Most of the baby anemia is iron deficiency anemia due to nutritional imbalance, gastrointestinal dysfunction or relative lack of hematopoietic substances. Some parents know that the iron content in spinach is relatively high, so use spinach to boil water for the baby to drink. In fact, this is unscientific. Because, although the iron content in spinach is high, its contained iron is difficult to be absorbed by the small intestine, and spinach also contains a substance called oxalic acid, which easily forms a precipitate with iron, so that iron cannot be used by the human body. , thereby losing the role of treatment of anemia.
At the same time, oxalic acid in spinach is also easily combined with calcium into insoluble calcium oxalate, affecting the baby's absorption of calcium. It can be seen that babies in infancy often eat spinach, which not only fails to achieve the purpose of blood, but also affects the baby's growth and development. Should use other iron-rich foods such as: leek water, liver mud, etc. to this stage of baby supplement iron.
At the same time, oxalic acid in spinach is also easily combined with calcium into insoluble calcium oxalate, affecting the baby's absorption of calcium. It can be seen that babies in infancy often eat spinach, which not only fails to achieve the purpose of blood, but also affects the baby's growth and development. Should use other iron-rich foods such as: leek water, liver mud, etc. to this stage of baby supplement iron.