Manna porridge for a child up to a year - give or not?
Young grandmothers do not understand when their grandchildren are deprived of this useful and satisfying, in their opinion, food. And young mothers, on the contrary, fanatically defend their case. Who of them is right, and whether it is possible for a woman to get semolina porridge?
It's not a secret for anyone that the previous generations were much healthier and more enduring than the present, and it's not the semolina that was the main diet of the child. Modern children, in their majority, are subject to various allergic reactions, which some 20 years ago were a rarity. Blame everything for ecology, the modern rhythm of life and so on.
In semolina, which is produced from wheat (as well as in many others), there is a protein - gluten, not assimilated by a child's organism at an early age. Only after a year the digestive system of the baby begins to function like an adult, and even then, gradually.
Therefore, it is impossible to load a child's body with heavy foods, it is better to replace them with lighter, well-digestible - buckwheat, rice, corn. After all, if you ignore this obvious truth, in the future the child can not avoid gastritis, colitis and other problems with digestion.
In addition, the semolina contains the substance of phytin, which interferes with the absorption of calcium and vitamin D in the body, provoking anemia and rickets.
So, semolina porridge for babies up to a year is unequivocally harmful. It is better to pay attention to other, no less useful porridges, suitable for toddlers, including for the first complementary foods. But after the karapuz celebrated its first birthday, you can gradually try to introduce a manga into the diet if there is a great desire and the child is not allergic, but not more often than once a week.