Children's Health Supplements 'Soaring' Ahead of School Opening...Check Ingredients First

Children's Health Supplements for Child Health Amid COVID-19 Spread Draw Attention
Careful Ingredient Selection Needed... Products Recognized by MFDS for Functional Benefits Using Natural Materials

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyungsoo] Among parents, interest in children's health functional foods that help their children's health is growing ahead of the new school term. This is because when full in-person classes resume, not only personal hygiene management such as hand washing and wearing masks but also immunity and growth management become important.

As social distancing measures are strengthened, outdoor activity decreases, and children accustomed to 'home-staying' lifestyles face sudden environmental changes, they may feel fatigue and stress, which can weaken their immunity.

When choosing health functional foods for children, it is important to carefully check the ingredients from the start. Recently, the pharmaceutical and bio industries have been scientifically researching and developing natural herbal ingredients based on traditional Korean medicine. There are also various health functional foods containing natural ingredients. Natural ingredients are gaining attention because they tend to have fewer side effects than chemically synthesized additives. Natural ingredients recognized for functionality by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety can help boost immunity.

Depending on children's lifestyle habits and health conditions, it is also good to select customized health functional foods for growth, immunity enhancement, fatigue, and memory improvement. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of health has broadened and management methods have become more specific, leading to increased demand for customized health functional foods according to specific functions.

As COVID-19 has continued for a long time, growing children with high activity levels cannot freely socialize with friends and only go back and forth between academies and school, expressing stress. The importance of immunity enhancement and nutrition management is greater than ever. Health functional foods containing ingredients such as red ginseng, chlorella, spirulina, and Cordyceps militaris alcohol extract, which help boost immunity, are beneficial. If you feel sudden fatigue due to 'new semester syndrome,' regularly consuming health functional foods made from ingredients like balloon flower root extract, plum extract, and broccoli sprout powder can help improve fatigue.

Interest in health functional foods for height growth in growing children is also high. Health functional foods containing functional ingredients such as Astragalus extract complex (HT042) can help children's height growth.

According to researchers at Kyung Hee University College of Korean Medicine, the complex including Astragalus extract increases the number and size of growth plate cartilage cells, accelerating bone length growth speed and laying the foundation for children's height growth. Furthermore, through eight international papers and two human application trials, it has been recognized by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for both safety and functionality.

One point to note is that even natural ingredient raw materials must be strictly checked for whether they have received functional recognition from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and whether they are safe to consume. Recently, the boundaries between general foods, health foods, and health functional foods have become ambiguous, so it is necessary to check for the health functional food certification mark that confirms the presence of functional ingredients before purchasing.

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