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Nutrition and brain stimulation Optimize Development of Children
Gizi.net - Nutrition and excitement (stimulation) enough must be given to the baby in his life two years early so that the brain child can grow and develop optimally. If only provide nutrition without the stimulation it will not be sufficient.

Nutrition''it can not be without stimulation. To establish intelligence of children, the nutrition and stimulation should be given together,''said the specialist doctors child consultants to grow flowers, Soedjatmiko, in Jakarta, Monday (11 / 2).

Head of the Division of the Department of Grown-reviewed pediatrics, Faculty of Social Medicine, University of Indonesia explain the function of the brain depending on the number of brain cells and percabangannya, the number of neurotransmitter or substances that activate synaps (the relationship between the nervous cells), and the quality mielin unveil cell or nervous. ''And all of that influenced the existence of nutrition and stimulation,''he said again stressed.

According to him, the most important nutrient needed for the baby's growth and development otaknya in the first two years of age are milk (breastmilk). Besides containing all the elements needed infant nutrition, he said, the process of breastfeeding is also an appropriate stimulai pertumbungan and development of the brain for the perfect baby.

''Embrace, feel, views, and the communication during the breastfeeding mother is the emotional and cognitive stimulation that trigger the formation of branching nervous brain cells to the positive emotions,''he said.

After a period of exclusive breastfeeding is over, he continued, additional Feed nutrition for the development of the brain can be obtained from food companion breastfeeding, such as nutrient-rich milk biscuits, the source of animal protein and vegetables. Meanwhile, stimulation, he said, can be done through various ways in similar activities such as play time, bath, roads, change clothes, or watch the television and the other.

''The most important children should be given the broadest freedom to do what he wants to do is not dangerous to the origin of himself and others that power imagery and kreatifitasnya develop optimally,''he said.