Nuts are the delicacy loved by many adults and children. However, entering them into the child's diet, once you think, to bring to the kid the greatest benefit and to avoid negative consequences.
Advantage of nuts in baby food
On the one hand, nuts are extraordinary useful to a children's organism. They are a source of protein which on nutrition value is close to protein of animal origin. Peanut is especially rich with protein.
Also nuts contain the nonsaturated fatty acids necessary for a children's organism for normal development and growth. The greatest number of fats contains in a filbert, walnuts, almonds and peanut. Polyunsaturated fatty acids an omega-3 which are a rarity are of particular importance, but are present at walnuts.
And, at last, nuts are rich with vitamin E, potassium, magnesium, iodine, iron and cobalt. The greatest number of vitamin E and minerals contains in a filbert, it is slightly less in walnut and pine nuts.
Age limit
As well as any product, nuts, besides advantage, can do also harm therefore it is worth weighing as much as possible all possible consequences before giving them to the child. Pediatricians of the whole world agree in opinion that up to three years nuts are absolutely contraindicated to the child. First, any nuts – the trudnousvoyaemy product, and unripe digestive system of the child just will not cope with it, belly-ache, swelling, a diarrhea and other consequences from here. Secondly, nuts very much allergens, and children are subject to risk of developing of an allergy much stronger, than adults. And if at adults this illness is shown generally by rash, cold and sneezing, at children of a consequence can be far more serious, up to suffocation. Thirdly, nuts rather high-calorie delicacy, 100 g of this product contain 500–600 Kcal therefore to the kids inclined to obesity, it is necessary to give them with care. Besides, nuts are subject to formation of a mold on them. Also quite often they attract insects therefore it is better to buy them in original state and to clean independently. Before giving nuts to the child, they need to be washed out and dried carefully. Most often peanut is low-quality. And, at last, the small child can elementary choke with nut. Thus, the healthy children who do not have an allergy and not inclined to completeness on achievement of three years can include in a diet nuts, for a change flavoring feelings and for increase in nutritional value of a diet. It is worth beginning with one nutlet a day and to watch closely reaction of an organism to a new product. Later, if you made sure that the child has a normal chair, he feels well, and it is not hurt by a stomach, from consumption of nuts, it is possible to give 30–40 g of nuts few times in a week.