Baby diet: Know about Baby feeding

Feeding & Nutrition

Let us first know what should we feed the baby or what should be a done for proper baby feeding or to maintain proper baby diet.  When you understand a little about the fundamentals of sound nutrition, you are better able to plan a healthy diet for your child and adjust to her changing needs as she grows.

The building blocks of nutrition are proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals and water. Proteins are contained in meats, eggs and fish, and also in many vegetables (mostly legumes) and whole grain products. Carbohydrates - sugars and starch, come largely from fruits, vegetables, grains and other plant sources.

Fats come from both animal and plant sources. Animal fats are more likely to contribute to heart disease, stroke and related conditions, and only animal products contain cholesterol. Proteins, carbohydrates and fats all provide energy in the form of calories, but gram for gram, fats provide roughly twice as many calories as either proteins or carbohydrates.

vitamins and most minerals are substances needed in only small quantities for healthy functioning. However, growing children need a relatively high amount of two minerals, calcium and iron, because they are key ingredients in bones, muscles, blood and the brain.

In the first six months of life, Baby diet based on breast milk or formula provide a healthy balance of these nutrients. After that babies learn to eat an increasing variety of foods, and begin to establish preferences. By age two, a healthy toddler's diet looks a lot like a healthy adult's, with a mixture of foods from all groups, lots of whole grains and vegetables, a moderate amount of protein and carbohydrates and relatively little fat.

Within those broad outlines, there is a room for a lot of variety. Children can thrive on vegetarian diets, for example, and even diets that avoid all diary if the baby diet is carefully planned to provide all essential nutrients from other sources.

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