Can baby food supplement eat yam?
Under normal circumstances, infants and young children can eat yam as a complementary food. Yam is rich in vitamins, dietary fiber and other nutrients, with high nutritional value, which can be eaten by babies. First, yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and soluble fiber substances, which can not only increase satiety, but also promote digestion and absorption. Secondly, yam contains amino acids such as vitamin E, vitamin D, protein, glucose, etc. It is a good product for invigorating spleen and lung, benefiting qi and replenishing essence, and also a good complementary food for infants. Generally, a baby can add a small amount of yam after 6 months. At this time, the baby's digestive function is not very sound. You can eat yam, but it is not advisable to eat more or give it directly to the baby. It needs to be treated before the baby can use it to avoid digesting the accumulated food. Every day, yam can be made into yam mud, yam porridge, or yam bone boiled soup for baby to drink.
The effect of baby eating yam
1. Promote digestion. Yam can be regarded as the homology of medicine and food in traditional Chinese medicine, which is suitable for all ages and can be safely eaten. In medicinal value, yam can treat and prevent spleen deficiency and so on. Therefore, in the stage of baby adding complementary food, yam can be cooked and then added. Yam is a kind of food with the same origin of medicine and food. People with spleen deficiency and stomach deficiency can eat it safely. Yam helps to treat and prevent diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, cough and lung deficiency. Therefore, yam is one of the good choices for baby's complementary food. Proper consumption for baby is helpful for baby's digestion and absorption.
2. Improve immunity. We all know that vitamins and protein are important nutrients that people need, and yam contains all these vitamins and protein. Babies can improve their immunity by eating more yam. Yam is rich in vitamins and protein nutrients, which is an indispensable nutrient for human body and plays a great role in strengthening physical fitness. Especially in the hot summer, for babies who have no appetite, you can eat yam in moderation, which can not only increase appetite, but also promote the healthy development of your baby.
3. Healthy brain. The starch contained in yam will be converted into glucose after hydrolysis, and glucose is the energy source of the brain, so eating yam has the effect of strengthening the brain. Amylase contained in yam gently hydrolyzes starch and converts it into glucose for brain supply, which has the function of strengthening brain. In addition, yam also contains choline box lecithin, which can help the human body improve memory.
4. Take care of your baby's skin. Adults eat more yam every day, which helps to moisturize the skin and has anti-aging effect. The baby's skin itself is tender and smooth. If you eat yam in moderation, you can not only nourish your skin, but also keep your skin smooth and not dry.
Tip: Yam is very nutritious, and its copper ions and connective tissue are beneficial to physical development and help to treat vascular diseases. At the same time, the calcium nutrients contained in yam can treat baby's diarrhea, chilblain, enuresis and indigestion, and have a good effect on calcium deficiency, tooth loss and osteoporosis.
How long does it take for the baby to cook yam?
The time of boiling yam is related to the shape of yam. When the yam is cut thin, it usually takes about 3 to 5 minutes to cook after the water is boiled. On the contrary, it takes at least 8 to 10 minutes to cook in the pot. If the yam is cut well, it will be almost cooked in about 15 minutes. When cooking yam, you can also judge whether yam has been cooked by the change of appearance. Vegetable yam has a little transparent color after cooking, and yam is soft and ripe.
Precautions for adding yam to baby's complementary food
1, in the case of giving the baby yam, be sure to cook the yam before eating, because the raw yam contains certain toxins, which is not only difficult for the baby to digest, but also easy to cause physical discomfort.
2. Add yam to the baby's complementary food. It's best to cook, not fry. A baby with a bad stomach can easily affect appetite, and there will be symptoms of getting angry and indigestion.
3. It is not advisable to eat yam when the baby's stool is dry, because yam itself has a convergent effect, and eating it when the stool is dry is more likely to cause the baby to get angry.
4, baby food supplements should add yam in moderation, not excessive consumption, so as not to eat too much and cause baby's stomach fullness and discomfort.