A recent hot search made people very speechless:
Some parents believe that drinking milk powder will "catch fire", and using vegetable water to flush milk powder will cause infant poisoning.
What's more, it is still boiling a pot of vegetable water and drinking it for a day. Then the child drank and was hospitalized.
It turned out that the nitrate substances in the vegetable water were reduced to highly toxic nitrites under the action of microorganisms, resulting in the poisoning of the baby! The methemoglobin in the child's body reaches the lethal range.
Although the child was sent to medical treatment in time, severe tissue hypoxia may lead to serious consequences such as damage to the child's organs and brain damage.
Poor child, another family tragedy!
Solemnly warn parents: juice, vegetable water, broth, milk and any other liquid can not be used to make milk powder!
But there are still people in the comment area who are defending the vegetable water:
This concept is very wrong, the actual situation is: whether overnight or not, you can not use vegetable water to wash milk powder!!!
So how to brew milk powder, what to use to make milk powder! What other foods are not suitable for small babies, and we must talk about them today!
01
What water can I use to make milk powder?
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1. Can vegetable water wash milk powder?
No!
Calcium in milk powder, when encountering oxalic acid in vegetables, will become indigestible "calcium oxalate", affecting the body's absorption of calcium, which may lead to slow growth of the baby for a long time, and even induce stone disease. There are also cases of the above news, vegetable water improper preservation is easy to become "life-killing water"!
2. Can juice be brewed?
Fruit juice is rich in fruit acid, which will cause the precipitation and cohesion of protein in milk powder, which is not conducive to the digestion and absorption of protein by the baby, and when the situation is serious, it will also cause the baby to have indigestion or diarrhea.
3. What about broth and milk powder?
No way!
No meat soup! Chicken, duck, fish, pork, beef and lamb are not OK! Dragon meat can't do it! In this way, milking the baby is equivalent to increasing the concentration of milk powder, which will destroy the normal nutritional ratio and increase the burden on the baby's organs. Eating too much salt in chicken soup and broth will increase the risk of high blood pressure and heart disease...
4. Can breast milk be used to make milk powder?
The nutritional composition and osmolality of breast milk are just right for the baby, thinking that using breast milk to prepare milk powder is more nutritious, in fact, it increases the concentration of milk, osmotic pressure increases, long-term feeding, the baby's intestines and kidneys will cause serious damage.
5. Can mineral water be used for milk?
Mineral water comes with minerals that are used to make milk, which will increase the burden on the baby's kidneys.
The minerals and trace elements in the formula are properly matched, and the mineral water will upset the balance, so that the proportion of minerals ingested by the baby is out of balance, which is not conducive to growth and development.
6. Can boiling water be used to flush milk powder?
No!
In order to make the milk powder fully dissolved, some mothers will choose to use piping hot boiling water to make milk powder for the baby. In fact, too high a temperature of hot water will destroy the nutrients in the milk powder.
Different brands of milk powder have different formulas, but generally speaking, it is better to use warm water of 40 to 50 °C. This temperature can promote the milk powder to dissolve fully, call out a more uniform liquid milk, and ensure that the nutrients in the milk powder are not destroyed.
7. What about baby water?
The commercially available "baby water" is just a gimmick, and it is not necessary to buy it for a short amount of money.
8. What about "a thousand boiling water"?
Yes, the previous rumor that thousands of boiling waters will cause cancer has been debunked.
Heated many times, the "nitrite" content in the water is far below the national standard limit of drinking water, and mothers can use it with confidence.
However, due to psychological effects, the average family is now reluctant to drink water that is repeatedly boiled. Don't drink it!
9. Can pure water be used to wash milk?
OK.
Many people think that pure water is too "pure", and babies are prone to lack of some trace elements for long-term drinking, which is not good for the body. But in fact, drinking pure water will not affect the human body.
According to the American Medical Journal, the trace elements needed by the human body can be obtained from food, not from drinking water. Moreover, compared with the trace elements contained in water, the organic minerals formed by photosynthesis of plants are more beneficial to the absorption of the human body.
Therefore, using pure water that does not contain anything to wash milk powder may be safer than other water of unknown ingredients!
02
What can I add to my formula?
1. Can calcium, iron and zinc and other nutrients be added to milk powder?
Formula milk powder is based on the nutritional needs of infants and young children at different times for proportion, water and milk powder addition ratio has also been scientifically calculated, if the formula milk and then add these elements may lead to nutritional imbalance, easy to supplement too much at one time, affecting the baby's absorption of nutrients.
Moreover, when some nutrients are brewed with milk powder, they are easy to attach to the bottle wall, and mixing with milk powder will cause waste and affect the supplementary effect, especially in the treatment of baby nutrient deficiency, it can not be mixed with milk powder at the same time, so as not to affect the efficacy.
2. Can I add drugs to milk powder?
Drugs are generally bitter and heavy, added to milk powder, will change the taste of milk powder, children's taste sensitivity, it is likely to lead to the baby even milk powder does not eat, there is a consequence of milk anorexia, fear of bottles. Therefore, it is not possible to feed the medicine with a bottle.
The active ingredients of drugs are organic or inorganic compound components, which is true of both Chinese and Western medicines. May bind to protein or calcium ions in milk powder, changing the medicinal properties and affecting the therapeutic effect.
03
Is it okay to make milk like this?
1. Can I give milk powder a little thicker?
Too thick milk will not only make the baby have problems such as constipation, but also increase the burden on the baby's kidneys when it is serious, resulting in serious consequences. No matter when, the baby should be naturally flat spoon, according to this ratio of the preparation can meet the baby's nutritional needs, do not worry about insufficient nutrition.
2. Can I dilute the milk powder?
If the child has not added complementary foods, and always drinks too thin milk powder, protein and other nutrients will inevitably be insufficient.
Don't dilute the milk powder because you are afraid that your child will "catch fire"!
3. Can I continue to drink the milk powder that I can't drink next time?
Better not!
It is recommended to feed now! Once the baby has diarrhea, she has to spend five cans of milk powder money.
In addition to milk powder, pay attention to the daily diet, do not give these to the baby within 1 year old!
04
Babies within 1 year of age, don't eat these
1. Rice soup
Rice soup was the standard food supplement of choice Chinese for centuries. Many people of the older generation will be very obsessed with the belief that rice soup raises people. To this day, many people still think that rice soup is the best food supplement for babies. But the truth is that rice soup has almost no nutritional value except a few carbohydrates.
In the past, the economic conditions were limited, and there was no better food for the baby, so having to use relatively well-absorbed rice soup as a supplementary food was a helpless choice under the conditions at that time.
Moreover, the heavy metals and other pollutants enriched in rice are relatively high in the arsenic content of rice soup, and it is strongly recommended to give the baby to eat. Homemade rice noodles, because they do not contain iron, are not the preferred food supplement for babies.
How can we remove arsenic enriched in rice? Cooking porridge and pouring out excess rice soup is a good way to remove inorganic arsenic.
Baby first added complementary food, you can choose to strengthen the iron nutrition rice flour, you can also choose nutritious wheat flour, nutritious oat flour and other nutritious cereals, grain ingredients in addition to rice, as well as wheat, corn, millet, oats and other choices, diversified diet is the king of health.
Don't cling to the perception of "rice soup raising people" anymore.
Nowadays, since there is a better choice, of course, it is to choose complementary foods with higher nutritional value and more in line with the nutritional needs of the baby
2. Honey
There are countless "beautiful" legends about honey, and it is even more magical in terms of health benefits, which is unanimously sought after by the public and is regarded as a gift.
However, from a nutritional point of view, most of the honey is sugar, the remaining small part is water, and the remaining negligible components are not yet clearly nutritious. Therefore, honey is just a high-calorie, nutritious food.
Moreover, honey may contain botulinum toxin, which is likely to cause the risk of "poisoning" for small babies whose digestive system is not yet perfect.
Therefore, it is not recommended to add honey to the complementary foods of infants and young children under 1 year old.
Of course, after 1 year old, the baby coughs, honey may be a little helpful, but be sure to remember that it can only be used for 1 year old and older.
3. Juice
Some parents may squeeze the fruit into juice and feed it to the baby because the baby does not like to eat fruit.
In May 2017, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued its latest guidelines: fruit juice has no nutritional value for babies under 1 year of age, increases the risk of obesity and dental caries, and should not be included in the baby's diet.
Even children over 1 year old should strictly control the intake of fruit juice and be wary of E. coli and Salmonella infections that may be brought about by unlearned freshly squeezed juice.
4. Sugar
Baby's complementary food should be kept light in taste, whether it is salt, sugar or other spices, should not be added to the baby within 1 year of age. Giving your baby sugar can easily cause a taste that is not sweet and does not eat.
This not only has an impact on your baby's teeth, but it can also cause obesity due to your baby's excessive intake of sugar. It may even increase the risk of diabetes and kidney disease in adulthood.
Parents should not use sweetness to tease the baby because the baby does not like to eat complementary foods, and it is necessary to know that the baby is very sensitive to sweetness, and once it is in love, it is difficult to quit Oh. Never add sugar or glucose to your baby's white water!
5. Table salt
According to the Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents, babies under 1 year of age do not need to eat additional salt.
Babies under 0 to 6 months of age mainly eat breast milk or formula, and the sodium in it is enough to meet the baby's needs.
Babies who are 7 to 12 months old and have supplementary foods also contain different shares of sodium in breast milk, formula milk and complementary food ingredients.
Therefore, as long as the diet is normal for the baby, the natural sodium in the food can fully meet the physiological needs of the baby.
Excessive salt intake can increase the burden on your baby's body and also reduce oral saliva, which can lead to a risk of respiratory infections.
At the same time, excessive salt intake will also disrupt the metabolic balance in the body and affect the absorption of other nutrients. Even for the future health buried hypertension, diabetes, adult obesity, cardiovascular disease and other hidden dangers.
Moreover, the "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents" also recommends that the baby's dietary taste should be light and should not be too salty.
6. Fish with high mercury content
The fish is tender and rich in nutrients such as DHA and high-quality protein, which is very suitable for babies. However, not all fish can be given to babies.
Some large carnivorous fish with high food chain levels, such as tuna, sailfish, sharks, swordfish, etc., have a large mercury content, which will affect the baby's nervous system after eating, so it is better to eat less.
05
Fire is a pseudo-concept
Finally, back to the beginning, let's talk about the problem of "getting on fire".
Looking back at the "vegetable water rush milk" incident itself, it is not difficult to find that the root cause of the problem is not the use of the wrong water, but the parents' misconception that their children will "catch fire".
Using vegetable soup to make milk powder does not "clear the fire" for the baby, because "on fire" is a pseudo-concept.
All of your child's unexplained health problems, such as sore throats, mouth ulcers, yellow urine, etc., can easily be attributed to fire. Some of these problems are self-limiting and usually self-recovering. Some are necessary to clarify the cause behind it in order to solve the problem.
The following summarizes some of the causes of the problem:
1. Viral infection: hand, foot and mouth, herpes simplex, herpetic angina... ；
2. Bacterial infection: strep throat, scarlet fever, acne (related to Propionibacterium acnes);
3. There is a lot of eye feces: neonatal tear bursitis, conjunctivitis, stye;
4. Difficulty in dry stool and defecation: single diet structure, small amount of water, etc.;
5. Nosebleeds: nose picking, nasal foreign bodies, air drying, etc
6. Others: cold air, smoke irritation, allergen inhalation, etc. can cause cough and sore throat symptoms.
So we say "on fire", we must find the reason behind it, and can not directly use the folk remedy to "extinguish the fire" on the end, which will delay the baby!
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