Honey - Source Children Nutrition

Are Your children fussy eaters? Before suffering from malnutrition, give him honey everyday.
From the research proven, honey can increase appetite, reduce the level of morbidity to heat and cold, besides that honey has a complete nutritional content. Feeding of children aged under 5 years old is tricky.

If the child had a high appetite, parents are not going to bother.
The children will eat every food that is given with gusto.

Conversely, children with under 5 years with low appetite or difficulty eating, making parents are often overwhelmed, even nearly losing their mind to persuade him to eat. Every types of food tested.
The reaction of the children just throw back the food in his mouth when it is not acccording to their tastes. Unfortunately, his favorite food is less nutritious. In fact, the variety of food is very necessary. If this situation continues, the child might suffer from lack of food and malnutrition, so easily hurt.

As a result of all, this growth process become abnormal.

The most troubling, when he became part of a generation without a future (lost generation). Improve Appetite Fortunately, there are research from Y.
Widodo, a researchers at the Nutrition Research and Development Center in Bogor.
It is brought good news from parents who have children less protein energy.

He reported that offering of honey on a regular basis every day can lower level of mordibity (hot and cold) and improve the appetite of children under 5 years old.

Research conducted on 5 patients Clinical Nutrition, Center for Nutrition, which suffered less protein energy due to financial crisis.
There are 51 children aged 13-36 months who are involved in research.

They were divided into 2 groups, first Honey Group (25 peoples) as a sample and the second Syrup Group as a control.
both groups are equally given additional vitamin B-complex and vitamin C (50 mg).
Indicator observed between other anthropometric data (age, body weight, height/length), economic, recall consumption, history of child health at the time before, during, and after about two months.

The result of research showed, the level of morbidity to heat and cold from Honey Group declines, increased appetite, serving and eating frequency increased, so that their protein and energy consumption also increased compared with the Syrup Group. The health benefits of honey that are apparent in these studies caused by 2 thins.
First, honey is a food that contains various nutrients while sugar contains only energy or calories.
Second, honey also contains compounds that is have antibiotic characteristic.

Containing The Growth Factor The main nutrient content of honey is all kinds of carbohydrate compounds such as sugars fructose (41%), glucose (35%), sucrose (1.
9%), and dextrin (1.

5%). Honey carbohydrates help fuel supplies the energy required some children. Protein content in honey is relatively small, about 2.6%.

However, the amino acid content is quite diverse, both essential amino acids and non-essential.
Amino acids are also helped supply most protein that are needeed by children's body. Vitamin found in honey include vitamin B1, vitamin B2, B3, B6, and vitamin C.
While the minerals contained in honey are potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, phosphorus, and sulfur.
Although relatively few in number, honey minerals is an ideal source for the human body because the balance and the amount of minerals contained honey approach in human blood. Research shows that honey also contains growth factors.

Reportedly, tree cuttings that are dipped in honey will more quickly take root and grow better that untreated cuttings grown honey.
Honey also contains antibiotic substances.
This content is one of the unique honey. Research Peter C Molan, a researcher from the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikoto, in Hamilton, New Zealand, proved that a honey contains an antibiotic substance active against the attack of pathogens that cause disease.
Some diseases that can be cured and is inhibited by (drinking) honey regularly are the stomach and digestive tract diseases, skin diseases, acute respiratory infections, cough and fever, heart disease, liver, and lung, diseases that could interfere with eyes, ears, and nerves.
Based on the research Kamaruddin (1997), researches from the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, in Kuala Lumpur, there are at least 4 factors that are responsible for antibacterial activity in honey. First, high sugar content of honey will inhibit the growth of bacteria so that bacteria can't thrive. Second, honey has high level acidity (pH 3.

65). It will reduce the growth and power of the bacteria.

Third, the radical compound is hydrogen peroxide which can kill pathogenic microorganisms.
And the fourth factor, the presence of organic compounds that are bacterial.

That organic compounds have many types.
That have been identified such as polyphenols, flavonoids, and glycosides.

Quantity of Drinking Honey To get the health benefits of honey, it should be consumed regularly.

In the study sample of Widodo, the children were given honey as mush as 20 grams per day.
Honey is not recommended for children ages 0-4 months because the food first and foremost for them are mother's milk (breast milk).
After just 4 months of age may be given honey due to supplementary feeding as recommended. According Muhilal, 2-3 tablespoons honey 2x a day is sufficient to maintain stamina and phiysical health.
But for the dure treatment, better honey consumed in the form of solution in water because it wll facilitate absoption in the body. Honey sholud be consumed 2 hours before meals or three hours after meals.

In addition to adding honey to the food children regularly, of course various other health measures such as medical treatment and supplementary feeding must also done.

These efforts will further accelerate efforts to restore health and nutrition improvement, especially those difficult to eat.