The infant carrot
Both the carrot and celery belong to the Apiaceae family, consisting of several
herbs and shrubs, traditionally called Umbelliferae .
The carrot is usually introduced at six or seven months in infant feeding, although there
who delayed more because it accumulates nitrates. Even as we see below is also very
rich in beta carotene, the precursor of vitamin A, so in that sense it would be beneficial.
The English Association of Pediatrics recommends avoid foods that may initially
contain many nitrates, including carrots with other vegetables (beets, spinach ...)
of we will discuss in a future post.
Ideally start offering little amount (if we put a lot, the babies can
change the color of the skin, especially the nose, which turns orange). One solution to avoid
nitrates would cook the carrots apart from the rest of vegetables and discard the water
cooking when preparing mashed potatoes, or steamed.
The carrot is an excellent food from a nutritional standpoint because of its content
in vitamins and minerals. Water is the most abundant component, followed hydrates
carbon, and these nutrients that provide energy. Being a root absorbs nutrients
and assimilates in the form of sugars. The content of these sugars decreased after cooking
and increases with maturation.
Its characteristic orange color is due to the presence of carotenoids, including beta-carotene or
pro-vitamin A, an antioxidant compound that is converted into vitamin A enters once
our body.
is also a source of vitamin E and B vitamins like folate and vitamin B3 or
niacin. As for minerals, highlights the contribution of potassium and discrete quantities of
phosphorus, magnesium, iodine and calcium.
Some of the nutritional components of carrot are: Water (g) 88.6 Carbohydrate
(g) 10.1 Fat (g) 0.2 calories (cal) 40 Vitamin A (IU) Vitamin B1 2000-12000 (mg) 0.13
Vitamin B2 (mg) 0.06 Vitamin B6 (mg) 0.19 Vitamin E (mg) 0.45 Niacin (mg) 0.64
Potassium (mg) 0.1.
recommend that you consult your pediatrician the possibility of offering this vegetable baby commenting
points mentioned above.
The infant tomato
The tomato is more allergenic than other vegetables and many children causes rash
skin around the mouth (by contact), so we could assume a similar reaction
in the stomach.
There pediatricians recommend that after 12 months and another after 6 months ,
when such inclusion, cooked, baby porridge. You can enter at that age
early when we start complementary feeding, and if we see a reaction in
remove baby's skin and delay a few months.
In any case, before cooking the tomatoes (or crush) we will
peel and remove seeds(it's easy with a spoon, raw, remove that part of pulp
has the seeds). Will choose more mature tomatoes because the green contain more indigestible and toxic substances.
Tomatoes can be cooked in water boiled or steamed and mixed with other
vegetables suitable for infant feeding ( broccoli, zucchini and pumpkin, potato , the
green beans and peas ...), as well as meat or fish that we have already introduced in the
baby's diet.
bring 100 grams of tomato only 18 kcal. Most of your weight is water and then
carbohydrates. Simple sugars, giving it a slight sweetness and
some organic acids that give the characteristic sour taste.
Tomato is an important source of certain minerals (like potassium and magnesium, phosphorus, sodium
iron ...). Their content of vitamins include vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6 and vitamin
C. It also presents carotenoids lycopene (the pigment that gives red
characteristic). Vitamin C and lycopene are antioxidants with a protective function of our body
.
For all these properties is a highly nutritious food. As with the carrot
, we recommend that you consult with your doctor the possibility of
tomatobaby, both cooked and raw juice form, mode of infant feeding
we pass comment.
* Tomato juice.
In botanical terms, the tomato is a fruit , and in many cases the boundaries between fruit and vegetable
unclear. Why does not sound so strange about the tomato juice.
pediatricians say there can be given tomato juice to the baby after six
months, but will try with a small amount, juice mixed with water and using tomatoes
skinless ripe seeds to see how you feel the baby.
Never give the baby tomato juice packaging. These juices, prepared for people
older often lead to added salt and pepper, and may cause indigestion
baby.
is precisely because of the fragility of the small tract that require these
special care for the tomato juice to suit your bowel without causing disruption:
ripe tomatoes, skinned and seeds, mixed with water and sparingly.
The infant celery
As we have said, celery belong to the same family as carrots (Apiaceae), although
this vegetable nitrate does not accumulate as much as before.
on celery why there are no restrictions when introduced into the diet of the baby from
6 months, but only using the broth, vegetable substance released during cooking, not
grind. When shred vegetables, celery has to be left out, it is very
filamentous and may be difficult to digest.
vegetable puree removing remaining celery, but its nutritional properties and
flavor willpast the water we use for the puree.
Celery is appropriate in the human diet due to its high content of dietary fiber,
vitamins and minerals, besides being considered a good diuretic due to the high percentage of
water.
composition (100 grams) are: Water: 95 g Energy: 57 kJ, Protein: 0.7 g, Fat: 0.2 g,
Carbohydrates: 3 g, Sugars: 2 g , Fiber: 1.6 g, Vitamin C: 3 mg.
Celery is rich in minerals (potassium, sodium, magnesium, iron, sulfur, phosphorus, manganese, copper
...) and rich in vitamins (A, C, E and B).
how to prepare vegetables
We have already given the basic data for each of the vegetables discussed: apart from the boil
carrot to avoid nitrate accumulation, peel and remove seeds from tomatoes and
not shred the celery to make porridge.
Tomatoes and carrots can be cooked boiled or steamed, but cooked celery needs
in water, it is precisely the substance that makes the water that we want to develop
the slurry, and not his own vegetables.
By crushing the mash is to add enough water so that it has a smooth,
but little by little you have to keep larger pieces and let the baby take
vegetables cooked withhand and is eating.
As we said in the other inputs devoted to vegetables, it is inappropriate
reheat mashed after another. What is not going to eat better and save it away before
the refrigerator or freeze it if you will not be consumed within 24 hours.
Following these tips can ensure that vegetables as healthy as tomato, celery and
carrot begin to form part of the infant .
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