Reports Tribunnews.com reporter, Apfia Tioconny Billy
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – System digestion child have a big hand in maintaining immunity your baby’s body, in order to stay in shape, especially during a pandemic like today.
DR. dr. Ariani Dewi Widodo, SpA (K), Child Specialist and Gastroenterology Consultant explains there are good bacteria in the intestine that make digestion more smoothly and absorbed as nutrients.
When there are bad bacteria that enter the good bacteria will immediately give signals to the brain to fight these bacteria.
“It is undeniable that bacteria in the gut have communication with the brain that helps control mood and behavior in a person,” said Dr. Ariani when live with Nutriclub, Monday (6/20/2020).
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If bad bacteria can not be resisted, then problems arise digestion like diarrhea in child.
Then it can also cause child asthma, especially those of child who have allergic problems that make body health faltering and metabolism disturbed.
“Infectious diseases easily occur when there are more bad bacteria than good bacteria and the metabolism is determined by balance so if the body’s balance is disturbed then its metabolism is disrupted,” said Dr. Ariani.
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Good bacteria are found in many foods which are fermented, such as food from Indonesian tempeh and Kimchi originating from South Korea.
“So prebiotic and probiotic foods are good for the digestive tract, including kimchi, tempeh, yogurt, apples and bananas that contain prebiotics,” concluded Dr. Ariani.
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