Can we add sugar to baby food

No added sugar for babies, US advisory panel recommends

Coping with a picky eater —

Do you have a picky eater in your house? As babies grow, they can develop aversions to foods they once liked. Pediatricians, nutritionists and feeding specialists give their top tips for handling picky eaters.

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You can begin "picky-proofing" when baby begins eating solid foods. "Babies learn taste preferences from a very early age, so offer a variety of tastes, textures, and even temperatures of food," said pediatric feeding specialist Melanie Potock, author of "Adventures in Veggieland."

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Pediatrician Dr. Tanya Altmann, author of "What to Feed Your Baby" has a list of "11 foundation foods" she believes will help children learn to love healthy food. "Let your infant lean in and open his mouth when he wants to eat," said Altmann. "Don't force feed or play airplane games -- that doesn't help."

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Encourage your child to make friends with food at a young age by involving them with cooking, said Potock. She also suggests playing with food, such as using beans in a tic-tac-toe game.

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Potock also suggests talking about how food is grown, such as with green beans and "Jack and the Beanstalk." Better yet, she said, grow your own veggies if possible, and have your child harvest and cook them. Take your child regularly to the farmers' market to see and touch new temptations.

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Michigan pediatrician and researcher Dr. Julie Lumeng suggests pairing your picky child with one that is eating a variety of foods. "Children are more likely to be willing to taste a new food if they see another human being tasting that new food," she said. "And it's even more powerful if it's a peer."

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Parents should model healthy eating behavior, said Ellyn Satter, author of "Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense."
"Kids do better with eating when they get their parents' undivided, positive attention," said Satter, adding that rule applies even when serving take-out or going to a restaurant. "However you put together a meal, it's still important to sit down together and pay attention to each other when you eat it."

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At age 2 and 3, it's developmentally appropriate for toddlers to have aversions to foods they used to like, said Lumeng. Worried parents often begin coaxing, harassing or even bribing with dessert. Don't do it, said Lumeng. She just completed a study showing that pressure tactics don't work.

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Instead of pressuring your child, continue to cook meals that you enjoy and include one or two items the child likes. "But don't cater to them and limit the menu to only things the child readily accepts," warns Satter. "And don't force them to eat. Let your child choose what and how much to eat of what you put on the table."

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Following these tips will help parents survive the picky eating era and set their child up for later success, experts said.
"As the child moves through the natural stage of picky eating and emerges out the other side," said Potock, "they've been exposed and are friends with a lot of different foods and are ready to try them again. "

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There’s a new motto for parents when it comes to feeding babies from birth until 2 years of age: “Every bite counts.”

That’s the takeaway from the first plan ever proposed for infants and toddlers by the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a group of experts charged with providing science-based recommendations twice each decade on how our diet affects our health.

“This report continues the traditional emphasis on individuals ages 2 years and older and, for the first time, expands upon it to reflect the growing body of evidence about appropriate nutrition during the earliest stages of life,” the report stated.

“Nutritional exposures during the first 1,000 days of life not only contribute to long-term health but also help shape taste preferences and food choices.”

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Released Wednesday, these final recommendations are sent to the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Agriculture, which use them to create the final 2020 to 2025 dietary guidelines that dictate much of what Americans will eat over the next five years.

The advisory group’s recommendations “are enormously influential,” said nutrition researcher Marion Nestle, who has authored numerous books on food politics and marketing, including 2015’s “Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning). ”

“They govern food assistance programs, influence food industry marketing, and also influence the actual guidelines and food advice for the public,” Nestle said.

So how did this committee do, considering all the challenges of a short time frame, Covid-19 logistics and the need to add recommendations for the first two years of life?

“This is an impressive, solid, conservative review of the existing science highly consistent with previous Dietary Guidelines but with mostly stronger recommendations,” Nestle said.

“At the outset, I was concerned that the committee members might be heavily biased in favor of food industry interests, she added. “If they were, such biases do not show up in the final report. I think this committee deserves much praise for producing a report of this quality under these circumstances.”

One key message in the 2020 infant recommendations: No amount of added sugar is OK for a baby’s development.

“Avoid foods and beverages with added sugars during the first 2 years of life,” the committee stated. “The energy in such products is likely to displace energy from nutrient-dense foods, increasing the risk of nutrient inadequacies.

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“Moreover, consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is linked with increased risk of overweight or obesity.”

Added sugars are used in processed foods and beverages to sweeten, and differ from the natural sugars that are part of a piece of fruit or glass of milk.

“Apples and oranges all contain sugar but they also provide fiber and overall nutrition,” said pediatrician Dr. Steven Abrams, who chairs the American Academy of Pediatrics committee on nutrition.

“Mother’s milk has sugar in it,” Abrams said, but it’s packed full of immune boosting, infection fighting components and is the perfect combination of fats, proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins for a baby’s needs.

However, while 100% fruit juice may appear to offer the same nutritional benefit as whole fruit, in reality it does not, according to the AAP.

“Fruit juice, especially for kids in the first year of life, is a source of sugar without many nutrient benefits,” Abrams said. “So this should always be avoided.”

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Then between 1 and 3 years of age, kids should drink no more than 4 ounces per day of 100% fruit juice, the AAP suggests.

The committee found that “nearly 70 percent of added sugars intake comes from five food categories: sweetened beverages, desserts and sweet snacks, coffee and tea (with their additions), candy and sugars, and breakfast cereals and bars. ”

On a food label, added sugars can include “brown sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, glucose, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, lactose, malt syrup, maltose, molasses, raw sugar, and sucrose,” according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Parents should avoid added sugar in a child’s diet, the committee recommends, because of the strong link to childhood obesity and future chronic health conditions.

Yet prior research has found that on average, infants consume a teaspoon of added sugar a day while toddlers consume about 6 teaspoons a day.

“Early life nutritional exposures have emerged as an etiological risk factor associated with later-life chronic disease risk,” the report said.

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“Every bite matters, which I think is a really good motto,” said Abrams, who directs the Dell Pediatric Research Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. “I like that a lot because it reminds you that what you’re feeding the baby really does make a difference.”

What about older children and adults? The committee dropped the recommended amount of added sugar from 10% of daily calories to 6% – for an adult on a 2,000 calorie per day diet that means that less than 120 calories should come from added sugar each day.

To put that into perspective, one can of sugar-sweetened soda is about 150 calories.

Breast milk contains healthy micronutrients important to a baby’s development that can, for the most part, be influenced by a woman’s diet and supplement use.

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“The strongest evidence found was that ever being breastfed may reduce the risk of overweight or obesity, type 1 diabetes, and asthma, compared to never being breastfed,” the committee found.

In their working draft, the committee found rapid weight gain was more likely among formula-fed infants than breastfed infants, possibly due to higher protein intake with formula or overfeeding by the caregiver so as not to “waste” food.

Don’t start first foods for baby before 4 months of age, the committee said. Research shows doing so is associated with an increased risk of obesity at 2 to 12 years. That appeared to be especially true for infants who are formula fed, as they may not be able to regulate their feelings of “fullness” as well as breastfed infants.

The committee also encouraged women to more closely adhere to healthy eating recommendations before and during pregnancy.

“Though the diets of women who are pregnant or lactating are higher in key food groups, they still fall below recommendations,” the report said. “The risk of chronic disease begins early in life, with important health consequences for the fetus based on the dietary intake of the mother and subsequent feeding behaviors in infancy and early childhood.”

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Eating fish high in omega-3 fatty acids is a key benefit for both pregnant women and newborns, the committee found. It may be related to reduced risk of gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders during pregnancy, while also reducing risk of preterm birth.

Eating at least 8 to 12 ounces each week of a variety of seafood high in omega-3 and low in methlymercury – such as crab, oysters, salmon, sardines, scallops, shrimp, squid and tilapia – may also boost cognitive development and language and communication development in children.

Possible areas of nutritional concern in baby’s development revolve around iron, zinc and vitamin D. Because breast milk doesn’t contain adequate amounts of vitamin D unless the mother is supplementing at high levels, the committee followed the AAP’s guidelines: Give fully and partially breastfed babies 400 IU of vitamin D from birth until the baby is weaned and drinking vitamin D-fortified cow’s milk or infant formula.

There’s no need to go above that level, the committee said: “The existing body of evidence does not provide a basis for recommending vitamin D supplementation above 400 IU per day during infancy.”

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Iron is important for “normal neurological development and immune function,” the committee said, adding that studies show that both iron and zinc decline in breastfed infants by six months.

Therefore, parents of breastfed babies should feed foods like meat that are rich in iron and zinc during the second six months of life, or fortify with iron-enriched foods such as infant cereals.

Be careful, however, since too much iron can also be harmful. Formula-fed babies may get a double dose of iron if they are eating cereals as well. The committee does not recommend iron supplements for babies, unless they are screened by a doctor and found to be deficient.

It’s also important to give baby adequate amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids, the committee recommended, because of the important role they play in brain development. Key sources are fish, fish oil, vegetable oil, nuts and seeds.

The committee also found introducing peanuts and eggs, “in an age appropriate form,” after 4 months of age may reduce the risk of food allergy to these foods. While the evidence wasn’t as strong for other allergens such as nuts and seafood, there was also no harm in introducing such potentially allergic foods.

Here’s a shocker for men who drink: The committee is suggesting reducing current guidance for two drinks for men and one drink a day for women.

“Recommended limits for both men and women who drink would be 1 drink per day on days when alcohol is consumed,” the report said.

Alcoholic consumption.

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Research has indicated higher average alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality, so “those who do not drink should not begin to drink because they believe alcohol would make them healthier. ”

What’s missing from this analysis? The committee didn’t tackle the topic of red meat – a major supplier of saturated fat in the American diet and a huge player in the argument over food sustainability and environmental impact.

Sodium and salt and their role in the growing epidemic of hypertension and heart disease was also not part of the committee’s assignment. “The report says remarkably little about sodium beyond that it is overconsumed and people should ‘reduce sodium intake,’” Nestle said.

The committee didn’t address drinking water over other beverages for hydration. Nor did they touch on the need to limit the American fascination with overly processed foods that lose nutritional value as their shelf life expands.

“Ultraprocessed” is the new way of talking about foods that should not be consumed regularly or in large amounts — tons of evidence has come in within the last five years,” Nestle said.

“The word does not appear in the report except in the references,” Nestle said. “If the committee considered this evidence, it did not spell it out explicitly.”

Those issues aren’t addressed, critics say, because the independence of the 2020 Dietary Advisory Committee was removed by the federal government.

“For the first time in the 40-year history of the Dietary Guidelines, the agencies — USDA and HHS — set the scientific agenda, not the committee,” Nestle said.

While we don’t know if the committee would have considered other topics, “sustainability, meat, sodium, and ultraprocessed foods are the hot nutrition topics these days and getting the committee’s take on these issues would have been a big help,” Nestle said.

Clarification: An earlier version of this story characterized the advisory committee’s proposed plan as guidelines.

Sugar for Baby - First Foods for Baby

When can babies have sugar?

While it is considered safe to add sugar to baby’s food after 12 months of age, it can be beneficial to wait until closer to the 2nd birthday to introduce sugar and sweeteners (even natural ones like agave, date syrup, honey, maple syrup, and stevia). In excess, sugar and sweeteners can reduce the diversity of foods a child is interested in eating, may increase the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, increase the risk for dental caries, and potentially even impact cardiovascular health.¹ ² ³

Cultural background of sugar

Sweetness is a basic and inherent component of many natural foods, but humans first started extracting and concentrating that sweetness in India thousands of years ago. What we now know as refined or table sugar is typically made from sugar cane, a species of grass particularly high in sucrose, or sugar beets.

Cooking with table sugar—pure sucrose—is to witness magic in the kitchen: it can exist in crystals, powder, or syrups; it can be molded and sculpted; it can form fine threads or glass-like panes; and it can be molten to create caramel. But that magic has, historically, come at a cost: refined sugar has traditionally been a labor-intensive good to produce, which meant that the industry was a powerful driver in the global slave trade. Today, the sugar industry has expanded thanks to the invention of high-fructose corn syrup and other products, which are all considered unhealthy in excess.

Is sugar healthy for babies?

No. Sugar lacks protein, fat, and nutrient density—which babies need—and in excess can lead to an increased risk of obesity, high blood pressure, and dental caries. ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ Furthermore, babies have an innate preference for sweetness, so it’s important to give them ample time to develop a palate for healthy foods that do not contain added sugar.⁷ Avoiding added sugar and sweeteners in the early years may help babies and toddlers to learn to love savory flavors as well as naturally sweet whole foods like fruit and vegetables. If you want to sweeten baby’s food, consider using fresh fiber-containing fruits, such as bananas, figs, or strawberries.

★Tip: Beverages often have a lot of added sugar. Skip sweet beverages for now and serve your toddler water and unsweetened milk instead. And remember, babies younger than 12 months of age should only have breast milk, formula, or very small amounts of water to drink.

How can I find added sugars on a food label?

In the US, added sugar amounts are specified on the food label under “added sugars.” Also, if a form of added sugar (see below) is one of the first few ingredients listed, know that that food likely contains significant amounts of sugar.

Common added sugar ingredients include:

Agave nectar
Barley malt syrup
Beet sugar
Brown rice syrup
Brown sugar
Cane juice crystals
Cane sugar
Caramel
Carob syrup
Coconut nectar
Coconut sugar
Corn syrup
Date nectar
Date sugar
Demerara sugar
Dextrose
Fructose
Fruit juice concentrate
Glucose
Glucose solids
Glucose syrup
Golden syrup
High fructose corn syrup
Honey
Maltose
Maple syrup
Molasses
Powdered sugar
Rice syrup
Raw sugar
Simple syrup
Sorghum syrup
Sucanat
Sucrose
Treacle
Turbinado sugar

Are artificial sweeteners like stevia okay for babies?

No. It is our strong opinion that it’s best to hold off on any sweetener until closer to age 2. Furthermore, information regarding sugar alternatives for children—especially infants and toddlers—is quite limited. For this reason, avoid sugar substitutes when possible.

Is sugar a common choking hazard for babies?

No. Sugar itself is not a common choking hazard, though the foods it is in certainly can be. As always, make sure you create a safe eating environment and stay within an arm’s reach of baby during meals.

For more information on choking, visit our sections on gagging and choking and familiarize yourself with the list of common choking hazards.

Is sugar a common allergen?

No. Sugar allergies are rare.⁸ As you would when introducing any new food, start by offering a small quantity on its own for the first couple of servings.

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How do you introduce sugar to toddlers?

Every baby develops on their own timeline, and the suggestions on how to cut or prepare particular foods are generalizations for a broad audience. Your child is an individual and may have needs or considerations beyond generally accepted practices. In determining the recommendations for size and shape of foods, we use the best available scientific information regarding gross, fine, and oral motor development to minimize choking risk. The preparation suggestions we offer are for informational purposes only and are not a substitute for child-specific, one-on-one advice from your pediatric medical or health professional or provider. It is impossible to fully eliminate all risk of a baby or child choking on any liquid, puree, or food. We advise you to follow all safety protocols we suggest to create a safe eating environment and to make educated choices for your child regarding their specific needs. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read or seen here.

6 to 12 months old: Avoid.

12 to 24 months old: Consider waiting. Early and frequent exposure to sugar can reduce the diversity of foods your child is interested in eating and even increase the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes and negatively impact cardiovascular health. ⁹

24 months+ old: Go time! When you are ready to introduce foods with added sugar, don’t make it a big deal. Avoid offering dessert as a special occasion or reward and never require the child to finish their meal in order to get a sweet food or dessert. Lastly, keep in mind that children will naturally appreciate the taste of sweetness—humans are programmed this way. The goal is to have a healthy and guilt-free relationship with food while eating a nutritious diet.

For more information on how to cut food for babies, visit our page on Food Sizes & Shapes.

Recipe: Whipped Cream with Berries

Yield: 2 cups (480 milliliters)
Cooking Time: 5-10 minutes
Age: 24 months+

Ingredients

1 cup (240 milliliters) heavy cream
1 tablespoon (17 grams) confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon (5 milliliters) vanilla extract
5 large strawberries

This recipe contains common allergens: dairy. Only serve after dairy has been introduced safely.

Directions

Add the heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla extract to a large bowl and using a large whisk or (ideally!) an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk until stiff peaks form. Do not over whip or it will become lumpy and start to turn into butter!
Serve: Allow the child to dip their strawberries straight into a small bowl of whipped cream. Or, cut their berries up and top with whipped cream.

To Store: Store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours.

Flavor Pairings

The particular tastes of sugar range from the mellow buttery flavor of caramelized sugar to the simpler sweetness of granulated sugar. Sugar offers a versatile sweetness to a limitless number of desserts, but it can also help to balance spicy ingredients (like jalapeño) or bitter ones (as in cocoa), as well as enhance flavor in dishes.

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E. Cerda, MSN, CNS, LDN

A. Gilbaugh, RD, CNSC

K. Grenawitzke, OTD, OTR/L, SCFES, IBCLC, CNT

S. Bajowala, MD, FAAAAI. (allergy section)

R. Ruiz, MD Board-Certified General Pediatrician and Pediatric Gastroenterologist

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Chi, D. L., & Scott, J. M. (2019). Added Sugar and Dental Caries in Children: A Scientific Update and Future Steps. Dental clinics of North America, 63(1), 17–33. DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2018.08.003. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
Fidler Mis, N., Braegger, C., Bronsky, J., Campoy, C., Domellöf, et al. (2017). Sugar in Infants, Children and Adolescents: A Position Paper of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Committee on Nutrition. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 65(6), 681–696. DOI:10.1097/MPG.0000000000001733. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
Genovesi, S., Giussani, M., Orlando, A., Orgiu, F., & Parati, G. (2021). Salt and Sugar: Two Enemies of Healthy Blood Pressure in Children. Nutrients, 13(2), 697. DOI: 10.3390/nu13020697. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
Chi, D. L., & Scott, J. M. (2019). Added Sugar and Dental Caries in Children: A Scientific Update and Future Steps. Dental clinics of North America, 63(1), 17–33. DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2018.08.003. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
Fidler Mis, N., Braegger, C., Bronsky, J., Campoy, C., Domellöf, et al. (2017). Sugar in Infants, Children and Adolescents: A Position Paper of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Committee on Nutrition. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 65(6), 681–696. DOI:10.1097/MPG.0000000000001733. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
Jung, C.-G., Yang, E.-M., Lee, J.-H., Kim, S.-H., Park, H.-S., & Shin, Y. S. (2018). Coca-Cola allergy identified as fructose-induced anaphylaxis. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 6 (5), 1787-1789.e1. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2018.02.003. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
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From what age can salt and sugar be given to a child | The benefits and harms of salt and sugar in baby food

Salt and sugar are quite controversial foods in the diet of even an adult. But what about the nutrition of children, especially the smallest - babies up to a year old?

Everyone knows that taste preferences and eating habits are developed in a person from early childhood - from the moment the first complementary foods are introduced. And the main task of parents during this period is to instill in the child a love for the natural taste of products, not to provoke the development of taste buds in only one zone, for example, sweet and salty.

Salt and sugar for children under one year old

Many mothers and fathers worry that without the introduction of sugar and salt, the child will not receive sucrose, which gives energy and mineral salts necessary for cellular metabolism. However, this is a big misconception, as scientists nutritionists have long proven, sucrose is absolutely not needed for children under one year old. Healthy sugars should get into the children's body in the form of fructose, which is found in fruits and vegetables.

As for salt, the product that we see on the shelves of stores with the inscription "Table salt" is again not the salt that a growing body needs. Mineral salts involved in every metabolic process of our body are the most complex substances in terms of their chemical composition. Here are just some of the components of these compounds - sodium chloride (salt itself), zinc, copper, manganese, iodine, selenium, etc. - and all these trace elements are found in complementary foods (vegetables, meat, fish, and others), and can fully cover the daily need of the child's body.

That is why Materna dairy and dairy-free baby food does not contain refined sugars and table salt. The required amount of nutrients and trace elements of Materna nutrition is calculated taking into account the age needs of the child. Materna infant formulas for babies of the first year of life are as close as possible in composition to mother's milk and are enriched with additional components for comfortable digestion and full growth of the child.

Sugar in baby food

The need for sugar in a child up to a year is only 4 g (slightly less than a teaspoon). Babies up to 4-6 months of age receive easily digestible sugars from mother's milk or formula. Since the introduction of complementary foods, natural sugars of vegetables and fruits, juices are added.

It is advisable to add refined white sugar to children after a year, in an amount of not more than 6 g per day (full teaspoon). Use it to sweeten sour fruit drinks, when baking fruits, in desserts or pastries.

Too early or too much sugar in a child's diet leads to a number of problems:

fermentation processes in the intestines increase, which provokes bloating and painful colic. Products of incomplete protein breakdown from the intestine are absorbed into the bloodstream, thereby causing allergic reactions;
excess sugar is deposited in fat depots, prerequisites for the development of obesity, diabetes mellitus and changes in the central nervous system appear;
tooth enamel is destroyed;
interferes with proper nutrition: sweetened food creates an “illusion” of satiety in a child, therefore, having eaten quite a bit, for example, sweet porridge or cookies, he will refuse the main meal;
sugar in children is addictive! No matter how scary it sounds, but this pattern has been repeatedly proven: a child, receiving a portion of glucose, experiences an emotional upsurge, he is cheerful and active, but as soon as the blood sugar level drops to normal, lethargy and boredom will set in, so the child will begin to ask himself, and then demand sweets.

Materna Sugar Free Infant Formula does not have these drawbacks.

Salt in the diet of children under one year old

The stereotype that has been strengthened over the years that the human body without salt can get serious functional disorders, and to this day encourages young mothers to add salt to complementary foods for their beloved child. But is salt really necessary for children under one year old? Many pediatricians agree that the child receives all the necessary mineral salts from milk nutrition or complementary foods without the addition of common table salt.

The daily salt requirement for a child up to a year is 0.3 g (after a year 0.5 g). Before the introduction of complementary foods, babies receive all this amount from mother's milk or an adapted milk formula. After that, mineral salts of complementary foods are added: from vegetables, fruits, cereals, meat and other foods. If parents want to further “enrich” the child’s diet with salt and add salt to complementary foods, this will create a greater burden on the kidneys (since salt retains fluid) and the child’s pancreas.

Another concern of young parents is the lack of flavor diversity, which is lost in the absence of salt in complementary foods. This myth also needs to be dispelled. The child's taste buds are very poorly developed, and in the first year of life, he does not distinguish the delicate taste of dishes well. But at the same time, if you regularly add salt or sweeten food, the zones of receptors that perceive sweet or salty will begin to develop faster and require more “flavor enhancers”.

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Switching to baby food in the hope that it will help you lose weight is not worth it. Why a diet of products for babies is not suitable for a healthy lifestyle, explained Sputnik radio ... RIA Novosti, 08/15/2020

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MOSCOW, August 15 - RIA Novosti. Switching to baby food in the hope that it will help you lose weight is not worth it. Why a diet of products for babies is not suitable for a healthy lifestyle, Arina Skoromnaya, the leading fitness column on the Friday TV channel, explained to radio Sputnik. Of course, baby food is safer than "adult" food in the sense that it does not contain GMOs, flavorings , preservatives and dyes. But it does have sugar. And this is one of the reasons why nutritionists do not advise adults to switch to food for babies, says Arina Skoromnaya. The second obstacle is the volume of servings and the content of useful elements. Yes, there are many useful substances in baby food, but there are not those that are vital for the normal functioning of the adult human body. For example, it does not contain coarse fiber, without which digestive problems and constipation are guaranteed. There are very few proteins and fats in such a diet. "An adult does not really eat up baby food and then quickly wants to eat again. This is not a product for an adult. I would not recommend using baby food as a diet. As a diet, it is a crime to sit on such products. This is not an option, "says Arina Skoromnaya. But from time to time, baby food can be consumed. This is a good alternative to unhealthy snacks, the nutritionist noted. , — the nutritionist concluded in an interview with Sputnik radio.

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MOSCOW, August 15 - RIA Novosti. Switching to baby food in the hope that it will help you lose weight is not worth it. Why a diet of foods for babies is not suitable for a healthy lifestyle, Arina Skoromnaya, the leading fitness column on the Friday TV channel, explained to Radio Sputnik.

Of course, baby food is safer than "adult" food in the sense that it does not contain GMOs, flavors, preservatives and colors. But it does have sugar. And this is one of the reasons why nutritionists do not advise adults to switch to food for babies, says Arina Skoromnaya.

"If we talk about the figure, about losing weight and about healthy lifestyle, then baby food is not quite suitable. Despite the fact that sugar is not added there, it is already there because of the ingredients. After processing, you get a puree of fast carbohydrates. It is quickly absorbed the human body and can increase insulin. This is especially true of applesauce. Fruit purees are not suitable for weight loss, "the nutritionist told Sputnik radio.

The second hurdle is portion size and nutrient content. Yes, there are many useful substances in baby food, but there are not those that are vital for the normal functioning of the adult human body.