Can be given to children who do not like vegetables and fruits. In addition to meeting the needs of vegetables, is also useful to stimulate a child's appetite.
IN THE MARKET is now being circulated foods fiber supplements. In fact, that for kids. "Actually, around an existing 95-fiber supplements for children in Indonesia, namely in the form of vegetable and fruit extracts. But, due to financial crisis, the product disappeared from the market. Perhaps because of imported goods, the price is expensive," said dr. Leman Mariani, Division Sales Manager Healthfood Pharos Indonesia.
At that time, he continued, the fiber supplement is still a mix of vegetables and fruits. But now, fiber supplements are imported separately. There is a fiber from vegetable extracts, there is also a fiber from fruit extracts. Therefore, the results of research in the United States, each has its own function.
"When combined, even contradictory because vegetable serves to build the body's cells or building development and growth, while fruit serves to clean the remnants of metabolism."
Administration
Further described Mariani, time consuming vegetables and fruits associated with acid-base balance in the body. "In the morning, the body is alkaline, to better be given a fiber supplement that is acidic fruit. But the afternoon or after lunch, the condition of the body is acidic, it must consume vegetables that are alkaline. Thus, the chemical reaction to be neutral." That's because, he added, fiber supplements taken twice a day: morning before eating fruit and vegetables after a meal that night.
"It deals with the growth and development of the body. Do not build the body's cells better at night? Because, with sleep and rest, walked more optimal metabolism."
According to Mariani, supplement fiber from vegetables and fruits is recommended for children is given after one year olds. Once-daily dosing, both fruit and vegetables, if the child is aged 1-5 years. As for children aged over 5 years, giving between 1-2 capsules a day. So, be directly 2-2 or 1-1, depending on the condition of the child's body. That is,
"When the rainy season and the child's friends are a cold lot until the child needs a good immune system, then the dosage should be two in one meal for each supplement. But if everyday there's no nothing , then once a day is also enough. "
In any pain conditions, fiber supplements may be given. No matter if your child should also take prescription drugs. "It was just recommended to drink the medicine was given an interval of at least 3-4 hours."
For example, a fiber supplement drink fruit in the morning before eating. After that, half an hour later eating and two hours later to take medication from a doctor. While that is vegetable fiber supplement, "Normally for the little boy, right, eat in the afternoon. Well, after a meal should be given supplements. While the drugs taken before the child's doctor to sleep."
Functions
Vegetable fiber supplementation for children, said Mariani, aims to meet the need of vegetables in children. "Especially the kids who do not like to eat vegetables." Moreover, he added, fiber supplements can also stimulate appetite and make the children become more healthy because fiber needs are met. Also vitamins and minerals.
Even if the child's appetite is good, then the vegetable fiber supplementation is more to provide for the vegetable. What if your child is to eat vegetables? "I do anything well, really, because the function of each vegetable is different. Most of the food children there are only two or three kinds of vegetables or even just a kind. While the vegetable fiber supplements, the type can be up to 21 kinds of vegetables, lo."
Now, with the vegetable / fruit that many of these, whose function is different, then the advantages are also varied. For example, vegetable parsley, water celery, and asparagus also functions as an anti-allergy. "So, would not arise allergies." While fiber supplements add fruit functioning immune system of children. "Usually the children who frequent colds and fevers, we recommend taking supplements of fruit." In addition, it can also help facilitate digestion and bowel movement because there is an enzyme bromelain from pineapple and papain from papaya enzymes.
Extract Vegetable / Fruit Natural
Of course, Mariani said further, the purpose of fiber supplementation in children can be achieved only if the supplement is made from vegetable extracts strongly / natural fruit. That's because, the shape is usually not a sweet sucking tablets or syrup that is a solvent, sweetener, as well as substance preserved, but the form of capsules. "So, a natural fruit or vegetable is extracted at a cold temperature until it becomes a powder, then put into capsules. Of course, with the process and sophisticated manner performed in the United States and the ingredients were taken from a special farm that no pesticides and all that stuff. Even products vegetable and fruit fiber supplements to children has also been recognized by the FDA in there. That is, according to the needs of fiber per day is proportional to the body and is equipped with vitamins, minerals and elements of phytonutrients from fruits and vegetables. "
Because it is made from vegetable extracts / natural fruit, according to Mariani, the same as eating vegetables / fruits are natural. Moreover, it was, yes, the taste of vegetables / fruits. Indeed, he acknowledges, the original food better than supplements. But, as already described above, not all children like to eat vegetables. In addition, the purpose of fiber supplementation to meet the needs of fiber. While children, the food at only one or two kinds of vegetables. Well, by taking fiber supplements vegetables and fruit, then the need for fiber, vitamins and minerals in children can be met.
That young children can not take the capsules, "No problem," Mariani said as he continued, "Is not the capsule can be opened and taken its contents? Gift can be mixed with honey, syrup or sugar water. In fact, mixed with milk was allowed. But for the vegetable, should not be mixed because of the smell of vegetables, so until the day even children do not like milk. "
Deficiency And Excess Fiber
Actually, explains dr. Sri Nasar, SP.A (K) of the Subdivision Nutrition and Metabolic Faculty of Medicine, Jakarta, fibers including the type of carbohydrate that is not digested in the small intestine, but in the colon. Large volume and becomes larger as it absorbs water to make a gut stretched and will stimulate the intestines to move. That is why, if children lack of fiber consumption, stimulated no bowel movements. As a result, often in children less current BAB aka hard bowel movements. PART Normally it once a day. But if less fiber, can be CHAPTER sometimes several days or even up to once a week. "
But on the contrary, because the fiber is to absorb water, so if too much fiber in the colon, it takes more water. Otherwise, the child could not bowel movement, because their droppings become hard or solid, sometimes even a blockages can occur. "So, lack of or most of the same fiber can result, the child hard bowel movements." Sri advice, everything should be a reasonable course.
In addition, fiber in the colon will be destroyed by bacteria and eventually form a gas. "So, if kids ate most of the fiber will form a lot of gas. Children can be bloated and it feels so uncomfortable." Worse, most children become full fiber first, until the other shall not be eaten foods. As a result, unmet nutritional needs. Especially if children are also malnourished. "It's different when kids are overweight, maybe it's okay."
The Natural is Better
According to Sri, however, the fibers are directly derived from natural foods will be better. Therefore, fiber supplements may remain the same with natural fibers. "It might have remained the same nutritional content. That is, if actually made from extracts of the substance itself, for example, fruit or vegetable juice. Not a factory-made from the fruit / vegetable or created by chemical reactions or synthetic."
Because, of course, will remain distinct taste, eat real carrot carrots with a meal supplement capsules. "Carrots must be chewed, children can feel the bite and there is a sense of the carrot, while the supplement did not like it. So, in terms of nonnutrisi, such as taste and aroma, texture, and consistency, it can not be equaled."
Indeed, Sri recognized, fiber supplements may be to replace the fiber from food, but can not fully replace the function of fruits and vegetables. Because, in the vegetable and fruit fibers not only exist, but also vitamins and fewer calories. Do not forget, food for the prime child must be a balanced nutrition.
Moreover, as revealed earlier, by eating naturally, eg, apple or mango, the child will know it's apples and mangoes. So, can enrich the child's tastes. "Because one thing is what can not be replaced. Until, if we do not foster the development of tentacle in children, as a result children do not know the taste of apples, mango, and others."
