Sweet potato is a very powerful food, not only rich in various nutrients, such as protein, calcium, iron, carotene and so on. It can also enhance gastrointestinal movement and prevent constipation. Many adults will eat sweet potatoes to moisten their intestines when their stools are dry. So when the same happens to the baby, can the baby eat sweet potatoes?

Babies can eat sweet potatoes

As long as the baby can eat complementary food, he can eat a small amount of sweet potato even within one year old.

Sweet potato is rich in nutrition.

Although the content of protein in sweet potato is not high, it is rich in amino acids. In addition, it is rich in glycoprotein and mucin. These nutrients have obvious anti-bacterial effect, which is of great benefit to the baby's daily fight against germs.

Control food intake

Sweet potato has a high starch content, and the baby's gastric motility is not as strong as that of adults, so it is necessary to control the food intake. Especially for babies with weak intestines and stomach, this kind of crude fiber food is not easy to digest, which is easy to increase the baby's gastrointestinal burden and cause gastrointestinal diseases. Be more cautious before eating.

Increase children's resistance

After eating sweet potato, the baby can not only rely on the dietary fiber in sweet potato to stimulate intestinal peristalsis, accelerate the growth and development of the body, and prevent constipation and other diseases in children. It can also increase the child's resistance.