Red blueberries are one of the healthiest berries. Experts claim that they should be included in the children’s diet. But it must be done with caution to avoid allergic reactions. The acid berry will help enrich the diet of children with vitamins and strengthen the baby’s immune system. It can be consumed fresh, as well as in drinks and snacks.
What are the benefits of red blueberries for the children’s body?
National pediatricians and nutritionists affirm that regular blueberry consumption in children’s age helps not only to combat diseases, but also to prevent them. This is what is known about the benefits of this product for the body of a child of preschool or school age:
- Reinforces immunity, helps fight viruses and bacteria;
- Improves digestion, fight symptoms of disbiosis;
- Increases the body’s ability to adapt to changing conditions (for example, during the period of adaptation to the kindergarten or school);
- Increases the level of hemoglobin, plays an important role in the prevention of anemia and enriches the organism with iron.
This berry contains a lot of ascorbic acid, eliminates toxins and radionuclides, fights malignant tumors and urogenital infections, stops inflammatory processes.
The acids and phenols present in the product have a beneficial effect on the state of gums and teeth. In addition, these substances favor the rapid healing of cuts, abrasions and burns, and the resorption of bruises.
Red blueberries can also be used for boils and sores. In this case, blueberry juice is used externally by mixing it with petroleum jelly. This ointment applies to the affected areas, and the skin quickly acquires a healthy appearance.
Regular berry use improves the state of the nervous system, relieves the increase in excitability, so blueberry juice is recommended to give hyperactive children. Healers also often use this drink to treat diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disorders.
How to shine the children
Doctors say that children can be given this berry only from 7 months, after the baby has become familiar with fruits and vegetables. If the baby is prone to allergies, it is better to give it to it after the year of age. To prepare a drink of baby berries, you have to
- Boil water;
- Put a handful of berries in boiling water for a few minutes;
- Remove until you get a homogeneous mixture using a wooden crusher;
- Add to freshly prepared fruit puree.
You can also pour 50 ml of bite and 50 ml of water in a bottle, remove it and give it to drink. Do not add sugar.
Attention. It is not necessary to add sugar to this drink, since sugar usually causes cramps and stomach discomfort in babies. The taste papillae of babies are not structured in the same way as those of adults, so the baby will be delighted to drink juice with a pronounced acid taste.
Vitamin snacks should only be prepared in an enameled fountain (a pot or a deep bowl). You can also use a glass kitchen battery. Never use metal cooking utensils (for example, aluminum). If iron comes into contact with acidic substances, dangerous toxins can be released.
How to introduce it into the diet
In order not to damage the stomach of sensitive children, red blueberry drinks cannot occur more than twice a week. Preschool from three years can be given a curative bite even every day, it is especially useful for those who suffer from lack of appetite.
Sufficient one year infant to eat 20 grams of fresh or frozen berries per day, but not in a raw, and as part of the bite. The first time you can give a teaspoon of a weak drink, without concentrating. Then the dose is gradually increased to the recommended amount.
If the baby is cold, at the time of the disease, the number of red blueberries up to 60-80 grams per day can be increased, since this product stimulates sweating and contains natural interferons, substances that prevent virus proliferation.
From the age of three, little sweets can enjoy delicacies like sugar blueberries. It is better for them to prepare themselves, since the pr e-cooked products sold in stores can contain preservatives and aromatizing.
Children also love jellies and mousses, which have a pleasant acid flavor. The leaves are used to prepare a healthy and tasty tea drink. Unlike black tea, it is decaffeinated and does not excite the nervous system, so it can be taken even at night.
Attention. Since the berry has a pronounced diuretic effect, it is recommended to drink drinks made with it in the first half of the day. At night, drink blueberry juice no later than 3 hours before bedtime, not to cause nightlife.
Healthy and tasty recipes
Young kitchen fans will undoubtedly appreciate the Scandinavian national dessert based on blueberries called troll cream. To prepare it you need
- Prepare a puree of 500 g of fresh or frozen berries with a blender;
- Pass the puree through a strainer;
- Add 150 g of icing sugar;
- Incorporate the two egg whites and beat about snow.
Serve in hig h-vessels or vessels.
The blueberry kissel has been one of the favorites in Russia for centuries. It was an excellent delicacy to strengthen during the long fasting period. This type of Kissel continues to prepare often in the nurseries to enrich with vitamins the ration of the students. To elaborate it is needed
- Prepare a blueberry puree in a blender;
- Add sugar and a little vanilla to taste;
- Pour the boiling water and let stand 20 minutes covered;
- Go through a strainer;
- Bring to a boil;
- Remove the foam and add the starch;
- Lower the heat and cook over low heat until the liquid becomes a thick dough.
Then pour it into cups or molds.
Consumption for cold fever
The consumption of beverage of freshly made during colds, flu, acute respiratory infections and respiratory viral infections considerably shorten the duration of the disease, and also facilitates the symptoms, according to experts, because it helps to replenish lost body energyfor the flu:
- The drink is good to replace the loss of hydration;
- Ascorbic acid helps reinforce the immune system and stimulates interferon production;
- Fresh berries contain substances with ant i-inflammatory and antiseptic properties;
- Thanks to acidic couscous, the bite is excellent to calm thirst.
If the child is sick, it is recommended to give him a blueberry drink every day. It is convenient to monitor the child’s wel l-being, especially at night. This natural remedy has a diaphoretic effect; If a sleeping child sweats a lot, you have to wear dry clothes.
Young children should be given water from a bottle or a spoon, preschoolers can drink snacks of a glass or a cup. You can add a slice of lemon or a little sugar.
When there is a fever
Winding cranberry jam can be used to lower body temperature and relieve the unpleasant grade and acute respiratory symptoms. Ginger reinforces the ant i-inflammatory effect of berries and acts as a natural immunomodulatory. To prepare a tasty remedy you need
- 500 grams of granulated sugar;
- 5 liters of water. It is recommended to use bottled water for children, since the running water of the tap can contain harmful substances for the children’s body;
- 60 grams of ginger root;
- 700 grams of fresh or frozen berries.
Water is boiled, then the necessary amount of granulated sugar is dissolved in boiling water. Let the boiling water cool. You can add a little less sugar specified in the recipe, so the sour taste will be more pronounced. It all depends on the tastes of each one.
The ginger root is finely pica and poured into cold water. The berries are washed and added to it, then puts the pot with the drink on the fire and takes to boil, but without boiling. Then, it is gently passed through a strainer and allowed to cool to room temperature.
Attention. If the bite, prepared in this recipe, boiled, of ginger and I will evaporate useful substances. The drink is removed from the pot as soon as the first boiling signs.
For cough
Ba y-based healing drinks, as well as tea made of dry leaves are good for cough caused by upper and lower respiratory diseases, such as:
- Bronchitis;
- Laryngitis;
- Tracheitis;
- Angina;
- Pneumonia.
These natural remedies relieve inflammation of the pharynx and bronchi, calman cough and reduce its intensity, and fight the irritation of the larynx. Preparing an effective remedy against ba y-based cough is very simple.
To do this, the fresh product with sugar is previously rubbed and enrolled in jars. The jars of this jam should be kept in the refrigerator. Before any symptom of bronchitis or laryngitis (cough, throat pain, inflammation of the throat) a little sweet product must be taken out of the fridge and dilute it in a cup of hot water. Thus a bittersweet berries will be prepared.
An adult can drink 3 – 4 cups a day, a child only needs two daily cups. After 3 or 4 days, the intensity of cough decreases, the symptoms of inflammation of the respiratory tract disappear and the body temperature lowers.
Pediatricians affirm that berries and masters also have a beneficial effect on nasopharynx, providing a powerful antimicrobial effect, and reduce the intensity of nasal secretion with a cold.
A good treatment for bronchitis and laryngitis is a berry drink with dry skames. Boiling water is poured over the skirmishes, left in a thermos for 4 hours and then sneaks through a strainer. Puree with granulated sugar berries filtered through a thin layer of gauze.
The berry juice is combined with the sample broth. Take snacks ready to drink can be hot or cold. Before giving a cold drink to children, you have to heat it a bit, so that the cold liquid does not irritate the inflamed throat.
The daily consumption of berries gives good results in the treatment of coug h-related colds. To prepare the compote you can use red blueberries, red blueberries and lemon. The lemon and the resulting juice are crushed is squeezed in an enameled container.
Water is boiled and sugar is added to taste and lemon skin. Next, red blueberries, red blueberries and freshly squeezed citrus juice are added. The resulting liquid is boiled from five to ten minutes over low heat and then cools at room temperature. This drink is good for throat and throat pain.
Contraindications and possible damage
Previous recipes are not suitable for allergies prone children. In addition, remedies with red blueberries should not be used by children and adults suffering from stomach hyperacidity. The acid corrodes the gastric mucosa and can cause an exacerbation of chronic gastritis. There are also the following contraindications:
- Peptic ulcer, chronic and acute intestinal diseases;
- Low blood pressure;
- In case of insuli n-dependent diabetes, any berry drink with added sugar is contraindicated.
It is better to buy fresh berries in the market, since the frozen products of supermarkets usually contain large amounts of ice. It is also recommended to prepare jams, compotes and jams. In stores there is a large selection of blueberries based on blueberries, but they can contain preservatives, sweeteners and other harmful substances.
Before preparing dishes and drinks with the fresh product, you have to select the berries, clean them of impurities and wash them thoroughly. Dry leaves to prepare medicinal tea should be free of remains. Frozen products have a conservation period not exceeding six months, after which they gradually lose their useful properties.
Before introducing your child in this valuable product, it is advisable to consult a doctor. At the lowest allergy signal, the berry must be temporarily excluded from its usual diet. If used correctly, blueberries can help avoid the need for antibiotics in the treatment of many dangerous diseases.
