"Babies within 1 year old do not need to eat additional salt and sugar", which is already the consensus of many parents. But the problem of eating oil, there are many complementary oil marketers in the product sales will say that the baby can eat oil by adding complementary food, this statement is to sell complementary edible oil, or has a scientific basis?
How old is your baby to start eating oil?
Can I eat it before I am one year old?
What kind of oil is suitable for babies?
What is the "value" of cooking oil to your baby?
Edible oil for the baby's growth, the most effective help is the edible oil in the 99% fat, do not look at it is our adults most hated, but it is the baby's early growth and development of the necessities.
Fat is the basic nutrition of the baby's intelligence, nerves and vision development, and the baby's growth career cannot be without its existence.
But
Babies are already exposed to fat from birth, but the source of this fat is not from cooking oil, but from breast milk. Almost half of the energy in breast milk is fat, and the surface of the expressed breast milk we see will have a film of oil and fat, that is, the fat contained in breast milk is formed. Of course, even if the baby is not breastfeeding, the formula they usually drink is also added with fat components.
At this time, some mothers and fathers will ask: there is fat in breast milk and formula milk powder, does that mean that as long as the baby is still drinking breast milk or milk powder, there is no need to add additional fat nutrition to the baby?
Not.
Chinese Nutrition Society", "Infant Feeding Guidelines": Babies aged 6 to 12 months, the recommended daily intake of edible oil is 5 to 10 grams, about half a spoon to a small spoon.
Therefore, after 6 months, you can add complementary cooking oil according to the baby's diet, daily activities and growth and development, only relying on breast milk or formula milk feeding can not fully meet its nutritional needs, you need to get extra from complementary foods, especially vegetarian vegetables (cereals and vegetables and fruits) eat more babies, more attention to the intake of oil, you can add complementary oil to the baby rice noodles, baby noodles and a variety of complementary food mud and other complementary foods.
Babies aged 1 to 3 years old, because their complementary food will have cooking steps, so the amount of cooking oil will be larger. With reference to the recommendations of the Nutrition Society, the amount of edible oil ingested by the baby at this stage is maintained at 20 to 25 grams per day, which is basically the amount of two spoonfuls.
What oil is best for your baby to eat?
There is no single oil that provides all the nutrients your baby needs for growth and development. It is also recommended that different types of oils with different nutritional characteristics should be often eaten, including ingredients of animal origin, especially fish from the deep sea.
If you must recommend what oil to eat, then it is recommended to take vegetable oil as the mainstay, vegetable oil is healthier than animal oil, such as walnut oil, peanut oil, rapeseed oil, olive oil, etc., buy small bottles, and eat them instead.
In addition to the liquid "oil", the oil is also derived from a variety of ingredients, such as: cod, salmon, silver fish, sardines, tuna and other deep-sea fish; as well as melon seeds, walnuts, sesame seeds and other nuts.
What oils can babies eat?
Peanut oil, soybean oil, corn oil, sunflower oil
The price is more affordable. Although α-linolenic acid is low, it contains unsaturated fatty acids that also meet your baby's basic fat needs.
Walnut oil
Walnut oil α-linolenic acid content is more, but also rich in natural VA, VD and other nutrients, light taste, no special odor, the baby is more easy to accept, high absorption rate, especially suitable for the baby's delicate stomach, is the first choice for mothers.
Avocado oil
Avocado oil unsaturated fatty acid content of more than 70%, but also rich in VA and a large amount of carotene and lutein, help the baby's brain nerve and visual nerve development, but also for baby massage oil and hair oil.
The baby's acceptance is high, but the price is slightly more expensive and can be eaten instead.
olive oil
Olive oil monounsaturated fatty acids are high in content, but also contain a large number of natural polyphenols and vitamin E, olive polyphenols can protect blood lipids from oxidative damage, the baby daily intake of olive polyphenols, can protect the heart, improve immunity.
Flaxseed oil and perilla oil
Flaxseed oil and perilla oil are higher in α-linolenic acid. But both of these oils have a special smell that not all babies can accept. And the price of these two oils is relatively expensive, only suitable for cold mixing and not suitable for frying, not as the first choice for babies to use oil.
Little nagging
The main thing about cooking oil for babies is to provide fat. Don't be superstitious about a certain kind of oil, and don't think that the more expensive the better. Change the type of cooking oil regularly and choose the appropriate oil according to different cooking methods. For example, soybean oil, corn oil, peanut oil, sunflower oil, and rapeseed oil are suitable for stir-frying. Olive oil, walnut oil, flaxseed oil, sesame oil are suitable for cold mixing.
The reasonable combination of different types of edible oil is a scientific and economical choice for oil use.