Prevention Is the Cure! by Fred Sancilio

Author:Fred Sancilio
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781630474270
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing

On to Solid Foods

One of the greatest advantages parents can give their children is starting them out on the right nutritional footing. Children who grow up eating nutritious food while avoiding junk food, processed food, and excessive simple carbohydrates are smarter, stronger, and happier. They are much less likely to be sick, suffer from mental disorders, and have physical limitations.

This gift that never ends begins between months four and six, when an infant is introduced to solid food. Babies do not generally need solid food before month six, but small amounts in months four and five are acceptable. The absolute best approach is to puree the food in a blender and rely as little as possible on commercially jarred baby food. Parents should begin with a vegetable because humans have an innate preference for sweet food. If you start out a baby on fruit, she may not want to eat a vegetable later.

A single ingredient is best, just in case the baby is allergic to a specific food. Start with carrots, squash, or sweet potato, followed by peas, green beans, and other greens. Use only organic food to bypass pesticides and toxins that can impair concentration and cause hyperactivity in some children. Do not add salt, pepper, sugar, honey, or anything else, even though you may think the food tastes bland. Baby’s taste buds are not refined, and he will love the food without any of the added ingredients that could possibly cause harm.

It’s not always practical to make your own baby food, as great an idea as that may be. If you, like most parents, find yourself shopping for commercially made baby food, there are three words on the ingredient label you’ll want to look for: organic, water, and the name of the specific food. Do not buy baby food that has other ingredients, especially salt and sugar. And don’t be fooled by healthy-sounding ingredients such as honey, fructose, or molasses—they’re all sugar, and your baby doesn’t need any sugar added to his food. Period. Added water is fine.

Experts at the Department of Human Nutrition at the University of Glasgow in Scotland recently analyzed all the baby foods produced by the main English (UK) manufacturers. These included ready-made soft foods in jars and packaged dry foods such as cereal that can be made up with milk or water, biscuits, bars, snacks, and cakes. A whopping 65 percent of the products were sweet foods.

A comparison of the ingredients and nutritional values of commercial products to foods made at home revealed a significant advantage to the homemade variety. The commercial products contained more calories and had “very high” sugar content. The latter was particularly alarming, the experts warned, because repeated exposure to sweetened foods during infancy promotes “acceptance and preferences.” In other words, you’re basically priming the baby for sugar addiction.

On top of that, commercial baby food is way more expensive than the nutritionally preferable homemade variety. It’s a double whammy. You pay more, and you get less!

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