What vitamin D contributes to children and pregnant women
We need all the vitamins for our body to function properly and that is something we achieve through a healthy and balanced diet. Especially sensitive to vitamin needs are children and pregnant women, who must pay more attention to their diet. We analyze one by one all the vitamins that children and
We need all the vitamins for our body to function properly and that is something we achieve through a healthy and balanced diet. Especially sensitive to vitamin needs are children and pregnant women, who must pay more attention to their diet.
We analyze one by one all the vitamins that children and pregnant women need and this time it is the turn of vitamin D, a vitamin with certain peculiarities because it is also obtained with sunlight. However, we must know the foods rich in this vitamin D.
The importance of vitamin D
Vitamin D is one of the most important vitamins for children because it plays a crucial role in growth. It has the peculiarity that it is the only vitamin able to be stored in the body to be put into operation when it is most needed. Why do children and pregnant women need vitamin D? - It is a vitamin absolutely necessary to protect the health of bones. It intervenes both in the formation of bones and in their development, which is why it is essential in all times
of life. - Vitamin D is responsible for taking advantage of all the minerals
that we contribute to our body, especially calcium and phosphorus. As much as we strive to eat foods with calcium and phosphorus, without the presence of vitamin D our body would not assimilate them. - It is the rays of the sun
that synthesize vitamin D and convert it into a substance capable of exercising its function in the field of growth, which is why it is absolutely indispensable in babies, children and pregnant women. - Vitamin D also regulates cell growth
and protects the muscles, something fundamental in times like pregnancy where muscle injuries are frequent. What foods are rich in vitamin D We insist on the need to have a varied diet so that both children and pregnant women get all the nutrients they need through food and without the need for food supplements. But to put special emphasis on any of the vitamins, these are the
richest foods
in vitamin D. Seg - Surely the food richest in vitamin D and also contains high amounts of vitamin A is cod liver oil , which has often been used as a food supplement.
- Vitamin D is found mainly in fish, especially in salmon, tuna, sardines and mackerel. Of raw fishyou get more vitamin D than cooked, but it is true that it is not always advisable to include raw fish in the diet of children and pregnant women. Otros - Other
seafood products such as caviar, eels and oysters are rich in vitamin D, even if they are not available to all families. Los - The eggs
and the mushrooms are also foods rich in this vitamin and can be easily introduced into infant feeding.
- Although milk and cereals , the kings of children's breakfasts, do not contain it, usually come enriched with this vitamin D so necessary for growth.
- But no food, however rich in vitamin D, can synthesize it if we do not take advantage of the sun's rays, which are the real ones responsible for producing this vitamin. Laura Vélez. Editor of Guiainfantil.com
