Carrot Advocacy - New Thinking on Nutrition

Author: Xu Shwei
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Carrots can make you strong and healthy. Parents who have raised children know that they need to supplement a certain amount of calcium products for their children (babies) from an early age, and also take vitamin A. Because vitamin A can promote bone development. It can convert immature cells into bone cells, thereby increasing the number of bone cells. Before soft tissue formation, insufficient or lack of vitamin A intake can cause bone development to stop first, leading to the cessation of growth of cranial bones and spinal bones, unable to adapt to the rapid growth of nervous tissue, causing brain damage and nerve damage, resulting in conditions such as infantile paralysis, infantile rickets, and other neurological diseases. In addition, vitamin A is also essential for normal tooth development. Which parent doesn't want their baby to have a set of white and healthy teeth? Even the most slender and beautiful woman will lose her charm if she has dirty and messy teeth. However, a lack of vitamin A can affect the normal growth of tooth enamel cells, preventing the formation of a uniform and dense enamel protective layer, causing the enamel to crack or indent. These indented enamel provide breeding grounds for food residue to accumulate and ferment, allowing the residue to recklessly erode the enamel, leading to decay, and in severe cases, causing tooth cell atrophy. Therefore, ensuring sufficient intake of vitamin A during the period of children's tooth development is very important.