Milk drinking 'smart' baby will be smart?

Many mothers believe that, if investing in expensive types of milk advertised to contain intelligent nutrients, their children will certainly be very bright. In fact, "creating" intelligence is not so simple.

Bifidobacteria that exist in the intestine help children absorb the nutrients produced by "external milk" (Photo: probiotics) Many studies show that the development of the brain is based on the basis of physical development . The impact of physical underdevelopment on brain development is important not only in the present but also in the future.

Studies recently published at the University of Bristol (UK) show that a low-birth-weight baby will grow slower and have lower intellectual parameters than children with normal weight . In addition, children with stunted stature due to poor growth in length and weight (manifestations of malnutrition) often suffer from mental retardation and low learning outcomes.

Thus, the process of absorbing nutrients in children plays a very important role in helping the body develop normally. Many studies have demonstrated that bifidobacteria (also called Bifidus bacteria) exist in the intestine to help children absorb the nutrients produced by "external milk" . They also increase the absorption of water, calcium, many other minerals, produce vitamin A, vitamin B1, B6, B12, vitamin K and biotin for babies to use. Bifidus bacteria also improve the efficiency of lactose and milk protein metabolism. In other words, Bifidus helps maximize absorption of nutrients, helps healthy children, is a premise for children to develop their brain.

The baby's body is healthy, new children are easy to develop their brain continuously, without interruption. In the case of lack of breast milk, the nutrients obtained from external milk play an important role: support children with brain development in the early years of life.

There are many factors that make up your baby's intelligence. (Photo: Sheepskin) But it's not natural to drink milk containing nutrients that are beneficial for the brain. In fact, intelligence is a fairly broad and not easily measured category. The aptitude is formed not only by nutrition but also depends on many other factors such as genetics, education in the family, the influence of society, living environment .

The mother raising children, caring and cuddling their children helps them become more alert and bright than those who go to kindergarten or are looked after by strangers and relatives. This is the conclusion of the British Child Care Association after studying over 1,200 children from 3 months to 51 months.

In fact there are children from families with "precious" genes and well-educated, but growing up is just normal people, nothing outstanding. In contrast, there are original "peasants" children whose parents inherited the good genes of their families and a good education to become outstanding ones. In short, there are many factors that affect a child's intelligence, which is difficult to determine which one is the secondary . However, it is still possible to confirm one thing: Good health is a solid foundation for children to develop their brain later!

That is why in advanced countries, when choosing milk, mothers who are interested in essential nutrients help children absorb better so that their bodies are healthier than those that develop intellectually.

Dr. Nguyen Lan Dinh