diversification bébé

The main stages of baby food diversification
The baby food diversification goes beyond the mere awakening of taste. The color, texture and smell of food also count in learning nutrition. Your mission: between age 4 and 18 months, share your little desire and the pleasure of eating.
Breastfed or bottle, baby will gradually discover new gustatory pleasures. But beware, the stage of baby food diversification is difficult to manage! When to introduce vegetables, meat and fish? Doctissimo told you for the first meal ... without misstep!
No precipitation ! Baby milk must remain until at least four months (and six is ​​better)! Why ? Because the number of food allergies in children is increasing, mainly because of too early food diversification. For some ingredients, the introduction should be even later: not before six months for gluten cereals and ten months for the eggs. And go slowly, no more than one new food at a time. But do not wait too long either, some scientists believe that it could lead to eating disorders, especially a néophobie: was not used to a wide variety of foods when he was receptive, the child would then more refractory to discover new tastes.
When and change the baby food diet, not easy to give him exactly what he needs. If breast milk or formula milks have a composition that corresponds to its needs, now is up to you to avoid imbalances. Know for example that babies today are lacking fat, so feel free to add a small knob of butter on their spinach! According to a survey conducted by Pr. Marc Fantino Dijon and Sofres, the feeding of children between four months and two years contains between 29 and 33% fat, while breast milk contains 45%. Moreover, intake of fatty acids Omega 3 and Omega 6, are insufficient. Do not forget to put fish on the menu!
Regarding salt, luckily it does not seem to have problems in the first months of the baby food diversification. It is true that baby products are highly controlled. The excess risks appear afterwards: from the age of 3 years, 50% of children exceed the recommended daily intake (920 mg / d). Beware of chips!
The arrival of a child can be an opportunity to change the power of the family to be closer to a varied and balanced diet.
For this, we can learn from the people of power traditionally healthy as the Cretans, the people of Okinawa in Japan, Vilcabamba in Ecuador or the Caucasus.
That consume these populations?
Many vegetables and fruits, with a variety of vegetables depending on the season and local availability. Cereal or equivalent, pulses, spices, condiments, seaweed and herbs. Foods rich in monounsaturated fats (olive oil) and polyunsaturated omega-3 (fatty fish, snails, canola oil, walnuts, flax seeds). Some meat. Soy, tofu and / or yogurt and cheese (note that some populations consume little, if any, of milk products; anyway, the milk needs of breastfed children are fully covered by breast milk when they can nurse at will). These people do not eat sugary products, apart from a bit of honey and chocolate.