In fact, with a little analysis, family members will have a rough idea of ??what kind of porridge is nutritious for babies and under what circumstances is it most beneficial to health.

What kind of rice makes porridge nutritious? ① Understand the nutritional density of food. The nutritional density of intact (solid) food > the nutritional density of decomposed (liquid) food; the nutritional density of coarse grains > the nutritional density of refined grains.

②Analysis According to the nutrient density formula, we can know.

Semi-liquid foods like rice soup, porridge, and porridge are not as nutritious as giving your baby white rice with vegetables and meat after boiling the ingredients.

In addition, many families are accustomed to buying finely made rice to cook porridge for their babies. However, according to the nutrient density formula, the more finely made the rice, the lower the nutrient density.

Therefore, cooking porridge with millet, brown rice, and corn for babies will be more nutritious than cooking porridge with refined rice.

Even if it is whole grain porridge, the nutrition is still limited. The traditional concept is that rice porridge is easy to digest and the baby can absorb nutrients more easily.

But even coarse grain rice porridge only has more vitamins and minerals than finely made rice, and more of its ingredients are just carbohydrates.

In addition, those nutrients necessary for baby growth, such as.

The content of calcium, iron, zinc, high-quality protein, various vitamins, etc. is very small or not at all.

This may be the only situation suitable for babies to eat porridge. As can be seen from the above content, simple rice porridge is indeed not a nutritious food for babies, and it is not recommended for infants and young children to eat it for a long time.

However, there are exceptions to everything.

When babies feel unwell, such as fever, diarrhea, or poor appetite, give them some light porridge, which will not only facilitate digestion but also replenish water.

Families can add some chopped vegetable leaves or make pumpkin porridge to increase nutrition and taste, but they should avoid force-feeding. The gastrointestinal function of the baby will be weakened when he is sick compared with usual, so there are certain benefits to eating it.

The following two categories are what she recommends to everyone as a reference for making nutritious porridge.

1) Multigrain porridge We know that simple rice porridge has low nutrition. If beans, grains, etc. are added, the nutrition will be higher.

It is recommended that families try oatmeal and millet porridge. The soluble fiber contained in oats is more than 10 times that of rice. It is also rich in vitamins, trace elements calcium and other nutrients needed by the human body. It is very economical and convenient.

2) For minced meat porridge, you can use cleaned shrimps, or you can add pork, fish, beef and other minced dried meats.

Meat itself is an essential complementary food ingredient for babies, rich in iron and high-quality protein.

If it is fish and shrimp, it can also promote the baby's brain development. The high-quality protein it contains can enhance the baby's immunity; and the shrimp skin also has a calming effect, which is also helpful for the development of the baby's nervous system.

Regarding babies eating porridge, we can draw a conclusion.

Simple vegetarian porridge lacks nutrients, but it can be regarded as a good food to supplement energy when the baby is unwell, but it is still not recommended to feed the baby too much.

To make nutritious porridge, you must enrich the ingredients used in the porridge and try to choose high-quality foods with high nutritional content.