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Do young children to eat whole grains

Children from the 4-6 months after adding complementary foods, you can consider eating whole grains. So-called whole grains other than white rice and stronger powder or standard powder grains, such as millet, corn and sorgo. Benefits of eating more whole grains have the following two aspects:


(1) white rice and fine flour in food processing, a significant portion of the nutrients lost, most serious was Bl vitamins and inorganic salt loss. Because Bl mainly exist in the outer layer of cereal grains, when you remove the bran and bran, Bl will be subsequently removed, so long-term people who eat white rice, wheat flour, easily lead to vitamin Bl deficiency beriberi (a peripheral neuritis, special symptoms of nutrient deficiency disorders of the cardiovascular system).


(2) all whole grains contain nutrients their own strength, such as millet with iron and vitamins B2, whole wheat powder containing high calcium, which can make the child access to a wide range of nutrients. In addition, whole grains contain more fiber than flour and rice, have a good effect on prevention from constipation in children. Therefore, nutritionists slogan is: not to withdraw our whole grains from the dinner.


But when children eat whole grains, to make easy digestion of food, such as millet flour and egg biscuit available, done with corn porridge.

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