The course, the routine, the stress begins… the time we can devote to our children is reduced, but we know how necessary it is to provide them with healthy habits and habits that collaborate in their development in a favorable way. But it will not be so well done when the increase in overweight in the child population continues to be news, when physical activity in children is not stopped, when adult diseases are increasingly suffered by children.
So it does not hurt to make a review of our way of doing when it comes to feeding our children and for this, we find on the website Healthy Eaters, which we talked about a few days ago, the most frequent mistakes in infant feeding, and they are these:
The first mistake can be made if cow's milk is introduced into our child's diet before the end of the year, since it is most convenient for them to be fed with breast milk and if it is not possible, with infant formula, to Although it is based on cow's milk, it is treated and the types of fat have been changed, the proportions of protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals increased.
They have always put us in the head that milk helps to grow and strengthen bones, and this can lead many parents to provide an excess of dairy products to their children, with a maximum of three recommended daily rations. The problems that can arise from this supercharging of dairy products are several, such as the little iron that these products provide as well as the difficulty that calcium produces for the body to absorb this necessary mineral. Dairy products are also a source of animal fats rich in saturated fatty acids, reduce appetite and can cause abdominal pain. Let's not forget that many of the dairy desserts also provide a good dose of sugars. So let's try to forget to give custards, custard, etc., for dessert to our children, the best is a piece of fruit, precisely vitamin C helps assimilate the iron of the food that has been introduced into the food.
A big mistake is to think (and believe in commercial ads) that by giving our son a packaged juice, we are replacing the fruit ration. Already a natural juice deprives the body of the fiber of the fruit, because the packaged juices also contain sugars and artificial vitamins. It is a very energetic preparation that lacks essential nutrients and generally provides much less than 10% of fruit. It goes without saying that sodas are not recommended at all.
Another theme is breakfast and sugary or chocolate cereals that children like so much to the point that they consume more than recommended, either because of their taste or because of the cartoons on the packaging. The truth is that they are sweet, but despite being based on wheat, rice or corn, they are loaded with sugar, honey or chocolate, which increases their energy but not essential nutrients.
Nor is it beneficial for children to eat pastries, bread, etc. They are products that, because they are soft, slow their oral development, they do not work teeth, jaws, muscles of the face and chewing, they do not strengthen their teeth and gums and, on top of that, being rich in sugars, they favor tooth decay. They also provide added fat, so nothing better than taking fruit and bread of the day.
As we have always said, involving children in the kitchen and in the choice and handling of the food to be taken is beneficial, but they cannot be given total freedom, as they would surely choose a poorly balanced and healthy diet, they love very salty or very sweet foods, so we have to give them a choice between some possibilities within our meal plans, since we are what we know what they need to eat.
Let's go around our pantry, refrigerator and of course the fruit bowl. Let's think about the health of our children and not to satisfy their whims, let us set an example and take care of all our food, food education is a subject delegated to parents.
