients such as pig liver, chicken liver, wolfberry leaves, blueberries and small fish, to replenish liver and kidneys, nourish blood and improve vision. Ingredients such as walnuts, sunflower seeds, pine nuts, hazelnut can improve brain functions.
Pig liver: warm in nature, nourishes blood, replenishes liver, and improves vision
Chicken liver: warm in nature, replenishes liver and kidneys, nourishes blood and improves vision
Wolfberry leaves: cool in nature, nourishes liver and improves vision, replenishes deficiencies
Blueberries: cool in nature, nourishes and replenishes liver and kidneys, improves vision
Mulberries: cold in nature, nourishes and replenishes liver and kidneys, nourishes blood and yin
Walnuts: hot in nature, replenishes kidneys, nourishes qi and blood, improves memory
Sunflower seeds: mild in nature, replenishes asthenic damage, lower blood lipids, replenishes and strengthens the brain
Pine nuts: hot in nature, replenishes qi and nourishes fluids, moistens the lungs and intestines, replenishes the brain and nerves
Hazelnuts: hot in nature, replenishes spleen and stomach, strengthens the body, improves brain functions

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