Patient's question:
How much vitamin should infants and young children aged six months consume daily? What are the requirements for various vitamins? I couldn't find this information online. Also, when using powdered milk to make porridge, is this a good method? I want to check the vitamin requirements for infants and young children.Doctor's answer:
If you feed according to these standards, you might be causing trouble for yourself. How much vitamin should be consumed daily, just like estimating how much protein, carbohydrates, calories, and fat need to be taken in, etc. You also need to consume how many trace elements, such as iron, zinc, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, etc., and even substances that current medicine has not yet been able to test. Moreover, there are many different types of vitamins, almost from vitamins A, B, C, D, E, etc., except for B1, B2, ..., B12, etc. The human body is very complex, and each food contains many vitamins, minerals, proteins, etc. It is impossible to weigh each food and calculate how much of these substances it contains. Even if the calculation is done, if it is eaten, it will be eliminated differently due to different digestive and absorption abilities and different body needs. Therefore, it is fundamentally impossible to achieve this. Even if you believe you have achieved it, the results may not be ideal. So, fish, meat, eggs, and dairy products, as well as fruits and vegetables, should all be eaten, and a balanced diet is sufficient. There will be no deficiencies, and there is no need to estimate these things. Rice powder and milk powder are for young children who are accustomed to the taste of milk and may refuse to eat if it suddenly disappears. Those that are added with milk should be more expensive and have much higher nutrition than pure rice powder. However, either can be chosen as long as the child is willing to eat.