Child nutrition

The return to school involves many changes and routine adjustments, details here and pending here. One of the things that also come back is the planning of food, in the case of children who take tupper to school. We know that it is sometimes difficult to think of healthy foods that are easy to make.

Yesterday we told you when is the best time to introduce seafood in the children's diet, and the recommendations of experts to do so in case of a family history of allergic disease. If your child has already begun to eat seafood, tolerates it without problem and also likes it, we give you some ideas and tips to prepare and cook seafood, and to enjoy a delicious family meal.

When we begin to introduce complementary feeding in our baby's diet, it is normal that we have doubts about when is the best time to offer each food and in what proportion to do so. Among all foods, seafood is perhaps one of the most controversial, given its high degree of allergenicity.

All parents are interested in our children growing up healthy and strong. And a key part of this is the food we give them, through the variety of foods that cannot be lacking in their diet. However, sometimes children get somewhat picky and refuse to try or eat certain foods.

The organization and planning is key when solving family meals in a healthy way, so, as we did for children between 6 and 12 months of age, today we show you a healthy menu for children between 1 and 3 years that can serve as a guide to create our own menu at home.

Since last Wednesday, July 18, the Generalitat approved the sale of raw milk, the controversy does not stop. Detractors and defenders of this food take the floor on social networks to argue their reasons for and against. We were already talking about the health risks of drinking raw unpasteurized milk and we warned of the imperative need to boil the milk if it is decided to take it untreated, directly from livestock.

What position is better for breastfeeding? Is there any position that is more advisable than another? The answer is no. There is no right or wrong position to hold and feed the baby. When breastfeeding, the comfort of the mother and the baby should always prevail. The reason? Feeling relaxed and comfortable favors the flow of milk, while stress and discomfort can hinder the production of oxytocin, an essential hormone for the release of breast milk.

After the first six months of life, WHO recommends starting complementary feeding, that is, introducing foods other than breast milk or artificial milk to adequately cover the child's energy and nutritional needs. To help you in this special stage of your baby, here is a healthy weekly menu for children between 6 and 12 months.

New research ensures that giving babies solid foods with only three months will help them sleep better. Although it may sound tempting to all those exhausted parents, unfortunately there is a good gap between headlines and reality. Most of the data published in this area demonstrates the opposite: what a baby eats does not influence the quality of sleep.

Yesterday we clarified some of the questions that arise to parents when our children ask us to eat an ice cream. One of them referred to the types of ice cream and its composition, and we wondered if there is the option of "healthy ice cream." As we saw, the answer is yes, and not only is available to everyone but it is a wonderful activity to do with kids in summer: make our own homemade ice cream.

Who can resist a rich ice cream in summer? Or two? Or three? ... The children adore them, and if they take them sporadically, it probably does not generate any doubt, but as they are asked daily ... oh, what a dilemma! Offer them a daily ice cream? Won't it be bad for your health? Could the cold hurt your throat?

With children at home, when we get to dinner we are already half gas (in the best case,) lacking inspiration and with little desire to get into the kitchen. Whether we are on vacation or with the kids at home, we need quick and easy ideas that solve our dinner with little ingredients and little cooking time.

In the United Kingdom they have become serious with the issue of childhood obesity and it is not for less: one in three children is already overweight or obese by the end of primary school and, at this rate, three quarters of men and one third of the women will be overweight by 2030. Among the proposed measures is to eliminate those walls of sweets and snacks that the supermarkets place next to the box and that make it almost impossible mission for children to leave without any bauble in hand.

The feeding of children during their first years of life will be what will define much of their development, so it is important to instill good eating habits from childhood. However, many times as parents we do not realize that what our children consume is not the best for them.

It is known that taking care of the children 's diet is crucial to establish good habits and protect them from obesity and other health problems in the future. Now, a new study has linked food with school performance. The results of the V Nestlé Observatory on nutritional habits and lifestyles of families show the result that 32% of Spanish children are outstanding in languages ​​and / or sciences, while this figure rises to 46% among those who follow a healthy diet.

In Babies and more we know that a good diet is one of the bases for children and babies to grow up healthy and have the best possible development. From sharing recipes to publicizing tips to improve our children's eating habits, we focus on supporting mothers and fathers to achieve a balanced diet.

Celiac disease is a common and autoimmune condition of the small intestine that persists for life and is caused by a reaction to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, oats and rye. It is estimated that celiac disease affects one in every 100 children in Europe and can occur at any age, both in babies when introducing complementary feeding, as in children and adolescents.

Until the year the baby's main food is milk and, from the age of six months, they are ready to start trying all kinds of foods. It is time to start with complementary feeding, a challenge for the little ones, who have to get used to a whole new world of textures and flavors and, until recently, a real headache for parents because of the complicated and strict guidelines of introduction of the foods that the pediatricians gave us.

If your baby has already reached six months, I imagine that you will already be quite informed about complementary feeding and have heard about the BLW (baby-led-weaning). It is a way of feeding your baby that basically consists of passing from the porridge and giving him solid food directly so that he can take it with his hands and take it directly to his mouth.

We all know that you can not talk about "superfoods", but about healthy foods in a varied diet in food. However, in the case of oatmeal, one could speak of "supercereal" due to the multiple benefits it has for the health of the whole family. There are many more options apart from industrial baby porridge (which usually carry too much sugar) or the traditional muesli, which has a tough competition in breakfast cereals.