Raising healthy eaters- What to feed baby suggests leaving grains till over 1 yr.
While it may be acceptable for rice, I'd rather babies didn't eat wheat at all. I doubt humans thrive at all on modern wheat varieties, so the longer you put it off the better.
Hear, hear, Ted! None of us should consume any of the grains.
I would take this one step further and say that we never should have - why we did is an interesting study in the manipulation of food supply as a route to power. BUT, from the nutritional perspective, grain has been screwing up human health ever since its introduction - max 15,000 years ago. Grains don't want to be eaten! They protect themselves chemically - ie poison us. Two main mecahanisms - 1) lectins, which trigger autoimmune disease 2) phytate, which binds to minerals so that they cannot be absorbed. That's before we discuss exessive carbohydrate consumption.
Your baby needs lots of fats - particularly from fish - but not larger predatory fish like tuna (due to bioaccumulation of heavy metals and toxins). Introduce pureed, vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower along with pureed fish like herring or sardine as well as squid and prawn. Be selective about meat sources - pasture raised and never grain fed - and that includes your chickens (for eggs or meat).
Dairy products are best sourced from goat - raw if possible. Harder to get raw cow's milk, but not impossible.
Last, but not least - NO SOYA products EVER.
Don't give your baby cereals - and ideally mum should stay off grains while breast feeding - in fact follow the same dietary advice. Eat lots of fish for your baby. DHA is essential for the development of brain, nerves, and vision.
Raising healthy eaters- What to feed baby suggests leaving grains till over 1 yr.
While it may be acceptable for rice, I'd rather babies didn't eat wheat at all. I doubt humans thrive at all on modern wheat varieties, so the longer you put it off the better.
Raising healthy eaters- What to feed baby suggests leaving grains till over 1 yr.
While it may be acceptable for rice, I'd rather babies didn't eat wheat at all. I doubt humans thrive at all on modern wheat varieties, so the longer you put it off the better.
When you say most wheat is bad for your health, does that include oatmeal as well?
So, even Bob's Red Mills Whole Wheat Flour that is 100% stone ground from hard red U.S. dark northern spring wheat?
Celiac disease is an immune-mediated disease, triggered in genetically susceptible individuals by ingested gluten from wheat, rye, barley, and other closely related cereal grains.
The only treatment for celiac disease is a strict gluten-free diet for life.
This paper presents a systematic review of the scientific literature on the safety of pure oats for individuals with celiac disease, which historically has been subject to debate.
Limitations identified within the scientific database include: limited data on long-term consumption, limited numbers of participants in challenge studies, and limited reporting about the reasons for withdrawals from study protocols.
Furthermore, some evidence suggests that a small number of individuals with celiac disease may be intolerant to pure oats and some evidence from in vitro studies suggests that an immunological response to oat avenins can occur in the absence of clinical manifestations of celiac disease as well as suggesting that oat cultivars vary in toxicity.
Based on the majority of the evidence provided in the scientific database, and despite the limitations, Health Canada and the Canadian Celiac Association (CCA) concluded that the majority of people with celiac disease can tolerate moderate amounts of pure oats.
The incorporation of oats into a gluten-free diet provides high fiber and vitamin B content, increased palatability, and beneficial effects on cardiovascular health.
However, it is recommended that individuals with celiac disease should have both initial and long-term assessments by a health professional when introducing pure oats into a gluten-free diet.
In my opinion, granted it aint worth two cents, but I would try and stay away from the cereal as long as possible... start with veggies, and the baby will learn to like them more then the sweet foods... start with an avocado... it mashes well... or try a banana.... are you planning on making your own baby food???? so easy.... just blend in a blender... sweet potatoe is also an easy choice. always start with veggies and your child will learn to love them.... if they are not given sweets, when they are old enough they will tend to lean towards the veggies...the first foods they are given... our country has such a weight problem, and it starts at birth, when we start feeding them grains, in my opinion, the longer you stay away from the grains and the cereal, the healthier your child will be!
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For me with my babies, it depended on how satisfied they were with breast milk only. It depends on the individual child.
How long were they sleeping between feedings? The time is supposed to get longer as they get older. If not, it's hungry!
I usually began with oatmeal or rice cereal - never wheat.
For one baby it was 4 months, for 2nd baby it was 6 months. 3rd baby was 7 months, 4th baby was 6 months.
Veggies & fruit always for dinner/last meal.
Breast feeding at 10 pm or later & then pray he/she sleeps thru the night! LOL
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Just a thought - while still breast feeding - baby will get her D3 from mum.
Mum should be on about 10,000iu daily...
Ideally both parents would get 25(OH)D tested before conception(D3 improves sperm motility and as sperm contains Vitamin D receptors it's reasonable to suppose when they reach the end of the journey the VDR is there for some purpose.
Hollis has shown it takes at latitude 32 around 6400iu to raise levels to around 60 ng/ml = 150nmol/l. the level at which human breast milk is vitamin D replete.
Further north it's likely as mindmt has suggested that more will be required.
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